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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.247 jufi 32: <h3><font color="#e00000">English press coverage</font></h3><p>
1.16 louis 33:
1.246 jufi 34: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 35: <ul>
1.246 jufi 36:
1.247 jufi 37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 38: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
39: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
40: </strong></font><br>
41: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
42: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
43: <p>
44:
1.247 jufi 45: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 46: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
47: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
48: </strong></font><br>
49: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
50: in their annual OpenHack security test.
51: <p>
1.247 jufi 52: </ul>
1.246 jufi 53:
1.244 jufi 54: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 55: <ul>
1.246 jufi 56:
1.247 jufi 57: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 58: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
59: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
60: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
61: <br>
62: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
63: </strong></font><br>
64: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
65: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
66: md5 digests.
67: <p>
68:
1.247 jufi 69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 70: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 71: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 72: </strong></font><br>
73: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
74: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
75: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
76: right the first time."
77: <p>
1.247 jufi 78: </ul>
1.244 jufi 79:
80:
81: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 82: <ul>
1.244 jufi 83:
1.247 jufi 84: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 85: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
86: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
87: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
88: </strong></font><br>
89: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
90: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
91: part 6</a>.
92: <p>
93:
1.247 jufi 94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 95: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
96: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
97: </strong></font><br>
98: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
99: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
100: <p>
1.247 jufi 101: </ul>
1.242 jufi 102:
103: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 104: <ul>
1.242 jufi 105:
1.247 jufi 106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 107: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
108: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
109: </strong></font><br>
110: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
111: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
112: <p>
113:
1.247 jufi 114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 115: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
116: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
117: </strong></font><br>
118: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
119: this time using pf.
120: <p>
1.247 jufi 121: </ul>
1.242 jufi 122:
123: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 124: <ul>
1.242 jufi 125:
1.247 jufi 126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 127: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
128: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
129: </strong></font><br>
130: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
131: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
132: their rotation.
133: <p>
134:
1.247 jufi 135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 136: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
137: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
138: </strong></font><br>
139: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
140: <p>
1.247 jufi 141: </ul>
1.242 jufi 142:
1.239 jufi 143: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 144: <ul>
1.239 jufi 145:
1.247 jufi 146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 147: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
148: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
149: </strong></font><br>
150: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
151: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
152: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
153: <p>
154:
1.247 jufi 155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 156: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
157: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
158: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 159: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
160: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
161: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 162: <p>
1.247 jufi 163: </ul>
1.239 jufi 164:
1.235 lebel 165: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 166: <ul>
1.235 lebel 167:
1.239 jufi 168:
1.247 jufi 169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 170: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
171: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
172: </strong></font><br>
173: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
174: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
175: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
176: <p>
1.247 jufi 177: </ul>
1.235 lebel 178:
1.228 horacio 179: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 180: <ul>
1.228 horacio 181:
1.247 jufi 182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 183: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
184: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
185: </strong></font><br>
186: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
187: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
188: <p>
189:
1.247 jufi 190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 191: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
192: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
193: </strong></font><br>
194: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
195: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
196: <p>
197:
1.247 jufi 198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 199: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
200: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
201: </strong></font><br>
202: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
203: on the desktop of his parents.
204: <p>
205:
1.247 jufi 206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 207: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 208: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 209: </strong></font><br>
210: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
211: using IPFilter.
212:
213: <p>
214:
1.247 jufi 215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 216: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
217: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
218: </strong></font><br>
219: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
220: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
221: perspectives of the four OS.
222: <br>
223: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
224: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPSec or Kerberos.
225: <p>
226:
1.247 jufi 227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 228: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
229: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
230: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
231: </strong></font><br>
232:
233: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
234: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
235: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
236: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
237: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
238: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
239: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
240: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
241: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
242: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
243: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
244: security conscious team beyond doubt.
245: <p>
1.247 jufi 246: </ul>
1.228 horacio 247:
1.225 horacio 248: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 249: <ul>
1.225 horacio 250:
1.247 jufi 251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 252: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
253: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 254: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 255: </strong></font><br>
256:
257: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
258: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
259: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 260: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 261: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
262: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
263: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
264: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
265: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 266: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 267: of choice.
268: <p>
1.247 jufi 269: </ul>
1.225 horacio 270:
271: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 272: <ul>
1.225 horacio 273:
1.247 jufi 274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 275: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
276: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
277: </strong></font><br>
278:
279: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
280: <p>
281:
1.247 jufi 282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 283: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 284: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 285: </strong></font><br>
286:
287: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
288: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
289: <p>
1.247 jufi 290: </ul>
1.225 horacio 291:
1.218 horacio 292: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 293: <ul>
1.218 horacio 294:
1.247 jufi 295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 296: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
297: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
298: </strong></font><br>
299:
300: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
301: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
302: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
303: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
304: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
305: subjects. Worth a read.
306: <p>
307:
308:
1.247 jufi 309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 310: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 311: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 312: </strong></font><br>
313:
314: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
315: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
316: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
317: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
318: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
319: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
320: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
321: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
322: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 323: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 324: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
325: on other operating systems.<br>
326: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
327: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
328: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
329: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
330: <p>
331:
1.247 jufi 332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 333: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
334: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
335: </strong></font><br>
336:
337: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
338: covering the level of software integration into the core
339: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
340: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
341: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
342: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
343: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
344: <p>
345:
1.247 jufi 346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 347: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
348: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
349: </strong></font><br>
350:
351: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
352: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
353: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
354: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
355: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
356: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
357: <p>
1.247 jufi 358: </ul>
1.221 horacio 359:
1.210 jufi 360: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 361: <ul>
1.215 horacio 362:
1.247 jufi 363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 364: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
365: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
366: </strong></font><br>
367:
368: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
369: source software in response to an article which claimed that
370: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
371: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
372: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
373: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
374: <p>
375:
1.247 jufi 376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 377: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 378: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
379: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 380:
1.224 horacio 381: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
382: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
383: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
384: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
385: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
386: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 387: <p>
1.247 jufi 388: </ul>
1.215 horacio 389:
390: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 391: <ul>
1.215 horacio 392:
1.247 jufi 393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 394: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
395: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
396: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
397: </strong></font><br>
398:
399: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
400: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 401: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 402: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
403: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
404: investment</em>.<br>
405: The implementation details can be seen on their
406: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
407: <p>
408:
1.247 jufi 409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 410: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
411: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
415: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
416: security and says that even secured operating systems running
417: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
418: to time.<br>
419: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
420: system and just the most secure system.
421: <p>
422:
1.247 jufi 423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 424: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
425: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
426: </strong></font><br>
427:
428: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
429: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
430: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
431: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
432: choice:<br>
433: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
434: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
435: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
436: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
437: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
438: network security devices and as such must be well
439: armored."</em><br>
440: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
441: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
442: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
443: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
444: <br>
445: Bravo!
446: <p>
1.247 jufi 447: </ul>
1.210 jufi 448:
1.207 ian 449: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 450: <ul>
1.215 horacio 451:
1.247 jufi 452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 453: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
454: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
455: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 456:
1.207 ian 457: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
458: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 459: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 460: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
461: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
462: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 463: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 464: <p>
1.247 jufi 465: </ul>
1.207 ian 466:
1.194 jufi 467: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 468: <ul>
1.194 jufi 469:
1.247 jufi 470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 471: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
472: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
473: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 474:
1.240 miod 475: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 476: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
477: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
478: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
479: <p>
480:
1.247 jufi 481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 482: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 483: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
484: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
485: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 486:
1.240 miod 487: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 488: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 489: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
490: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
491: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 492: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 493: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
494: <br>
495: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
496: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
497: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
498: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
499: <p>
500:
1.247 jufi 501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 502: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
503: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 504: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 505: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 506:
1.194 jufi 507: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
508: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
509: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
510: <br>
511: The new
512: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 513: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 514: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
515: <p>
1.247 jufi 516: </ul>
1.194 jufi 517:
1.190 horacio 518: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 519: <ul>
1.190 horacio 520:
1.247 jufi 521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 522:
523: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
524: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
525:
526: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
527: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
528:
529: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
530: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
531:
1.212 horacio 532: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
533: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 534: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
535:
1.211 horacio 536: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
537: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 538: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
539:
1.247 jufi 540: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 541: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
542:
1.247 jufi 543: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 544: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
545:
1.212 horacio 546: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
547: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 548: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
549:
550: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
551: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
552:
553: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
554: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
555:
556: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
557: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
558:
559: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 560: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 561:
1.192 jufi 562: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
563: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 564: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 565:
1.193 deraadt 566: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
567: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 568: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 569:
1.247 jufi 570: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 571: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
572:
1.247 jufi 573: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 574: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
575: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
576:
1.213 horacio 577: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 578: 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>,
1.213 horacio 579: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
580:
1.190 horacio 581: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 582: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
583: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
584: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
585: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
586: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
587: <p>
1.190 horacio 588:
1.247 jufi 589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 590: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
591: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
592: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 593: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 594:
1.195 jufi 595: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 596: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
597: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
598: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 599: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
600: <p>
601:
1.247 jufi 602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 603: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 604: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
605: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
606: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 607:
1.191 jufi 608: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
609: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
610: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
611: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 612: <p>
1.247 jufi 613: </ul>
1.190 horacio 614:
1.191 jufi 615:
1.186 jufi 616: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 617: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 618:
1.247 jufi 619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 620: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 621: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
622: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 623: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 624:
1.188 jufi 625: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 626: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 627: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 628: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
629: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 630: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 631: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 632: <p>
633:
1.191 jufi 634:
1.247 jufi 635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 636: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
637: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
638: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 639: </strong></font><br>
640:
641: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
642: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
643: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
644: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
645: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
646: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
647: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
648: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
649: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
650: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
651: familiar?
652: <p>
1.247 jufi 653: </ul>
1.191 jufi 654:
1.178 louis 655: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 656: <ul>
1.178 louis 657:
1.247 jufi 658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 659: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
660: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 661: </strong></font><br>
662:
663: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
664: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
665: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
666: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
667: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
668: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
669: <p>
670:
1.247 jufi 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 672: <a
1.182 louis 673: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
674: </strong></font><br>
675:
676: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
677: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
678: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
679: <p>
680:
1.247 jufi 681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 682: <a
1.179 louis 683: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
684: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
685: </strong></font><br>
686:
687: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
688: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
689: <p>
1.247 jufi 690: </ul>
1.179 louis 691:
1.174 louis 692:
1.175 louis 693: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 694: <ul>
1.175 louis 695:
1.247 jufi 696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 697: <a
1.179 louis 698: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
699: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
700: </strong></font><br>
701:
702: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
703: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
704: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
705: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
706: <p>
707:
1.247 jufi 708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 709: <a
1.183 ian 710: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 711: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
712: </strong></font><br>
713:
714: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 715: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 716: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
717: <p>
1.247 jufi 718: </ul>
1.175 louis 719:
1.176 louis 720:
1.172 mickey 721: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 722: <ul>
1.172 mickey 723:
1.247 jufi 724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 725: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 726: </strong></font><br>
727:
728: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
729: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
730: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 731: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 732: <p>
733:
1.247 jufi 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 735: <a
1.174 louis 736: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
737: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
738: </strong></font><br>
739:
740: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
741: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
742: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
743: <p>
744:
1.247 jufi 745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 746: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
747: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
748: </strong></font><br>
749:
750: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
751: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
752: <p>
753:
1.247 jufi 754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 755: <a
756: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
757: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
758: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
759: </strong></font><br>
760:
761: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
762: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
763: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
764: our own Theo de Raadt.
765: <p>
766:
1.247 jufi 767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 768: <a
769: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
770: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
771: </strong></font><br>
772:
773: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
774: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
775: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
776: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
777: shut down.]
778: <p>
779:
1.247 jufi 780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 781: <a
1.226 horacio 782: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
783: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 784: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 785: </strong></font><br>
786:
787: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
788: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
789: <p>
1.247 jufi 790: </ul>
1.172 mickey 791:
1.161 louis 792: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 793: <ul>
1.161 louis 794:
1.247 jufi 795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 796: <a
797: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
798: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
799: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
800: </strong></font><br>
801:
802: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
803: by John Wolley
804: <p>
805:
1.247 jufi 806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 807: <a
808: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
809: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
810: </strong></font><br>
811:
812: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
813: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
814: OpenBSD).
815: <p>
816:
1.247 jufi 817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 818: <a
1.247 jufi 819: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 820: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
821: </strong></font><br>
822:
823: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
824: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
825: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
826: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
827: and hindsight.
828: <p>
829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 831: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
832: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
833: </strong></font><br>
834:
835: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
836: <p>
837:
1.247 jufi 838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 839: <a
1.168 provos 840: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
841: December 7, 2000
842: </strong></font><br>
843:
844: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
845: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
846: us explain.
847: <p>
848:
1.247 jufi 849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 850: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
851: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 852: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 853: December 6, 2000
854: </strong></font><br>
855:
856: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
857: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
858: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
859: <p>
860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 862: <a
1.226 horacio 863: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
864: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 865: </strong></font><br>
866:
867: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 868: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 869: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 870: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
871: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
872: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 873: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 874: <p>
1.162 millert 875:
1.247 jufi 876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 877: <a
1.161 louis 878: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
879: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
880: </strong></font><br>
881:
882: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
883: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
884: <p>
885:
1.247 jufi 886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 887: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
888: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
889: </strong></font><br>
890:
891: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
892: <p>
893:
894:
1.247 jufi 895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 896: <a
1.226 horacio 897: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
898: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
899: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 900: </strong></font><br>
901:
902: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
903: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
904: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
905: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
906: <p>
1.247 jufi 907: </ul>
1.169 louis 908:
1.158 louis 909: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 910: <ul>
1.147 louis 911:
1.247 jufi 912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 913: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
914: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 915: </strong></font><br>
916:
917: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
918: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
919: <p>
920:
1.247 jufi 921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 922: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
923: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
924: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 925: </strong></font><br>
926: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
927: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
928: <p>
929:
1.247 jufi 930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 931: <a
932: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
933: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
934: </strong></font><br>
935:
936: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
937: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
938: <p>
939:
1.247 jufi 940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 941: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 942: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
943: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 944:
1.213 horacio 945: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 946: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
947: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
948: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
949: <p>
1.215 horacio 950:
1.247 jufi 951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 952: <a
953: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
954: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
955: </strong></font><br>
956:
957: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
958: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
959: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
960: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
961: much of the attitude too).
962: <p>
1.161 louis 963:
1.247 jufi 964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 965: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 966: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 967: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 968:
1.157 louis 969: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
970: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
971: <p>
1.247 jufi 972: </ul>
1.157 louis 973:
974: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 975: <ul>
1.157 louis 976:
1.247 jufi 977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 978: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 979: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 980: </strong></font><br>
981:
982: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
983: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
984: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
985: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
986: <p>
987:
1.247 jufi 988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 989: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
990: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
991: </strong></font><br>
992:
993: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
994: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
995: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
996: it because they love coding...
997: <p>
998:
1.247 jufi 999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1000: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1001: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003:
1004: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1005: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1006: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1007: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1008: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1009: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1010: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1011: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1012: <p>
1013:
1.247 jufi 1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1015: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1016: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1017: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1018: </strong></font><br>
1019:
1020: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1021: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1022: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1023: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1024: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1025: the pizza.
1026: <p>
1027:
1.247 jufi 1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1029: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1030: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032:
1033: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1034: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1035: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1036: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1037: problems.
1038: <p>
1039:
1.247 jufi 1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1041: <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 1042: </strong></font><br>
1043:
1.222 miod 1044: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1045: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1046: - whether they like it or not.
1047: <p>
1048:
1.247 jufi 1049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1050: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1051: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1052: </strong></font><br>
1053:
1054: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1055: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1056: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1057: <p>
1.148 aaron 1058:
1.247 jufi 1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1060: <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 1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1064: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1065: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1066: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1067: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1068: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1069: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1070: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1071: <p>
1072:
1.247 jufi 1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1074: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1075: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077:
1078: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1079: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1080: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1081: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1082: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1083: <p>
1.247 jufi 1084: </ul>
1.147 louis 1085:
1.138 louis 1086: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1087: <ul>
1.138 louis 1088:
1.247 jufi 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1090: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1091: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1092: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1093: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1094: </strong></font><br>
1095:
1.227 horacio 1096: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1097: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1098: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1099: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1100: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1101: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1102: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1103: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1104: <p>
1105:
1.247 jufi 1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1107: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1108: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1112: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1113: groups, and even Linux.
1114: <p>
1115:
1.247 jufi 1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1117: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1118: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1119: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1120: </strong></font><br>
1121:
1122: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1123: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1124: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1125: library after installing the OS.
1126: <p>
1127:
1.247 jufi 1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1129: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1130: Sys Admin, September 2000
1131: </strong></font><br>
1132:
1133: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1134: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1135: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1136: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1137: (<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>,
1138: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1139: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1140: <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 1141: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1142: out of the system.
1143: <p>
1144:
1.247 jufi 1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1146: <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
1147: </strong></font><br>
1148:
1149: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1150: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1151: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1152: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1153: the IP filtering and address translation.
1154: <p>
1.247 jufi 1155: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1156:
1.131 louis 1157: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1158: <ul>
1.131 louis 1159:
1.247 jufi 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1161: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1162: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1163: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1164: </strong></font><br>
1165:
1166: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1167: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1168: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1169: <p>
1170:
1.247 jufi 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1172: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1173: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1174: </strong></font><br>
1175:
1176: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1177: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1178: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1179: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1180: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1181: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1182: note of"</i>.
1183: <p>
1184:
1.247 jufi 1185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1186: <a
1.247 jufi 1187: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1188: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1189: </strong></font><br>
1190:
1191: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1192: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1193: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1194: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1198: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1199: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201:
1202: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1203: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1204: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1205: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1206: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1207: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1208: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1209: <p>
1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1212: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1213: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1214: 2000
1215: </strong></font><br>
1216:
1217: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1218: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1219: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1220: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1221: against current industry practices.
1222: <p>
1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1225: <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
1226: </strong></font><br>
1227:
1228: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1229: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1230: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1231: <p>
1232:
1.247 jufi 1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1234: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1235: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1236: </strong></font><br>
1237:
1238: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1239: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1240: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1241: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1242: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1243: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1244: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1245: <p>
1246:
1.247 jufi 1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1248: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1249: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1250: </strong></font><br>
1251:
1252: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1253: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1254: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1255: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1256: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1257: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1258: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1259: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1260: <p>
1.247 jufi 1261: </ul>
1.131 louis 1262:
1.118 louis 1263: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1264: <ul>
1.118 louis 1265:
1.247 jufi 1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1267: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1268: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1269: </strong></font><br>
1270:
1271: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1272: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1273: about time. The article mentions that
1274: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1275: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1276: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1277: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1278: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1279: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1280: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1281: <p>
1282:
1.247 jufi 1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1284: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1285: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1286: </strong></font><br>
1287:
1288: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1289: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1290: of OpenSSH.
1291: <p>
1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1294: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1295: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1296: </strong></font><br>
1297:
1298: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1299: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1300: bridging.
1301: <p>
1302:
1.247 jufi 1303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1304: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1305: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1.121 deraadt 1308: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1309: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1310: <p>
1311:
1.247 jufi 1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1313: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1314: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1315: </strong></font><br>
1316:
1317: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1318: <p>
1319:
1.247 jufi 1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1321: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1322: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1323: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1324: </strong></font><br>
1325:
1.120 deraadt 1326: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1327: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1328: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1329: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1330: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1331: <p>
1332:
1.247 jufi 1333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1334: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1335: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1336: </strong></font><br>
1337:
1.222 miod 1338: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1339: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1340: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1341: protocols and their quirks.
1342: <p>
1343:
1.247 jufi 1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1345: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1346: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1347: </strong></font><br>
1348:
1349: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1350: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1351: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1352: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1353: <p>
1354:
1.247 jufi 1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1356: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1357: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1358: </strong></font><br>
1359:
1360: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1361: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1362: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1363: <p>
1364:
1.247 jufi 1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1366: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1367: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1368: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1369: </strong></font><br>
1370:
1371: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1372: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1373: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1374: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1375: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1376: <p>
1.247 jufi 1377: </ul>
1.118 louis 1378:
1.104 louis 1379: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1380: <ul>
1.104 louis 1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1383: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1384: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1385: </strong></font><br>
1386:
1387: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1388: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1389: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1390: be a bit dry.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1394: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1395: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1396: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1397: </strong></font><br>
1398: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1399: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1400: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1401: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1402: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1403: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1404: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1405: <p>
1406:
1.247 jufi 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1408: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1409: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1410: 2000
1.128 louis 1411: </strong></font><br>
1412:
1413: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1414: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1415: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1416: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1417: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1418: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1419: <p>
1420:
1.247 jufi 1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1422: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1423: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1424: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1425:
1426: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1427: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1428: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1429: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1430: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1431: <p>
1.110 louis 1432:
1.247 jufi 1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1434: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1435: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1436: </strong></font><br>
1437:
1438: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1439: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1440: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1441: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1442: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1443: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1444: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1445: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1446: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1447: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1448: <p>
1449:
1.247 jufi 1450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1451: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1452: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1453:
1454: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1455: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1456: <p>
1.108 louis 1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1459: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1460: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1461: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1462:
1463: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1464: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1465: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1466: <p>
1.106 louis 1467:
1.247 jufi 1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1469: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1470: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1471: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1472:
1473: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1474: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1475: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1476: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1477: <p>
1.107 louis 1478:
1.247 jufi 1479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1480: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1481: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1482: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1483:
1484: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1485: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1486: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1487: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1488: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1489: <p>
1.105 louis 1490:
1.247 jufi 1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1492: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1493: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1494: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1495:
1.113 naddy 1496: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1497: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1498: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1499: <p>
1.104 louis 1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1502: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1503: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1504: </strong></font><br>
1505:
1506: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1507: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1508: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1509: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1510: <p>
1.247 jufi 1511: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1512:
1.85 louis 1513: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1514: <ul>
1.85 louis 1515:
1.247 jufi 1516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1517: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1518: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1519: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1520:
1521: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1522: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1523: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1524: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1525: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1526: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1527: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1528: <p>
1.99 louis 1529:
1.247 jufi 1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1531: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1532: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1533: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1534:
1535: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1536: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1537: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1538: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1539: <p>
1.100 louis 1540:
1.247 jufi 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1542: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1543: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1545:
1546: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1547: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1548: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1549: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1550: <p>
1.95 louis 1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1553: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1554: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1555: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1556:
1557: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1558: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1559: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1560: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1561: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1562: <p>
1.92 louis 1563:
1.247 jufi 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1565: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1566: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1567: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1568:
1569: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1570: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1571: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1572: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1573: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1574: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1575: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1576: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1577: <p>
1.91 louis 1578:
1.247 jufi 1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1580: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1581: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1582: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1583:
1584: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1585: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1586: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1587: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1588: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1589: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1590: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1591: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1592: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1593: <p>
1.90 louis 1594:
1.247 jufi 1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1596: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1597: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1598: </strong></font><br>
1599: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1600: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1601: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1602: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1603: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1604: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1605: <p>
1606:
1.247 jufi 1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1608: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1609: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1610: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1611:
1.113 naddy 1612: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1613: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1614: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1615: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1616: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1617: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1618: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1619: <p>
1.87 louis 1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1622: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1623: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1624: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1625:
1626: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1627: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1628: <p>
1.85 louis 1629:
1.247 jufi 1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1631: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1632: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1633: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1634:
1635: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1636: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1637: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1638: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1639: <p>
1.89 louis 1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1642: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1643: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1644: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1645:
1646: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1647: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1648: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1649: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1650: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1651: </ul>
1.85 louis 1652:
1.78 deraadt 1653: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1654: <ul>
1.74 louis 1655:
1.247 jufi 1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1657: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1658: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1659: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1660: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1661:
1662: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1663: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1664: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1665: <p>
1.83 louis 1666:
1.247 jufi 1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1668: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1669: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1670: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1671:
1672: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1673: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1674: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1675: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1676: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1677: <p>
1.93 louis 1678:
1.247 jufi 1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1680: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1681: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1682: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1683: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1684:
1.83 louis 1685: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1686: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1687: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1688: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1689: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1690: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1691: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1692: <p>
1.82 aaron 1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1695: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1696: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1697: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1698:
1.83 louis 1699: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1700: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1701: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1702: <p>
1.80 louis 1703:
1.247 jufi 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1705: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1706: Bad Press</a>,
1707: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1708: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1709:
1710: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1711: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1712: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1713: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1714: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1715: <p>
1.247 jufi 1716: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1717:
1718: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1719: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1720:
1.247 jufi 1721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1722: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1723: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1724: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1726:
1727: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1728: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1729: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1730: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1731: <p>
1.74 louis 1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1734: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1735: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1736: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1737:
1.219 horacio 1738: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1739: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1740: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1741: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1742: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1743: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1744: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1745: <p>
1.88 louis 1746:
1.247 jufi 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1748: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1749: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1750: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1751:
1752: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1753: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1754: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1755: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1756: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1757: <p>
1.81 louis 1758:
1.247 jufi 1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1760: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1761: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1762: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1763:
1764: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1765: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1766: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1767: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1768: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1769: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1770: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1771: <p>
1.90 louis 1772:
1.247 jufi 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1774: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1775: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1776: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1777:
1778: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1779: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1780: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1781: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1782: <p>
1.247 jufi 1783: </ul>
1.71 louis 1784:
1.69 deraadt 1785: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1786: <ul>
1.70 louis 1787:
1.247 jufi 1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1789: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1790: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1792:
1793: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1794: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1795: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1796: <p>
1.70 louis 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1799: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1800: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1801: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1802:
1803: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 ! jufi 1804: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1805: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1806: <p>
1.68 louis 1807:
1.247 jufi 1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1809: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1810: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1811: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1813:
1.111 jufi 1814: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1815: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1816: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1817: "secure by default" installation.
1818: <p>
1.64 louis 1819:
1.247 jufi 1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1821: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1822: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1823: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1824:
1.113 naddy 1825: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1826: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1827: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1828: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1829: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1830: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1831: <p>
1.66 louis 1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1834: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1835: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1836: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1837:
1838: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1839: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1840: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1841: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1842: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1843: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1844: <p>
1.83 louis 1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1847: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1848: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1849: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1850:
1851: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1852: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1853: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1854: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1855: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1856: <p>
1.64 louis 1857:
1.247 jufi 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1859: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1860: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1861: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1862:
1863: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1864: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1865: <p>
1.247 jufi 1866: </ul>
1.65 louis 1867:
1.69 deraadt 1868: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1869: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1872: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1873: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1874: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1875:
1876: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1877: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1878: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1879: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1880: <p>
1.88 louis 1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1883: <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 1884: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1885:
1886: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1887: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1888: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1889: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1890: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1891: <p>
1.60 louis 1892:
1.247 jufi 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 1894: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1895: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1896: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1897: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1898:
1899: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1900: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1901: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1902: <p>
1.58 louis 1903:
1.247 jufi 1904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 1905: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1906: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1907:
1908: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1909: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1910: <p>
1.53 louis 1911:
1.247 jufi 1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 1913: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1914: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1915: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1916:
1917: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1918: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1919: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1920: <p>
1.99 louis 1921:
1.247 jufi 1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 1923: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1924: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1925:
1926: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1927: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1928: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1929: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1930: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1933: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1934: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1935: </strong></font><br>
1936:
1937: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1938: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1939: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1940: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1941: <p>
1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1944: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1945: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1946: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1947:
1948: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1949: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1950: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1953: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1954: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1955:
1956: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1957: in
1.247 jufi 1958: <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 1959: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1960: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1961: <p>
1.53 louis 1962:
1.247 jufi 1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1964: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 1965: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
1966: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 1967: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 1968:
1.58 louis 1969: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1970: <p>
1.247 jufi 1971: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 1972:
1.69 deraadt 1973: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 1974: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1977: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
1978: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
1979: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 1980: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 1981:
1.58 louis 1982: Kurt Seifried
1983: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
1984: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
1985: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 1986: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 1987:
1.247 jufi 1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1989: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 1990: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 1991: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 1992:
1993: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 1994: <p>
1.96 louis 1995:
1.247 jufi 1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1997: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 1998: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 1999: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2000:
2001: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2002: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2003: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2004: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2005: <p>
1.247 jufi 2006: </ul>
1.86 louis 2007:
1.69 deraadt 2008: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2009: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2010:
1.247 jufi 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2012: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2013: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2014: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2015:
2016: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2017: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2018: <p>
1.61 louis 2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2021: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2022: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2023: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2024: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2025:
2026: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2027: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2028: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2029: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2030: right -- or at least strives to".
2031: <p>
1.48 louis 2032:
1.247 jufi 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2034: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2035: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2036: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2037: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2038: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2039: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2040: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2041: <p>
1.61 louis 2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <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 2044: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2045: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2046:
2047: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2048: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2049: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2050: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2051: <p>
1.46 louis 2052:
1.247 jufi 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2054: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2055: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2056: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2057:
2058: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2059: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2060: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2063: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2064: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2065: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2066:
2067: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2068: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2069: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2070: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2071: <p>
1.247 jufi 2072: </ul>
1.70 louis 2073:
1.69 deraadt 2074: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2075: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2076:
1.247 jufi 2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2078: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2079: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2080: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2081: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2082:
2083: Kurt Seifried
2084: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2085: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2086: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2087: <p>
1.44 philen 2088:
1.247 jufi 2089: <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 2090: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2091: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2092:
2093: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2094: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <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 2097: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2098: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2099:
2100: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2101: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2102:
1.247 jufi 2103: <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 2104: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2105: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2106:
2107: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2108: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2109: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2110: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2111: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2112:
1.247 jufi 2113: <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 2114: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2115: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2116:
1.36 louis 2117: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2118: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2121: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2122: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2123: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2124:
2125: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2126: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2127: </ul>
1.38 louis 2128:
1.69 deraadt 2129: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2130: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <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 2133: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2135:
2136: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2137: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2138: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2139:
1.113 naddy 2140: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2141: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2142: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2143: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2144:
2145: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2146: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2147: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2148: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2149: <blockquote>
2150: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2151: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2152: <br>
2153: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2154: </code>
2155: </blockquote>
2156: <p>
2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2159: <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</strong></font><br>
2160: <p>
2161:
2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2163: <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
1.113 naddy 2164: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2165:
2166: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2167: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2168: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2169: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2170:
1.247 jufi 2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2172: <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 2173: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2174:
2175: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2176: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2177: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2178: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2179: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2180: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2181: <p>
1.19 louis 2182:
1.113 naddy 2183: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2184: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2185: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2186:
2187: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2188: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2189: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2190: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2191: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2192: <p>
1.16 louis 2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2195: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2196: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2198:
1.57 louis 2199: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2200: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2201: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2202: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2203:
1.247 jufi 2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2205: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2206: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2207: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2208:
1.113 naddy 2209: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2212: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2213: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2214: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2215:
1.23 louis 2216: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2217: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2218: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2219: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2220: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2221: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2224: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2225: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2226: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2227:
1.199 pvalchev 2228: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2229: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2230: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2231: installation.
1.113 naddy 2232: <p>
1.47 louis 2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2235: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2236: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2237: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2238:
2239: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2240: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2241: </ul>
1.57 louis 2242:
1.69 deraadt 2243: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2244: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2247: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2248: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2249: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2250:
2251: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2252: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2253: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2254: <p>
1.12 louis 2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2257: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2258: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2259: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2260:
2261: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2262: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2263: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2264: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2265: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2266: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2267: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2268: <p>
1.247 jufi 2269: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2270:
1.69 deraadt 2271: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2272: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2275: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2276: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2277:
2278: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2279: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2280: available."
1.113 naddy 2281: <p>
1.247 jufi 2282: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2283:
1.69 deraadt 2284: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2285: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2288: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2289: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2290:
2291: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2292: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2293: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2294: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2295: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2296: <p>
1.33 louis 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2299: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2300: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2301: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2302:
1.113 naddy 2303: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2304: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2305: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2306: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2307: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2308: <p>
1.247 jufi 2309: </ul>
1.57 louis 2310:
1.69 deraadt 2311: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2312: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2313:
1.247 jufi 2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2315: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2316: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2317: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2318:
2319: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2320: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2321: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2324: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2325: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2326: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2327: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2328:
2329: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2330: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2333: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2334:
1.113 naddy 2335: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2338: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2339: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2340: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2341:
2342: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2343: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2344: </ul>
1.23 louis 2345:
1.69 deraadt 2346: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2347: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2350: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2351: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2352:
2353: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2354: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2355: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2358: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2359: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2360: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2361:
2362: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2363: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2364: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2365: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2366: </ul>
1.57 louis 2367:
1.69 deraadt 2368: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2369: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2370:
1.247 jufi 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2372: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2373: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2374: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2375:
2376: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2377: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2378: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2379: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2380: <p>
1.15 louis 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2383: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2384: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2385: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2386:
2387: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2388: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2389: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2390: columns."
1.113 naddy 2391: <p>
1.247 jufi 2392: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2393:
1.69 deraadt 2394: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2395: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2398: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2399: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2401:
2402: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2403: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2404:
1.113 naddy 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2406: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2407: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2408:
2409: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2410: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2411: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2412: </ul>
1.57 louis 2413:
1.69 deraadt 2414: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2415: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2416:
1.113 naddy 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2418: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2419: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2420: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2421:
1.222 miod 2422: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2423: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2424: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2425: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2426: <p>
1.247 jufi 2427: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2428:
1.69 deraadt 2429: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2430: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2433: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2434: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2435:
1.69 deraadt 2436: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2437: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2438: <p>
1.247 jufi 2439: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2440:
1.69 deraadt 2441: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2442: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2445: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2446: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2447: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2448:
2449: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2450: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2451: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2452:
1.247 jufi 2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2454: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2455: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2456: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2457: <p>
1.247 jufi 2458: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2459:
1.69 deraadt 2460: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2461: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2464: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2465: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2466: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2467: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2468: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2469:
2470: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2471: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2472: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2473: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2474: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2475: <p>
1.247 jufi 2476: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2477:
2478: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2479: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2482: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2483: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2484:
1.69 deraadt 2485: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2486: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2487: <p>
1.112 naddy 2488:
1.247 jufi 2489: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2490: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2491:
1.113 naddy 2492: <hr>
2493: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2494: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2495:
1.200 niklas 2496: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <ul>
2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2500: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2501: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2504: <p>
2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2507:
2508: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <ul>
2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2512: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2513: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2514:
2515: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2516: <p>
2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2519: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2520: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2521:
2522: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2523: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2524: <p>
2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2527:
2528: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <ul>
2531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2532: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2533: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2534:
2535: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2536: <p>
2537:
1.247 jufi 2538: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2539:
1.102 niklas 2540: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <ul>
2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2544: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2545: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2546:
2547: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2548: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2549: <p>
1.102 niklas 2550:
1.247 jufi 2551: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2552:
1.84 niklas 2553: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2554:
1.247 jufi 2555: <ul>
2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2557: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2558: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2559:
2560: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2561: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2562: <p>
1.84 niklas 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2565:
1.69 deraadt 2566: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <ul>
2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2570: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2571: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2572:
1.222 miod 2573: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2574: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2575: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2576: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2579: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2580: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2581: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2582: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2583:
1.20 louis 2584: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2585: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2586: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2587: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2588: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2591:
1.113 naddy 2592: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2593: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2594: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2595:
2596:
2597: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2598: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2601: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2602: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2603:
2604: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2605: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2606: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2607:
2608: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2609: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2612:
2613:
1.170 louis 2614: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2615: <ul>
1.170 louis 2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2618: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2619: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2620: </strong></font><br>
2621:
2622: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2623: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2624: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2625: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2626: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2627: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2628: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2629: <p>
1.247 jufi 2630: </ul>
1.170 louis 2631:
1.69 deraadt 2632: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2633: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2636: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2637: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2638: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2639:
2640: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2641: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2642: translating and reprinting articles from
2643: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2644: <p>
1.247 jufi 2645: </ul>
1.20 louis 2646:
1.113 naddy 2647: <hr>
2648: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2649: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2650:
1.246 jufi 2651: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2652: <ul>
2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2654: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2655: December 04, 2002
2656: </strong></font><br>
2657: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2658: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2659: <p>
1.247 jufi 2660: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2661:
1.151 louis 2662: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2663: <ul>
1.151 louis 2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2666: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2667: </strong></font><br>
2668:
2669: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2670: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2671: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2672: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2673: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2674: <p>
1.247 jufi 2675: </ul>
1.151 louis 2676:
1.72 louis 2677: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2678: <ul>
1.72 louis 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2681: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2682: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2683: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2684:
1.101 jufi 2685: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2686: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2687: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2688: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2689: Giving way to
2690: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2691: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2692: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2693: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2694: <p>
1.247 jufi 2695: </ul>
1.72 louis 2696:
1.69 deraadt 2697: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2698: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2701: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2702: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2703: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2704:
2705: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2706: <p>
1.247 jufi 2707: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2708:
1.50 louis 2709:
1.113 naddy 2710: <hr>
2711: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2712: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2713:
1.69 deraadt 2714: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2718: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2719: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2720: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2721:
2722: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2723: <p>
1.247 jufi 2724: </ul>
1.62 form 2725:
1.69 deraadt 2726: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2730: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2731: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2732: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2733:
1.59 form 2734: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2735: <p>
1.112 naddy 2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2738:
1.113 naddy 2739: <hr>
2740: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2741: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2742: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2745: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2746: Radio, August 2, 2000
2747: </strong></font><br>
2748:
2749: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2750: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2751: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2752: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2753: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2754: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2755: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2756: <p>
2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2759: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2760: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2761: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2762: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2763:
2764: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2765: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2766: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2767: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2768: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2769: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2770: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2771: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2772: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2773: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2774: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2775: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2776: <p>
1.247 jufi 2777: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2778:
1.113 naddy 2779: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2780: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2781: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2782:
2783: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2784: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2787: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2788: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2789: </strong></font><br>
2790:
2791: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2792: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2793: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2794: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2795: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2796: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2797: A
1.216 horacio 2798: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2799: <p>
1.247 jufi 2800: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2801:
2802:
2803: <hr>
2804: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 2805: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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