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31: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
32: <dl>
1.16 louis 33:
1.246 ! jufi 34: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
! 35:
! 36: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 37: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
! 38: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
! 39: </strong></font><br>
! 40: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
! 41: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
! 42: <p>
! 43:
! 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 45: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
! 46: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
! 47: </strong></font><br>
! 48: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
! 49: in their annual OpenHack security test.
! 50: <p>
! 51:
1.244 jufi 52: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.246 ! jufi 53:
! 54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 55: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
! 56: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
! 57: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
! 58: <br>
! 59: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
! 60: </strong></font><br>
! 61: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
! 62: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
! 63: md5 digests.
! 64: <p>
! 65:
1.244 jufi 66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
67: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 ! jufi 68: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 69: </strong></font><br>
70: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
71: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
72: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
73: right the first time."
74: <p>
75:
76:
77: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
78:
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
80: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
81: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
82: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
83: </strong></font><br>
84: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
85: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
86: part 6</a>.
87: <p>
88:
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
90: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
91: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
92: </strong></font><br>
93: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
94: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
95: <p>
1.242 jufi 96:
97: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
98:
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
100: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
101: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
102: </strong></font><br>
103: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
104: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
108: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
109: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
110: </strong></font><br>
111: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
112: this time using pf.
113: <p>
114:
115: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
116:
117: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
118: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
119: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
120: </strong></font><br>
121: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
122: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
123: their rotation.
124: <p>
125:
126: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
127: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
128: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
129: </strong></font><br>
130: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
131: <p>
132:
1.239 jufi 133: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
134:
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.242 jufi 136: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
137: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
138: </strong></font><br>
139: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
140: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
141: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.239 jufi 145: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
146: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
147: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 148: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
149: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
150: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 151: <p>
152:
1.235 lebel 153: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
154:
1.239 jufi 155:
1.235 lebel 156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
157: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
158: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
159: </strong></font><br>
160: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
161: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
162: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
163: <p>
164:
1.228 horacio 165: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
166:
167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.242 jufi 168: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
169: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
170: </strong></font><br>
171: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
172: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.233 jufi 176: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
177: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
178: </strong></font><br>
179: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
180: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
181: <p>
182:
183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.232 jufi 184: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
185: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
186: </strong></font><br>
187: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
188: on the desktop of his parents.
189: <p>
190:
191: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.229 jufi 192: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 193: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 194: </strong></font><br>
195: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
196: using IPFilter.
197:
198: <p>
199:
200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
201: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
202: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
203: </strong></font><br>
204: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
205: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
206: perspectives of the four OS.
207: <br>
208: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
209: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPSec or Kerberos.
210: <p>
211:
212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.228 horacio 213: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
214: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
215: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
216: </strong></font><br>
217:
218: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
219: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
220: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
221: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
222: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
223: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
224: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
225: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
226: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
227: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
228: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
229: security conscious team beyond doubt.
230: <p>
231:
1.225 horacio 232: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
233:
234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
235: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
236: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 237: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 238: </strong></font><br>
239:
240: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
241: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
242: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 243: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 244: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
245: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
246: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
247: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
248: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 249: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 250: of choice.
251: <p>
252:
253: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
254:
255: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
256: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
257: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
258: </strong></font><br>
259:
260: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
261: <p>
262:
1.226 horacio 263: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
264: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 265: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 266: </strong></font><br>
267:
268: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
269: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
270: <p>
1.225 horacio 271:
1.218 horacio 272: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
273:
274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 275: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
276: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
280: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
281: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
282: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
283: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
284: subjects. Worth a read.
285: <p>
286:
287:
288: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.218 horacio 289: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 290: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
294: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
295: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
296: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
297: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
298: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
299: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
300: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
301: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 302: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 303: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
304: on other operating systems.<br>
305: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
306: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
307: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
308: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
309: <p>
310:
1.221 horacio 311: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 312: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
313: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
314: </strong></font><br>
315:
316: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
317: covering the level of software integration into the core
318: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
319: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
320: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
321: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
322: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.221 horacio 326: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
327: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
328: </strong></font><br>
329:
330: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
331: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
332: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
333: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
334: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
335: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
336: <p>
337:
1.210 jufi 338: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 339:
1.210 jufi 340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 341: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
342: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
343: </strong></font><br>
344:
345: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
346: source software in response to an article which claimed that
347: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
348: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
349: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
350: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
351: <p>
352:
353: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.224 horacio 354: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 355: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
356: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 357:
1.224 horacio 358: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
359: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
360: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
361: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
362: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
363: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 364: <p>
365:
366: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
367:
368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 369: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
370: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
371: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
372: </strong></font><br>
373:
374: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
375: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 376: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 377: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
378: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
379: investment</em>.<br>
380: The implementation details can be seen on their
381: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 385: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
386: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
387: </strong></font><br>
388:
389: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
390: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
391: security and says that even secured operating systems running
392: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
393: to time.<br>
394: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
395: system and just the most secure system.
396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
399: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
400: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
401: </strong></font><br>
402:
403: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
404: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
405: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
406: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
407: choice:<br>
408: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
409: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
410: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
411: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
412: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
413: network security devices and as such must be well
414: armored."</em><br>
415: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
416: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
417: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
418: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
419: <br>
420: Bravo!
421: <p>
1.210 jufi 422:
1.207 ian 423: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.215 horacio 424:
1.207 ian 425: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
426: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
427: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
428: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 429:
1.207 ian 430: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
431: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 432: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 433: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
434: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
435: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 436: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 437: <p>
1.207 ian 438:
1.194 jufi 439: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
440:
441: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 442: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
443: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
444: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 445:
1.240 miod 446: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 447: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
448: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
449: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
450: <p>
451:
452: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 453: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 454: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
455: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
456: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 457:
1.240 miod 458: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 459: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 460: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
461: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
462: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 463: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 464: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
465: <br>
466: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
467: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
468: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
469: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.194 jufi 473: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
474: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 475: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 476: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 477:
1.194 jufi 478: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
479: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
480: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
481: <br>
482: The new
483: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 484: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 485: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
486: <p>
1.194 jufi 487:
1.190 horacio 488: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
489:
490: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.191 jufi 491:
492: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
493: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
494:
495: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
496: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
497:
498: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
499: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
500:
1.212 horacio 501: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
502: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 503: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
504:
1.211 horacio 505: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
506: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 507: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
508:
509: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
510: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
511:
512: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
513: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
514:
1.212 horacio 515: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
516: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 517: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
518:
519: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
520: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
521:
522: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
523: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
524:
525: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
526: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
527:
528: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 529: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 530:
1.192 jufi 531: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
532: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 533: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 534:
1.193 deraadt 535: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
536: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 537: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 538:
1.196 deraadt 539: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
540: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
541:
1.198 pvalchev 542: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
543: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
544: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
545:
1.213 horacio 546: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
547: 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>,
548: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
549:
1.190 horacio 550: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 551: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
552: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
553: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
554: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
555: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
556: <p>
1.190 horacio 557:
1.191 jufi 558: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 559: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
560: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
561: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 562: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 563:
1.195 jufi 564: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 565: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
566: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
567: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 568: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
569: <p>
570:
571: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 572: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 573: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
574: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
575: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 576:
1.191 jufi 577: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
578: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
579: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
580: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 581: <p>
582:
1.191 jufi 583:
1.186 jufi 584: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.187 deraadt 585:
1.186 jufi 586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
587: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 588: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
589: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 590: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 591:
1.188 jufi 592: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 593: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 594: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 595: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
596: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 597: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 598: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 599: <p>
600:
1.191 jufi 601:
602: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.220 horacio 603: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
604: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
605: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 606: </strong></font><br>
607:
608: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
609: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
610: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
611: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
612: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
613: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
614: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
615: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
616: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
617: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
618: familiar?
619: <p>
620:
1.178 louis 621: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
622:
623: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.187 deraadt 624: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
625: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 626: </strong></font><br>
627:
628: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
629: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
630: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
631: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
632: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
633: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
634: <p>
635:
1.179 louis 636: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
637: <a
1.182 louis 638: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
639: </strong></font><br>
640:
641: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
642: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
643: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
644: <p>
645:
646: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
647: <a
1.179 louis 648: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
649: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
650: </strong></font><br>
651:
652: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
653: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
654: <p>
655:
1.174 louis 656:
1.175 louis 657: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
658:
659: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
660: <a
1.179 louis 661: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
662: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
663: </strong></font><br>
664:
665: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
666: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
667: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
668: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
669: <p>
670:
671: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
672: <a
1.183 ian 673: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 674: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
675: </strong></font><br>
676:
677: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 678: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 679: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
680: <p>
681:
1.176 louis 682:
1.172 mickey 683: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
684:
685: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.180 louis 686: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 687: </strong></font><br>
688:
689: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
690: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
691: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 692: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 693: <p>
694:
695: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
696: <a
1.174 louis 697: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
698: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
699: </strong></font><br>
700:
701: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
702: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
703: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
704: <p>
705:
706: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
707: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
708: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
709: </strong></font><br>
710:
711: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
712: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
713: <p>
714:
715: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
716: <a
717: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
718: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
719: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
720: </strong></font><br>
721:
722: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
723: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
724: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
725: our own Theo de Raadt.
726: <p>
727:
728: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
729: <a
730: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
731: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
732: </strong></font><br>
733:
734: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
735: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
736: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
737: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
738: shut down.]
739: <p>
740:
741: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
742: <a
1.226 horacio 743: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
744: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 745: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 746: </strong></font><br>
747:
748: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
749: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
750: <p>
751:
1.161 louis 752: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
753:
1.175 louis 754: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
755: <a
756: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
757: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
758: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
759: </strong></font><br>
760:
761: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
762: by John Wolley
763: <p>
764:
765: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
766: <a
767: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
768: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
769: </strong></font><br>
770:
771: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
772: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
773: OpenBSD).
774: <p>
775:
1.161 louis 776: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
777: <a
1.171 louis 778: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
779: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
780: </strong></font><br>
781:
782: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
783: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
784: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
785: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
786: and hindsight.
787: <p>
788:
789: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 790: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
791: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
792: </strong></font><br>
793:
794: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
795: <p>
796:
797: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.171 louis 798: <a
1.168 provos 799: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
800: December 7, 2000
801: </strong></font><br>
802:
803: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
804: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
805: us explain.
806: <p>
807:
808: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.234 jufi 809: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
810: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 811: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 812: December 6, 2000
813: </strong></font><br>
814:
815: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
816: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
817: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
818: <p>
819:
820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
821: <a
1.226 horacio 822: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
823: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 824: </strong></font><br>
825:
826: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 827: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 828: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 829: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
830: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
831: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 832: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 833: <p>
1.162 millert 834:
835: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
836: <a
1.161 louis 837: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
838: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
839: </strong></font><br>
840:
841: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
842: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
843: <p>
844:
1.169 louis 845: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.225 horacio 846: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
847: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
851: <p>
852:
853:
854: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.169 louis 855: <a
1.226 horacio 856: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
857: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
858: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 859: </strong></font><br>
860:
861: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
862: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
863: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
864: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
865: <p>
866:
1.158 louis 867: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.147 louis 868:
869: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 870: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
871: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 872: </strong></font><br>
873:
874: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
875: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
876: <p>
877:
878: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 879: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
880: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
881: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 882: </strong></font><br>
883: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
884: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
885: <p>
886:
887: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
888: <a
889: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
890: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
891: </strong></font><br>
892:
893: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
894: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
895: <p>
896:
897: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 898: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 899: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
900: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 901:
1.213 horacio 902: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 903: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
904: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
905: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
906: <p>
1.215 horacio 907:
1.174 louis 908: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
909: <a
910: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
911: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
912: </strong></font><br>
913:
914: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
915: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
916: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
917: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
918: much of the attitude too).
919: <p>
1.161 louis 920:
921: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 922: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 923: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 924: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 925:
1.157 louis 926: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
927: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
928: <p>
929:
930: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
931:
932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 933: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 934: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 935: </strong></font><br>
936:
937: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
938: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
939: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
940: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
941: <p>
942:
943: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
944: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
945: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
946: </strong></font><br>
947:
948: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
949: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
950: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
951: it because they love coding...
952: <p>
953:
954: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
955: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
956: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
957: </strong></font><br>
958:
959: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
960: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
961: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
962: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
963: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
964: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
965: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
966: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
967: <p>
968:
969: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 970: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
971: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
972: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 973: </strong></font><br>
974:
975: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
976: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
977: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
978: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
979: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
980: the pizza.
981: <p>
982:
983: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.150 louis 984: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
985: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
986: </strong></font><br>
987:
988: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
989: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
990: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
991: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
992: problems.
993: <p>
994:
995: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.243 ian 996: <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 997: </strong></font><br>
998:
1.222 miod 999: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1000: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1001: - whether they like it or not.
1002: <p>
1003:
1004: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1005: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1006: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1007: </strong></font><br>
1008:
1009: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1010: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1011: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1012: <p>
1.148 aaron 1013:
1014: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1015: <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 1016: </strong></font><br>
1017:
1018: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1019: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1020: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1021: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1022: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1023: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1024: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1025: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1026: <p>
1027:
1028: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1029: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1030: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1031: </strong></font><br>
1032:
1033: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1034: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1035: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1036: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1037: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1038: <p>
1039:
1.138 louis 1040: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1041:
1042: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1043: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1044: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1045: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1046: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1047: </strong></font><br>
1048:
1.227 horacio 1049: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1050: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1051: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1052: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1053: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1054: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1055: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1056: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1057: <p>
1058:
1059: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.231 jufi 1060: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1061: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1062: </strong></font><br>
1063:
1064: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1065: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1066: groups, and even Linux.
1067: <p>
1068:
1069: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1070: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1071: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1072: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1073: </strong></font><br>
1074:
1075: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1076: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1077: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1078: library after installing the OS.
1079: <p>
1080:
1081: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.227 horacio 1082: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1083: Sys Admin, September 2000
1084: </strong></font><br>
1085:
1086: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1087: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1088: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1089: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1090: (<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>,
1091: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1092: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1093: <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 1094: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1095: out of the system.
1096: <p>
1097:
1.144 louis 1098: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1099: <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
1100: </strong></font><br>
1101:
1102: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1103: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1104: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1105: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1106: the IP filtering and address translation.
1107: <p>
1108:
1.131 louis 1109: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1110:
1111: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1112: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1113: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1114: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1115: </strong></font><br>
1116:
1117: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1118: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1119: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.143 louis 1123: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1124: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1125: </strong></font><br>
1126:
1127: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1128: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1129: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1130: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1131: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1132: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1133: note of"</i>.
1134: <p>
1135:
1136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.141 louis 1137: <a
1138: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1139: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1140: </strong></font><br>
1141:
1142: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1143: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1144: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1145: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1146: <p>
1147:
1148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1149: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1150: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1151: </strong></font><br>
1152:
1153: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1154: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1155: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1156: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1157: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1158: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1159: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1160: <p>
1161:
1162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.134 louis 1163: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1164: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1165: 2000
1166: </strong></font><br>
1167:
1168: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1169: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1170: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1171: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1172: against current industry practices.
1173: <p>
1174:
1175: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.140 louis 1176: <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
1177: </strong></font><br>
1178:
1179: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1180: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1181: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1182: <p>
1183:
1184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.133 louis 1185: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1186: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1190: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1191: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1192: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1193: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1194: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1195: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1196: <p>
1197:
1198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.131 louis 1199: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1200: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1201: </strong></font><br>
1202:
1203: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1204: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1205: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1206: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1207: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1208: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1209: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1210: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1211: <p>
1212:
1.118 louis 1213: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1214:
1215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1216: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1217: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1218: </strong></font><br>
1219:
1220: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1221: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1222: about time. The article mentions that
1223: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1224: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1225: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1226: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1227: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1228: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1229: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1230: <p>
1231:
1232: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1233: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1234: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1235: </strong></font><br>
1236:
1237: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1238: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1239: of OpenSSH.
1240: <p>
1241:
1242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1243: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1244: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1245: </strong></font><br>
1246:
1247: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1248: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1249: bridging.
1250: <p>
1251:
1252: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1253: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1254: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1.121 deraadt 1257: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1258: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1259: <p>
1260:
1261: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1262: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1263: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1264: </strong></font><br>
1265:
1266: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1267: <p>
1268:
1269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.118 louis 1270: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1271: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1272: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1.120 deraadt 1275: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1276: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1277: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1278: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1279: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1280: <p>
1281:
1282: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.154 louis 1283: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1284: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1285: </strong></font><br>
1286:
1.222 miod 1287: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1288: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1289: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1290: protocols and their quirks.
1291: <p>
1292:
1293: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1294: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1295: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1296: </strong></font><br>
1297:
1298: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1299: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1300: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1301: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1302: <p>
1303:
1304: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.139 louis 1305: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1306: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1307: </strong></font><br>
1308:
1309: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1310: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1311: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1312: <p>
1313:
1314: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1315: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1316: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1317: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1318: </strong></font><br>
1319:
1320: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1321: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1322: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1323: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1324: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1325: <p>
1326:
1.104 louis 1327: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1328:
1.113 naddy 1329: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.114 louis 1330: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1331: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1332: </strong></font><br>
1333:
1334: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1335: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1336: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1337: be a bit dry.
1338: <p>
1339:
1340: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.213 horacio 1341: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1342: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1343: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1344: </strong></font><br>
1345: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1346: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1347: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1348: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1349: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1350: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1351: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1352: <p>
1353:
1354: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1355: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1356: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1357: 2000
1.128 louis 1358: </strong></font><br>
1359:
1360: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1361: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1362: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1363: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1364: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1365: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1366: <p>
1367:
1368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1369: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1370: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1371: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1372:
1373: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1374: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1375: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1376: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1377: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1378: <p>
1.110 louis 1379:
1.117 louis 1380: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a
1381: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1382: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1383: </strong></font><br>
1384:
1385: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1386: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1387: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1388: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1389: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1390: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1391: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1392: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1393: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1394: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1395: <p>
1396:
1.113 naddy 1397: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.108 louis 1398: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1399: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1400:
1401: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1402: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1403: <p>
1.108 louis 1404:
1.113 naddy 1405: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.106 louis 1406: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1407: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1408: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1409:
1410: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1411: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1412: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1413: <p>
1.106 louis 1414:
1.113 naddy 1415: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.107 louis 1416: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1417: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1419:
1420: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1421: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1422: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1423: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1424: <p>
1.107 louis 1425:
1.113 naddy 1426: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 1427: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1428: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1429: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1430:
1431: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1432: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1433: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1434: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1435: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1436: <p>
1.105 louis 1437:
1.113 naddy 1438: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.184 louis 1439: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1440: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1442:
1.113 naddy 1443: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1444: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1445: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1446: <p>
1.104 louis 1447:
1.121 deraadt 1448: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1449: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1450: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1451: </strong></font><br>
1452:
1453: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1454: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1455: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1456: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1457: <p>
1458:
1.85 louis 1459: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1460:
1.113 naddy 1461: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1462: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1463: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1464: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1465:
1466: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1467: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1468: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1469: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1470: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1471: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1472: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1473: <p>
1.99 louis 1474:
1.113 naddy 1475: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1476: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1477: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1478: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1479:
1480: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1481: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1482: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1483: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1484: <p>
1.100 louis 1485:
1.113 naddy 1486: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1487: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1488: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1489: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1490:
1491: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1492: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1493: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1494: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1495: <p>
1.95 louis 1496:
1.113 naddy 1497: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1498: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1499: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1500: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1501:
1502: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1503: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1504: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1505: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1506: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1507: <p>
1.92 louis 1508:
1.113 naddy 1509: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1510: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1511: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1512: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1513:
1514: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1515: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1516: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1517: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1518: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1519: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1520: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1521: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1522: <p>
1.91 louis 1523:
1.113 naddy 1524: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1525: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1526: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1527: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1528:
1529: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1530: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1531: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1532: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1533: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1534: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1535: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1536: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1537: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1538: <p>
1.90 louis 1539:
1.113 naddy 1540: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1541: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1542: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1543: </strong></font><br>
1544: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1545: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1546: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1547: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1548: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1549: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1550: <p>
1551:
1552: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.87 louis 1553: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1554: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1555: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1556:
1.113 naddy 1557: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1558: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1559: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1560: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1561: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1562: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1563: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1564: <p>
1.87 louis 1565:
1.113 naddy 1566: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1567: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1568: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1569: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1570:
1571: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1572: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1573: <p>
1.85 louis 1574:
1.113 naddy 1575: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 1576: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1577: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1578: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1579:
1580: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1581: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1582: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1583: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1584: <p>
1.89 louis 1585:
1.113 naddy 1586: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.85 louis 1587: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1588: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1589: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1590:
1591: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1592: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1593: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1594: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1595: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1596:
1.78 deraadt 1597: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.74 louis 1598:
1.113 naddy 1599: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1600: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1601: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1602: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1603: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1604:
1605: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1606: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1607: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1608: <p>
1.83 louis 1609:
1.113 naddy 1610: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.93 louis 1611: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1612: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1613: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1614:
1615: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1616: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1617: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1618: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1619: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1620: <p>
1.93 louis 1621:
1.113 naddy 1622: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1623: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1624: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1625: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1626: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1627:
1.83 louis 1628: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1629: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1630: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1631: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1632: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1633: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1634: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1635: <p>
1.82 aaron 1636:
1.113 naddy 1637: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1638: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1639: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1640: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1641:
1.83 louis 1642: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1643: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1644: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1645: <p>
1.80 louis 1646:
1.113 naddy 1647: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1648: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1649: Bad Press</a>,
1650: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1651: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1652:
1653: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1654: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1655: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1656: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1657: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1658: <p>
1.78 deraadt 1659:
1660: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1661:
1.113 naddy 1662: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1663: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1664: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1665: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1666: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1667:
1668: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1669: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1670: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1671: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1672: <p>
1.74 louis 1673:
1.113 naddy 1674: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.88 louis 1675: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1676: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1677: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1678:
1.219 horacio 1679: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1680: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1681: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1682: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1683: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1684: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1685: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1686: <p>
1.88 louis 1687:
1.113 naddy 1688: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.115 louis 1689: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1690: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1692:
1693: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1694: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1695: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1696: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1697: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1698: <p>
1.81 louis 1699:
1.113 naddy 1700: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1701: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1702: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1703: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1704:
1705: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1706: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1707: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1708: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1709: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1710: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1711: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1712: <p>
1.90 louis 1713:
1.113 naddy 1714: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1715: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1716: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1717: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1718:
1719: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1720: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1721: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1722: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1723: <p>
1.71 louis 1724:
1.69 deraadt 1725: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.70 louis 1726:
1.113 naddy 1727: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1728: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1729: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1730: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1731:
1732: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1733: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1734: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1735: <p>
1.70 louis 1736:
1.113 naddy 1737: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1738: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1739: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1740: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1741:
1742: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.111 jufi 1743: how to set up packet filtering with
1.113 naddy 1744: <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 1745: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1746: <p>
1.68 louis 1747:
1.113 naddy 1748: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.211 horacio 1749: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1750: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1751: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1752: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1753:
1.111 jufi 1754: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1755: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1756: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1757: "secure by default" installation.
1758: <p>
1.64 louis 1759:
1.113 naddy 1760: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1761: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1762: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1763: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1764:
1.113 naddy 1765: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1766: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1767: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1768: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1769: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1770: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1771: <p>
1.66 louis 1772:
1.113 naddy 1773: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1774: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1775: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1776: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1777:
1778: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1779: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1780: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1781: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1782: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1783: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1784: <p>
1.83 louis 1785:
1.113 naddy 1786: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1787: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1788: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1789: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1790:
1791: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1792: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1793: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1794: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1795: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1796: <p>
1.64 louis 1797:
1.113 naddy 1798: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1799: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1800: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1801: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1802:
1803: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1804: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.65 louis 1806:
1.69 deraadt 1807: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1808:
1.113 naddy 1809: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1810: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1811: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1813:
1814: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1815: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1816: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1817: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1818: <p>
1.88 louis 1819:
1.113 naddy 1820: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1821: <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 1822: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1823:
1824: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1825: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1826: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1827: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1828: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1829: <p>
1.60 louis 1830:
1.113 naddy 1831: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1832: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1833: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1834: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1835: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1836:
1837: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1838: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1839: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1840: <p>
1.58 louis 1841:
1.113 naddy 1842: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.136 louis 1843: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1844: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1845:
1846: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1847: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1848: <p>
1.53 louis 1849:
1.113 naddy 1850: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.99 louis 1851: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1852: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1853: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1854:
1855: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1856: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1857: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1858: <p>
1.99 louis 1859:
1.113 naddy 1860: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.58 louis 1861: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1862: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1863:
1864: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1865: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1866: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1867: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1868: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1869:
1.113 naddy 1870: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.214 horacio 1871: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1872: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1873: </strong></font><br>
1874:
1875: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1876: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1877: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1878: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1879: <p>
1880:
1881: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1882: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1883: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1884: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1885:
1886: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1887: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1888: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1889:
1.113 naddy 1890: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1891: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1893:
1894: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1895: in
1.113 naddy 1896: <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 1897: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1898: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1899: <p>
1.53 louis 1900:
1.113 naddy 1901: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1902: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1903: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1904: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1905: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1906:
1.58 louis 1907: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1908: <p>
1.51 deraadt 1909:
1.69 deraadt 1910: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1911:
1.113 naddy 1912: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.219 horacio 1913: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1914: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1915: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1916: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1917:
1.58 louis 1918: Kurt Seifried
1919: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1920: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1921: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1922: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1923:
1.113 naddy 1924: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1925: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1926: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1928:
1929: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1930: <p>
1.96 louis 1931:
1.113 naddy 1932: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1933: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1934: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1935: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 1936:
1937: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
1938: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
1939: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
1940: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 1941: <p>
1.86 louis 1942:
1.69 deraadt 1943: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1944:
1.113 naddy 1945: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1946: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
1947: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1949:
1950: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
1951: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 1952: <p>
1.61 louis 1953:
1.113 naddy 1954: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 1955: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 1956: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
1957: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1958: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 1959:
1960: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 1961: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 1962: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
1963: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 1964: right -- or at least strives to".
1965: <p>
1.48 louis 1966:
1.113 naddy 1967: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.61 louis 1968: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
1969: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 1970: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 1971: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
1972: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
1973: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
1974: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 1975: <p>
1.61 louis 1976:
1.113 naddy 1977: <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 1978: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 1979: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 1980:
1981: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
1982: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
1983: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
1984: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 1985: <p>
1.46 louis 1986:
1.113 naddy 1987: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.226 horacio 1988: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
1989: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1990: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1991:
1992: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
1993: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 1994: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 1995:
1.113 naddy 1996: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.70 louis 1997: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
1998: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 1999: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2000:
2001: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2002: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2003: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2004: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2005: <p>
1.70 louis 2006:
1.69 deraadt 2007: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
2008:
1.211 horacio 2009: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2010: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2011: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2012: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2013: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2014:
2015: Kurt Seifried
2016: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2017: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2018: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2019: <p>
1.44 philen 2020:
1.113 naddy 2021: <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 2022: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2023: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2024:
2025: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2026: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2027:
1.113 naddy 2028: <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 2029: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2030: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2031:
2032: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.113 naddy 2033: <a href=crypto.html#ssh>OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2034:
1.113 naddy 2035: <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 2036: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2037: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2038:
2039: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2040: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2041: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2042: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2043: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2044:
1.113 naddy 2045: <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 2046: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2047: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2048:
1.36 louis 2049: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2050: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2051:
1.113 naddy 2052: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2053: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2054: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2055: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2056:
2057: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2058: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.38 louis 2059:
1.69 deraadt 2060: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2061:
1.113 naddy 2062: <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 2063: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2065:
2066: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2067: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2068: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2069:
1.113 naddy 2070: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2071: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.113 naddy 2072: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2073: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2074:
2075: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2076: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2077: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2078: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2079: <blockquote>
2080: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2081: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2082: <br>
2083: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2084: </code>
2085: </blockquote>
2086: <p>
2087:
2088: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2089: <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>
2090: <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
2091: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2092:
2093: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2094: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2095: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.113 naddy 2096: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2097:
1.113 naddy 2098: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.38 louis 2099: <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 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2101:
2102: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2103: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2104: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2105: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2106: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2107: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2108: <p>
1.19 louis 2109:
1.113 naddy 2110: <li><strong>
2111: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color=#009000>, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2112: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2113:
2114: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2115: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2116: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2117: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2118: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2119: <p>
1.16 louis 2120:
1.113 naddy 2121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2122: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2123: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2124: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2125:
1.57 louis 2126: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2127: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2128: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2129: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2132: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2133: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2135:
1.113 naddy 2136: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2137:
1.113 naddy 2138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.215 horacio 2139: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2140: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2141: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2142:
1.23 louis 2143: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2144: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2145: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2146: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2147: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.113 naddy 2148: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2149:
1.113 naddy 2150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.47 louis 2151: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2152: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2153: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2154:
1.199 pvalchev 2155: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2156: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2157: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2158: installation.
1.113 naddy 2159: <p>
1.47 louis 2160:
1.113 naddy 2161: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2162: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2163: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2164: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2165:
2166: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2167: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.57 louis 2168:
1.69 deraadt 2169: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
2170:
1.113 naddy 2171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2172: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2173: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2174: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2175:
2176: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2177: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2178: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2179: <p>
1.12 louis 2180:
1.113 naddy 2181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2182: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2183: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2184: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2185:
2186: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2187: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2188: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2189: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2190: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2191: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2192: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2193: <p>
1.8 deraadt 2194:
1.69 deraadt 2195: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.3 deraadt 2196:
1.113 naddy 2197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2198: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2199: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2200:
2201: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2202: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2203: available."
1.113 naddy 2204: <p>
1.6 deraadt 2205:
1.69 deraadt 2206: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
2207:
1.113 naddy 2208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 louis 2209: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2210: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2211:
2212: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2213: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2214: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2215: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2216: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2217: <p>
1.33 louis 2218:
1.113 naddy 2219: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2220: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2221: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2222: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2223:
1.113 naddy 2224: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2225: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2226: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2227: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2228: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2229: <p>
1.57 louis 2230:
1.69 deraadt 2231: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
2232:
1.113 naddy 2233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2234: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2235: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2236: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2237:
2238: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2239: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2240: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2241:
1.113 naddy 2242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.39 louis 2243: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2244: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2245: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2246: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2247:
2248: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2249: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2250:
1.113 naddy 2251: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2252: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2253:
1.113 naddy 2254: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2255:
1.113 naddy 2256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.68 louis 2257: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2258: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2259: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2260:
2261: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2262: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.23 louis 2263:
1.69 deraadt 2264: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
2265:
1.113 naddy 2266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2267: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2268: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2269:
2270: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2271: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2272: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2273:
1.113 naddy 2274: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2275: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2276: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2278:
2279: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2280: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2281: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2282: site.<p>
1.57 louis 2283:
1.69 deraadt 2284: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
2285:
1.113 naddy 2286: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 2287: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2288: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2289: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2290:
2291: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2292: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2293: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2294: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2295: <p>
1.15 louis 2296:
1.113 naddy 2297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2298: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2299: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2300: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2301:
2302: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2303: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2304: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2305: columns."
1.113 naddy 2306: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2307:
1.69 deraadt 2308: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
2309:
1.113 naddy 2310: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2311: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2312: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2313: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2314:
2315: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2316: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2317:
1.113 naddy 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2319: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2320: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2321:
2322: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2323: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2324: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.57 louis 2325:
1.69 deraadt 2326: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2327:
1.113 naddy 2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2329: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2330: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2331: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2332:
1.222 miod 2333: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2334: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2335: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2336: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2337: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2338:
1.69 deraadt 2339: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
2340:
1.113 naddy 2341: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2342: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2343: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2344:
1.69 deraadt 2345: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2346: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2347: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2348:
1.69 deraadt 2349: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.1 deraadt 2350:
1.113 naddy 2351: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2352: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2353: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2354: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2355:
2356: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2357: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2358: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2359:
1.113 naddy 2360: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
2361: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2362: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2363: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2364: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2365:
1.69 deraadt 2366: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
2367:
1.113 naddy 2368: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2369: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2370: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2371: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2372: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2373: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2374:
2375: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2376: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2377: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2378: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2379: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2380: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2381:
2382: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
2383:
1.113 naddy 2384: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2385: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2386: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2387:
1.69 deraadt 2388: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2389: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2390: <p>
1.112 naddy 2391:
1.113 naddy 2392: </dl>
2393: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2394:
1.113 naddy 2395: <hr>
2396: <a name=se></a>
2397: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2398:
1.200 niklas 2399: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2400:
2401: <dl>
2402: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2403: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2404: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2405:
2406: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2407: <p>
2408:
2409: </dl>
2410:
2411: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2412:
2413: <dl>
2414: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2415: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2416: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2417:
2418: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2419: <p>
2420:
2421: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2422: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2423: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2424:
2425: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2426: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2427: <p>
2428:
2429: </dl>
2430:
2431: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2432:
2433: <dl>
2434: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2435: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2436: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2437:
2438: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2439: <p>
2440:
2441: </dl>
2442:
1.102 niklas 2443: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2444:
1.113 naddy 2445: <dl>
2446: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.103 niklas 2447: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2448: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2449:
2450: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2451: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2452: <p>
1.102 niklas 2453:
1.113 naddy 2454: </dl>
1.102 niklas 2455:
1.84 niklas 2456: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2457:
1.113 naddy 2458: <dl>
2459: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.84 niklas 2460: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2461: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2462:
2463: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2464: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2465: <p>
1.84 niklas 2466:
1.113 naddy 2467: </dl>
1.84 niklas 2468:
1.69 deraadt 2469: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2470:
1.113 naddy 2471: <dl>
2472: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2473: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2474: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2475:
1.222 miod 2476: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2477: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2478: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2479: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2480:
1.113 naddy 2481: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2482: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2483: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2484: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2485: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2486:
1.20 louis 2487: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2488: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2489: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2490: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2491: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2492:
1.113 naddy 2493: </dl>
1.1 deraadt 2494:
1.113 naddy 2495: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2496: <a name=fi></a>
2497: <h3><font color=#e00000>Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
2498:
2499: <dl>
2500:
2501: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2502:
2503: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2504: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2505: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2506:
2507: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2508: will be removed from OpenBSD.
2509: </dl>
2510:
2511: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2512: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2513:
1.113 naddy 2514: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2515:
1.113 naddy 2516: <dl>
1.20 louis 2517:
1.170 louis 2518: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
2519:
2520: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2521: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2522: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2523: </strong></font><br>
2524:
2525: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2526: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2527: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2528: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2529: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2530: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2531: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2532: <p>
2533:
1.69 deraadt 2534: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
2535:
1.113 naddy 2536: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.135 ericj 2537: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2538: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2540:
2541: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2542: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2543: translating and reprinting articles from
2544: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2545: <p>
1.112 naddy 2546:
1.113 naddy 2547: </dl>
1.20 louis 2548:
1.113 naddy 2549: <hr>
2550: <a name=de></a>
2551: <h3><font color=#e00000>Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
2552: <dl>
1.50 louis 2553:
1.246 ! jufi 2554: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
! 2555: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
! 2556: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
! 2557: December 04, 2002
! 2558: </strong></font><br>
! 2559: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
! 2560: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
! 2561: <p>
! 2562:
1.151 louis 2563: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
2564:
2565: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2566: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2567: </strong></font><br>
2568:
2569: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2570: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2571: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2572: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2573: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2574:
2575: <p>
2576:
1.72 louis 2577: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
2578:
1.113 naddy 2579: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2580: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2581: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2582: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2583:
1.101 jufi 2584: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2585: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2586: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2587: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2588: Giving way to
2589: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2590: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2591: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2592: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2593: <p>
1.72 louis 2594:
1.69 deraadt 2595: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
2596:
1.113 naddy 2597: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.111 jufi 2598: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2599: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2600: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2601:
2602: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2603: <p>
2604: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2605:
1.50 louis 2606:
1.113 naddy 2607: <hr>
2608: <a name=ru></a>
2609: <h3><font color=#e00000>Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
2610: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2611:
1.69 deraadt 2612: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
2613:
1.113 naddy 2614: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2615: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2616: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2617: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2618:
2619: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2620: <p>
1.62 form 2621:
1.69 deraadt 2622: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
2623:
1.113 naddy 2624: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2625: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2626: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2628:
1.59 form 2629: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2630: <p>
1.112 naddy 2631:
1.113 naddy 2632: </dl>
1.112 naddy 2633:
1.113 naddy 2634: <hr>
2635: <a name=pl></a>
2636: <h3><font color=#e00000>Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2637: <dl>
1.56 deraadt 2638:
1.113 naddy 2639: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.129 louis 2640: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2641: Radio, August 2, 2000
2642: </strong></font><br>
2643:
2644: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2645: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2646: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2647: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2648: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2649: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2650: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2651: <p>
2652:
2653: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.89 louis 2654: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2655: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2656: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2657: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2658:
2659: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2660: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2661: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2662: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2663: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2664: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.113 naddy 2665: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2666: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2667: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2668: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2669: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2670: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2671: <p>
2672: </dl>
1.56 deraadt 2673:
1.113 naddy 2674: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2675: <a name=es></a>
2676: <h3><font color=#e00000>Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
2677: <dl>
2678:
2679: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
2680:
2681: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
2682: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2683: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2684: </strong></font><br>
2685:
2686: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2687: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2688: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2689: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2690: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2691: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
2692: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2693: <p>
2694: </dl>
2695:
2696:
2697: <hr>
2698: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.113 naddy 2699: <a href=mailto:www@openbsd.org>www@openbsd.org</a>
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