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1.247 jufi 33: <h3><font color="#e00000">English press coverage</font></h3><p>
1.16 louis 34:
1.251 ian 35: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
36: <ul>
37:
38: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
39: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
40: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
41: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
42: </strong></font><br>
43: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
44: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
45: Mentions
46: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
47: and
48: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
49: programs.
50: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
51: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
52: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
53: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
54: <p>
55: </ul>
56:
1.249 jufi 57: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
58: <ul>
59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
60: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
61: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
62: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
63: </strong></font><br>
64: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
65: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
66: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
67: <p>
68: </ul>
69:
1.246 jufi 70: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 71: <ul>
1.246 jufi 72:
1.247 jufi 73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 74: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
75: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
76: </strong></font><br>
77: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
78: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
79: <p>
80:
1.247 jufi 81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 82: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
83: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
84: </strong></font><br>
85: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
86: in their annual OpenHack security test.
87: <p>
1.247 jufi 88: </ul>
1.246 jufi 89:
1.244 jufi 90: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 91: <ul>
1.246 jufi 92:
1.247 jufi 93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 94: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
95: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
96: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
97: <br>
98: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
99: </strong></font><br>
100: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
101: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
102: md5 digests.
103: <p>
104:
1.247 jufi 105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 106: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 107: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 108: </strong></font><br>
109: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
110: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
111: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
112: right the first time."
113: <p>
1.247 jufi 114: </ul>
1.244 jufi 115:
116:
117: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 118: <ul>
1.244 jufi 119:
1.247 jufi 120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 121: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
122: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
123: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
124: </strong></font><br>
125: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
126: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
127: part 6</a>.
128: <p>
129:
1.247 jufi 130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 131: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
132: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
133: </strong></font><br>
134: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
135: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
136: <p>
1.247 jufi 137: </ul>
1.242 jufi 138:
139: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 140: <ul>
1.242 jufi 141:
1.247 jufi 142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 143: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
144: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
145: </strong></font><br>
146: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
147: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
148: <p>
149:
1.247 jufi 150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 151: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
152: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
153: </strong></font><br>
154: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
155: this time using pf.
156: <p>
1.247 jufi 157: </ul>
1.242 jufi 158:
159: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 160: <ul>
1.242 jufi 161:
1.247 jufi 162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 163: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
164: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
165: </strong></font><br>
166: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
167: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
168: their rotation.
169: <p>
170:
1.247 jufi 171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 172: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
173: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
174: </strong></font><br>
175: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
176: <p>
1.247 jufi 177: </ul>
1.242 jufi 178:
1.239 jufi 179: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 180: <ul>
1.239 jufi 181:
1.247 jufi 182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 183: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
184: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
185: </strong></font><br>
186: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
187: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
188: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
189: <p>
190:
1.247 jufi 191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 192: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
193: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
194: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 195: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
196: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
197: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 198: <p>
1.247 jufi 199: </ul>
1.239 jufi 200:
1.235 lebel 201: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 202: <ul>
1.235 lebel 203:
1.239 jufi 204:
1.247 jufi 205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 206: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
207: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
208: </strong></font><br>
209: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
210: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
211: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
212: <p>
1.247 jufi 213: </ul>
1.235 lebel 214:
1.228 horacio 215: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 216: <ul>
1.228 horacio 217:
1.247 jufi 218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 219: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
220: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
221: </strong></font><br>
222: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
223: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
224: <p>
225:
1.247 jufi 226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 227: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
228: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
229: </strong></font><br>
230: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
231: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
232: <p>
233:
1.247 jufi 234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 235: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
236: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
237: </strong></font><br>
238: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
239: on the desktop of his parents.
240: <p>
241:
1.247 jufi 242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 243: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 244: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 245: </strong></font><br>
246: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
247: using IPFilter.
248:
249: <p>
250:
1.247 jufi 251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 252: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
253: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
254: </strong></font><br>
255: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
256: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
257: perspectives of the four OS.
258: <br>
259: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 260: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 261: <p>
262:
1.247 jufi 263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 264: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
265: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
266: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
267: </strong></font><br>
268:
269: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
270: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
271: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
272: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
273: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
274: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
275: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
276: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
277: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
278: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
279: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
280: security conscious team beyond doubt.
281: <p>
1.247 jufi 282: </ul>
1.228 horacio 283:
1.225 horacio 284: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 285: <ul>
1.225 horacio 286:
1.247 jufi 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 288: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
289: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 290: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 291: </strong></font><br>
292:
293: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
294: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
295: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 296: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 297: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
298: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
299: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
300: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
301: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 302: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 303: of choice.
304: <p>
1.247 jufi 305: </ul>
1.225 horacio 306:
307: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 308: <ul>
1.225 horacio 309:
1.247 jufi 310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 311: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
312: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
313: </strong></font><br>
314:
315: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
316: <p>
317:
1.247 jufi 318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 319: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 320: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 321: </strong></font><br>
322:
323: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
324: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
325: <p>
1.247 jufi 326: </ul>
1.225 horacio 327:
1.218 horacio 328: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 329: <ul>
1.218 horacio 330:
1.247 jufi 331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 332: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
333: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
334: </strong></font><br>
335:
336: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
337: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
338: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
339: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
340: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
341: subjects. Worth a read.
342: <p>
343:
344:
1.247 jufi 345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 346: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 347: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 348: </strong></font><br>
349:
350: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
351: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
352: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
353: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
354: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
355: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
356: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
357: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
358: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 359: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 360: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
361: on other operating systems.<br>
362: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
363: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
364: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
365: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
366: <p>
367:
1.247 jufi 368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 369: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
370: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
371: </strong></font><br>
372:
373: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
374: covering the level of software integration into the core
375: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
376: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
377: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
378: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
379: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
380: <p>
381:
1.247 jufi 382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 383: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
384: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
388: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
389: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
390: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
391: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
392: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
393: <p>
1.247 jufi 394: </ul>
1.221 horacio 395:
1.210 jufi 396: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 397: <ul>
1.215 horacio 398:
1.247 jufi 399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 400: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
401: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
402: </strong></font><br>
403:
404: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
405: source software in response to an article which claimed that
406: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
407: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
408: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
409: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
410: <p>
411:
1.247 jufi 412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 413: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 414: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
415: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 416:
1.224 horacio 417: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
418: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
419: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
420: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
421: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
422: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 423: <p>
1.247 jufi 424: </ul>
1.215 horacio 425:
426: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 427: <ul>
1.215 horacio 428:
1.247 jufi 429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 430: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
431: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
432: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
433: </strong></font><br>
434:
435: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
436: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 437: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 438: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
439: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
440: investment</em>.<br>
441: The implementation details can be seen on their
442: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
443: <p>
444:
1.247 jufi 445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 446: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
447: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
448: </strong></font><br>
449:
450: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
451: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
452: security and says that even secured operating systems running
453: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
454: to time.<br>
455: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
456: system and just the most secure system.
457: <p>
458:
1.247 jufi 459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 460: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
461: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
462: </strong></font><br>
463:
464: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
465: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
466: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
467: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
468: choice:<br>
469: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
470: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
471: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
472: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
473: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
474: network security devices and as such must be well
475: armored."</em><br>
476: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
477: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
478: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
479: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
480: <br>
481: Bravo!
482: <p>
1.247 jufi 483: </ul>
1.210 jufi 484:
1.207 ian 485: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 486: <ul>
1.215 horacio 487:
1.247 jufi 488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 489: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
490: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
491: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 492:
1.207 ian 493: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
494: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 495: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 496: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
497: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
498: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 499: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 500: <p>
1.247 jufi 501: </ul>
1.207 ian 502:
1.194 jufi 503: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 504: <ul>
1.194 jufi 505:
1.247 jufi 506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 507: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
508: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
509: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 510:
1.240 miod 511: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 512: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
513: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
514: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
515: <p>
516:
1.247 jufi 517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 518: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 519: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
520: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
521: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 522:
1.240 miod 523: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 524: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 525: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
526: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
527: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 528: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 529: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
530: <br>
531: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
532: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
533: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
534: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
535: <p>
536:
1.247 jufi 537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 538: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
539: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 540: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 541: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 542:
1.194 jufi 543: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
544: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
545: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
546: <br>
547: The new
548: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 549: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 550: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
551: <p>
1.247 jufi 552: </ul>
1.194 jufi 553:
1.190 horacio 554: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 555: <ul>
1.190 horacio 556:
1.247 jufi 557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 558:
559: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
560: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
561:
562: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
563: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
564:
565: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
566: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
567:
1.212 horacio 568: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
569: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 570: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
571:
1.211 horacio 572: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
573: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 574: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
575:
1.247 jufi 576: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 577: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
578:
1.247 jufi 579: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 580: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
581:
1.212 horacio 582: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
583: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 584: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
585:
586: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
587: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
588:
589: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
590: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
591:
592: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
593: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
594:
595: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 596: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 597:
1.192 jufi 598: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
599: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 600: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 601:
1.193 deraadt 602: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
603: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 604: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 605:
1.247 jufi 606: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 607: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
608:
1.247 jufi 609: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 610: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
611: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
612:
1.213 horacio 613: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 614: 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 615: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
616:
1.190 horacio 617: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 618: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
619: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
620: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
621: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
622: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
623: <p>
1.190 horacio 624:
1.247 jufi 625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 626: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
627: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
628: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 629: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 630:
1.195 jufi 631: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 632: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
633: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
634: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 635: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
636: <p>
637:
1.247 jufi 638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 639: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 640: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
641: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
642: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 643:
1.191 jufi 644: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
645: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
646: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
647: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 648: <p>
1.247 jufi 649: </ul>
1.190 horacio 650:
1.191 jufi 651:
1.186 jufi 652: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 653: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 654:
1.247 jufi 655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 656: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 657: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
658: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 659: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 660:
1.188 jufi 661: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 662: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 663: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 664: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
665: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 666: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 667: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 668: <p>
669:
1.191 jufi 670:
1.247 jufi 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 672: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
673: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
674: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 675: </strong></font><br>
676:
677: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
678: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
679: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
680: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
681: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
682: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
683: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
684: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
685: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
686: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
687: familiar?
688: <p>
1.247 jufi 689: </ul>
1.191 jufi 690:
1.178 louis 691: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 692: <ul>
1.178 louis 693:
1.247 jufi 694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 695: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
696: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 697: </strong></font><br>
698:
699: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
700: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
701: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
702: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
703: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
704: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
705: <p>
706:
1.247 jufi 707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 708: <a
1.182 louis 709: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
710: </strong></font><br>
711:
712: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
713: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
714: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
715: <p>
716:
1.247 jufi 717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 718: <a
1.179 louis 719: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
720: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
721: </strong></font><br>
722:
723: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
724: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
725: <p>
1.247 jufi 726: </ul>
1.179 louis 727:
1.174 louis 728:
1.175 louis 729: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 730: <ul>
1.175 louis 731:
1.247 jufi 732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 733: <a
1.179 louis 734: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
735: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
736: </strong></font><br>
737:
738: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
739: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
740: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
741: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
742: <p>
743:
1.247 jufi 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 745: <a
1.183 ian 746: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 747: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
748: </strong></font><br>
749:
750: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 751: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 752: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
753: <p>
1.247 jufi 754: </ul>
1.175 louis 755:
1.176 louis 756:
1.172 mickey 757: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 758: <ul>
1.172 mickey 759:
1.247 jufi 760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 761: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 762: </strong></font><br>
763:
764: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
765: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
766: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 767: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 768: <p>
769:
1.247 jufi 770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 771: <a
1.174 louis 772: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
773: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
774: </strong></font><br>
775:
776: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
777: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
778: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
779: <p>
780:
1.247 jufi 781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 782: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
783: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
784: </strong></font><br>
785:
786: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
787: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
788: <p>
789:
1.247 jufi 790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 791: <a
792: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
793: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
794: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
795: </strong></font><br>
796:
797: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
798: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
799: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
800: our own Theo de Raadt.
801: <p>
802:
1.247 jufi 803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 804: <a
805: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
806: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
807: </strong></font><br>
808:
809: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
810: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
811: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
812: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
813: shut down.]
814: <p>
815:
1.247 jufi 816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 817: <a
1.226 horacio 818: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
819: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 820: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 821: </strong></font><br>
822:
823: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
824: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
825: <p>
1.247 jufi 826: </ul>
1.172 mickey 827:
1.161 louis 828: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 829: <ul>
1.161 louis 830:
1.247 jufi 831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 832: <a
833: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
834: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
835: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
836: </strong></font><br>
837:
838: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
839: by John Wolley
840: <p>
841:
1.247 jufi 842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 843: <a
844: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
845: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
846: </strong></font><br>
847:
848: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
849: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
850: OpenBSD).
851: <p>
852:
1.247 jufi 853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 854: <a
1.247 jufi 855: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 856: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
857: </strong></font><br>
858:
859: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
860: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
861: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
862: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
863: and hindsight.
864: <p>
865:
1.247 jufi 866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 867: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
868: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
869: </strong></font><br>
870:
871: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
872: <p>
873:
1.247 jufi 874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 875: <a
1.168 provos 876: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
877: December 7, 2000
878: </strong></font><br>
879:
880: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
881: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
882: us explain.
883: <p>
884:
1.247 jufi 885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 886: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
887: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 888: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 889: December 6, 2000
890: </strong></font><br>
891:
892: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
893: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
894: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
895: <p>
896:
1.247 jufi 897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 898: <a
1.226 horacio 899: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
900: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 901: </strong></font><br>
902:
903: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 904: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 905: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 906: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
907: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
908: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 909: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 910: <p>
1.162 millert 911:
1.247 jufi 912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 913: <a
1.161 louis 914: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
915: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
916: </strong></font><br>
917:
918: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
919: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
920: <p>
921:
1.247 jufi 922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 923: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
924: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
925: </strong></font><br>
926:
927: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
928: <p>
929:
930:
1.247 jufi 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 932: <a
1.226 horacio 933: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
934: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
935: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 936: </strong></font><br>
937:
938: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
939: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
940: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
941: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
942: <p>
1.247 jufi 943: </ul>
1.169 louis 944:
1.158 louis 945: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 946: <ul>
1.147 louis 947:
1.247 jufi 948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 949: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
950: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 951: </strong></font><br>
952:
953: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
954: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
955: <p>
956:
1.247 jufi 957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 958: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
959: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
960: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 961: </strong></font><br>
962: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
963: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
964: <p>
965:
1.247 jufi 966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 967: <a
968: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
969: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
970: </strong></font><br>
971:
972: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
973: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
974: <p>
975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 977: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 978: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
979: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 980:
1.213 horacio 981: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 982: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
983: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
984: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
985: <p>
1.215 horacio 986:
1.247 jufi 987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 988: <a
989: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
990: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
991: </strong></font><br>
992:
993: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
994: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
995: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
996: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
997: much of the attitude too).
998: <p>
1.161 louis 999:
1.247 jufi 1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1001: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1002: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1003: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1004:
1.157 louis 1005: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1006: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1007: <p>
1.247 jufi 1008: </ul>
1.157 louis 1009:
1010: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1011: <ul>
1.157 louis 1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1014: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1015: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1016: </strong></font><br>
1017:
1018: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1019: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1020: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1021: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1022: <p>
1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1025: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1026: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1027: </strong></font><br>
1028:
1029: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1030: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1031: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1032: it because they love coding...
1033: <p>
1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1036: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1037: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1038: </strong></font><br>
1039:
1040: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1041: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1042: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1043: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1044: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1045: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1046: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1047: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1048: <p>
1049:
1.247 jufi 1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1051: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1052: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1053: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1054: </strong></font><br>
1055:
1056: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1057: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1058: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1059: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1060: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1061: the pizza.
1062: <p>
1063:
1.247 jufi 1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1065: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1066: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1067: </strong></font><br>
1068:
1069: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1070: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1071: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1072: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1073: problems.
1074: <p>
1075:
1.247 jufi 1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1077: <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 1078: </strong></font><br>
1079:
1.222 miod 1080: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1081: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1082: - whether they like it or not.
1083: <p>
1084:
1.247 jufi 1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1086: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1087: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1088: </strong></font><br>
1089:
1090: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1091: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1092: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1093: <p>
1.148 aaron 1094:
1.247 jufi 1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1096: <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 1097: </strong></font><br>
1098:
1099: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1100: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1101: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1102: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1103: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1104: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1105: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1106: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1107: <p>
1108:
1.247 jufi 1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1110: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1111: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1112: </strong></font><br>
1113:
1114: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1115: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1116: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1117: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1118: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1119: <p>
1.247 jufi 1120: </ul>
1.147 louis 1121:
1.138 louis 1122: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1123: <ul>
1.138 louis 1124:
1.247 jufi 1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1126: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1127: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1128: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1129: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1130: </strong></font><br>
1131:
1.227 horacio 1132: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1133: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1134: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1135: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1136: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1137: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1138: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1139: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1140: <p>
1141:
1.247 jufi 1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1143: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1144: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1145: </strong></font><br>
1146:
1147: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1148: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1149: groups, and even Linux.
1150: <p>
1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1153: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1154: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1155: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1156: </strong></font><br>
1157:
1158: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1159: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1160: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1161: library after installing the OS.
1162: <p>
1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1165: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1166: Sys Admin, September 2000
1167: </strong></font><br>
1168:
1169: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1170: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1171: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1172: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1173: (<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>,
1174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1175: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1176: <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 1177: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1178: out of the system.
1179: <p>
1180:
1.247 jufi 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1182: <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
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1186: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1187: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1188: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1189: the IP filtering and address translation.
1190: <p>
1.247 jufi 1191: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1192:
1.131 louis 1193: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1194: <ul>
1.131 louis 1195:
1.247 jufi 1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1197: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1198: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1199: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1200: </strong></font><br>
1201:
1202: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1203: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1204: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1205: <p>
1206:
1.247 jufi 1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1208: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1209: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1210: </strong></font><br>
1211:
1212: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1213: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1214: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1215: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1216: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1217: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1218: note of"</i>.
1219: <p>
1220:
1.247 jufi 1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1222: <a
1.247 jufi 1223: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1224: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1225: </strong></font><br>
1226:
1227: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1228: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1229: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1230: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1231: <p>
1232:
1.247 jufi 1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1234: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1235: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1236: </strong></font><br>
1237:
1238: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1239: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1240: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1241: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1242: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1243: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1244: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1245: <p>
1246:
1.247 jufi 1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1248: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1249: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1250: 2000
1251: </strong></font><br>
1252:
1253: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1254: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1255: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1256: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1257: against current industry practices.
1258: <p>
1259:
1.247 jufi 1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1261: <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
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263:
1264: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1265: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1266: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1270: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1271: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1272: </strong></font><br>
1273:
1274: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1275: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1276: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1277: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1278: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1279: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1280: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1281: <p>
1282:
1.247 jufi 1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1284: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1285: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1286: </strong></font><br>
1287:
1288: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1289: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1290: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1291: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1292: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1293: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1294: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1295: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1296: <p>
1.247 jufi 1297: </ul>
1.131 louis 1298:
1.118 louis 1299: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1300: <ul>
1.118 louis 1301:
1.247 jufi 1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1303: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1304: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1305: </strong></font><br>
1306:
1307: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1308: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1309: about time. The article mentions that
1310: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1311: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1312: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1313: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1314: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1315: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1316: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1317: <p>
1318:
1.247 jufi 1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1320: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1321: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1322: </strong></font><br>
1323:
1324: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1325: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1326: of OpenSSH.
1327: <p>
1328:
1.247 jufi 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1330: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1331: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1332: </strong></font><br>
1333:
1334: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1335: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1336: bridging.
1337: <p>
1338:
1.247 jufi 1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1340: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1341: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1342: </strong></font><br>
1343:
1.121 deraadt 1344: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1345: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1346: <p>
1347:
1.247 jufi 1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1349: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1350: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1351: </strong></font><br>
1352:
1353: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1357: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1358: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1359: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1360: </strong></font><br>
1361:
1.120 deraadt 1362: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1363: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1364: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1365: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1366: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1367: <p>
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1370: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1371: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373:
1.222 miod 1374: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1375: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1376: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1377: protocols and their quirks.
1378: <p>
1379:
1.247 jufi 1380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1381: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1382: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1383: </strong></font><br>
1384:
1385: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1386: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1387: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1388: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1389: <p>
1390:
1.247 jufi 1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1392: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1393: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1394: </strong></font><br>
1395:
1396: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1397: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1398: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1399: <p>
1400:
1.247 jufi 1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1402: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1403: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1404: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1405: </strong></font><br>
1406:
1407: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1408: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1409: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1410: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1411: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1412: <p>
1.247 jufi 1413: </ul>
1.118 louis 1414:
1.104 louis 1415: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1416: <ul>
1.104 louis 1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1419: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1420: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1424: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1425: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1426: be a bit dry.
1427: <p>
1428:
1.247 jufi 1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1430: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1431: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1432: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1433: </strong></font><br>
1434: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1435: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1436: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1437: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1438: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1439: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1440: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1441: <p>
1442:
1.247 jufi 1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1444: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1445: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1446: 2000
1.128 louis 1447: </strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1450: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1451: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1452: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1453: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1454: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1455: <p>
1456:
1.247 jufi 1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1458: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1459: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1460: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1461:
1462: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1463: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1464: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1465: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1466: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1467: <p>
1.110 louis 1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1470: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1471: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1474: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1475: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1476: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1477: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1478: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1479: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1480: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1481: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1482: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1483: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1484: <p>
1485:
1.247 jufi 1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1487: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1488: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1489:
1490: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1491: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1492: <p>
1.108 louis 1493:
1.247 jufi 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1495: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1496: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1497: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1498:
1499: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1500: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1501: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1502: <p>
1.106 louis 1503:
1.247 jufi 1504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1505: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1506: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1507: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1508:
1509: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1510: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1511: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1512: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1513: <p>
1.107 louis 1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1516: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1517: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1518: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1519:
1520: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1521: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1522: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1523: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1524: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1525: <p>
1.105 louis 1526:
1.247 jufi 1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1528: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1529: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1530: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1531:
1.113 naddy 1532: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1533: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1534: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1535: <p>
1.104 louis 1536:
1.247 jufi 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1538: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1539: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1540: </strong></font><br>
1541:
1542: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1543: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1544: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1545: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1546: <p>
1.247 jufi 1547: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1548:
1.85 louis 1549: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1550: <ul>
1.85 louis 1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1553: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1554: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1555: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1556:
1557: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1558: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1559: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1560: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1561: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1562: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1563: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1564: <p>
1.99 louis 1565:
1.247 jufi 1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1567: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1568: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1569: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1570:
1571: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1572: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1573: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1574: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1575: <p>
1.100 louis 1576:
1.247 jufi 1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1578: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1579: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1581:
1582: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1583: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1584: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1585: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1586: <p>
1.95 louis 1587:
1.247 jufi 1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1589: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1590: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1591: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1592:
1593: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1594: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1595: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1596: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1597: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1598: <p>
1.92 louis 1599:
1.247 jufi 1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1601: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1602: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1603: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1604:
1605: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1606: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1607: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1608: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1609: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1610: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1611: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1612: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1613: <p>
1.91 louis 1614:
1.247 jufi 1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1616: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1617: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1618: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1619:
1620: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1621: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1622: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1623: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1624: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1625: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1626: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1627: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1628: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1629: <p>
1.90 louis 1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1632: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1633: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1634: </strong></font><br>
1635: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1636: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1637: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1638: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1639: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1640: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1641: <p>
1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1644: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1645: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1646: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1647:
1.113 naddy 1648: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1649: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1650: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1651: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1652: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1653: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1654: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1655: <p>
1.87 louis 1656:
1.247 jufi 1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1658: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1659: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1660: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1661:
1662: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1663: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1664: <p>
1.85 louis 1665:
1.247 jufi 1666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1667: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1668: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1669: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1670:
1671: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1672: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1673: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1674: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1675: <p>
1.89 louis 1676:
1.247 jufi 1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1678: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1679: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1681:
1682: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1683: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1684: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1685: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1686: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1687: </ul>
1.85 louis 1688:
1.78 deraadt 1689: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1690: <ul>
1.74 louis 1691:
1.247 jufi 1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1693: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1694: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1695: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1696: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1697:
1698: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1699: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1700: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1701: <p>
1.83 louis 1702:
1.247 jufi 1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1704: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1705: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1706: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1707:
1708: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1709: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1710: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1711: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1712: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1713: <p>
1.93 louis 1714:
1.247 jufi 1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1716: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1717: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1718: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1719: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1720:
1.83 louis 1721: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1722: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1723: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1724: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1725: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1726: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1727: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1728: <p>
1.82 aaron 1729:
1.247 jufi 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1731: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1732: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1733: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1734:
1.83 louis 1735: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1736: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1737: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1738: <p>
1.80 louis 1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1741: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1742: Bad Press</a>,
1743: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1744: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1745:
1746: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1747: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1748: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1749: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1750: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1751: <p>
1.247 jufi 1752: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1753:
1754: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1755: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1756:
1.247 jufi 1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1758: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1759: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1760: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1761: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1762:
1763: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1764: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1765: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1766: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1767: <p>
1.74 louis 1768:
1.247 jufi 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1770: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1771: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1773:
1.219 horacio 1774: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1775: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1776: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1777: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1778: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1779: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1780: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1781: <p>
1.88 louis 1782:
1.247 jufi 1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1784: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1785: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1786: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1787:
1788: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1789: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1790: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1791: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1792: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1793: <p>
1.81 louis 1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1796: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1797: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1798: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1799:
1800: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1801: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1802: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1803: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1804: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1805: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1806: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1807: <p>
1.90 louis 1808:
1.247 jufi 1809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1810: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1811: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1812: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1813:
1814: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1815: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1816: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1817: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1818: <p>
1.247 jufi 1819: </ul>
1.71 louis 1820:
1.69 deraadt 1821: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1822: <ul>
1.70 louis 1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1825: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1826: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1827: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1828:
1829: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1830: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1831: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1832: <p>
1.70 louis 1833:
1.247 jufi 1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1835: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1836: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1837: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1838:
1839: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 1840: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1841: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1842: <p>
1.68 louis 1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1845: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1846: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1847: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1848: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1849:
1.111 jufi 1850: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1851: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1852: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1853: "secure by default" installation.
1854: <p>
1.64 louis 1855:
1.247 jufi 1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1857: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1858: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1859: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1860:
1.113 naddy 1861: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1862: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1863: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1864: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1865: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1866: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1867: <p>
1.66 louis 1868:
1.247 jufi 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1870: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1871: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1873:
1874: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1875: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1876: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1877: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1878: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1879: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1880: <p>
1.83 louis 1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1883: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1884: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1885: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1886:
1887: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1888: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1889: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1890: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1891: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1892: <p>
1.64 louis 1893:
1.247 jufi 1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1895: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1896: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1897: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1898:
1899: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1900: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1901: <p>
1.247 jufi 1902: </ul>
1.65 louis 1903:
1.69 deraadt 1904: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1905: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1908: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1909: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1910: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1911:
1912: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1913: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1914: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1915: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1916: <p>
1.88 louis 1917:
1.247 jufi 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1919: <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 1920: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1921:
1922: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1923: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1924: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1925: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1926: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1927: <p>
1.60 louis 1928:
1.247 jufi 1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 1930: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1931: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1932: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1933: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1934:
1935: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1936: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1937: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1938: <p>
1.58 louis 1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 1941: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1942: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1943:
1944: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1945: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1946: <p>
1.53 louis 1947:
1.247 jufi 1948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 1949: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1950: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1951: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1952:
1953: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1954: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1955: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1956: <p>
1.99 louis 1957:
1.247 jufi 1958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 1959: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1960: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1961:
1962: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1963: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1964: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1965: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1966: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1967:
1.247 jufi 1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1969: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1970: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1971: </strong></font><br>
1972:
1973: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
1974: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
1975: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
1976: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
1977: <p>
1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1980: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 1981: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1982: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1983:
1984: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
1985: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 1986: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 1987:
1.247 jufi 1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 1989: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 1990: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1991:
1992: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 1993: in
1.247 jufi 1994: <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 1995: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 1996: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 1997: <p>
1.53 louis 1998:
1.247 jufi 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2000: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2001: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2002: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2003: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2004:
1.58 louis 2005: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2006: <p>
1.247 jufi 2007: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2008:
1.69 deraadt 2009: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2010: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2013: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2014: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2015: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2016: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2017:
1.58 louis 2018: Kurt Seifried
2019: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2020: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2021: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2022: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2025: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2026: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2028:
2029: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2030: <p>
1.96 louis 2031:
1.247 jufi 2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2033: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2034: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2035: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2036:
2037: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2038: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2039: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2040: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2041: <p>
1.247 jufi 2042: </ul>
1.86 louis 2043:
1.69 deraadt 2044: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2045: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2046:
1.247 jufi 2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2048: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2049: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2050: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2051:
2052: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2053: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2054: <p>
1.61 louis 2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2057: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2058: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2059: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2060: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2061:
2062: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2063: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2064: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2065: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2066: right -- or at least strives to".
2067: <p>
1.48 louis 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2070: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2071: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2073: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2074: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2075: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2076: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2077: <p>
1.61 louis 2078:
1.247 jufi 2079: <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 2080: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2081: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2082:
2083: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2084: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2085: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2086: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2087: <p>
1.46 louis 2088:
1.247 jufi 2089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2090: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2091: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2092: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2093:
2094: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2095: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2096: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2099: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2100: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2101: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2102:
2103: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2104: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2105: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2106: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2107: <p>
1.247 jufi 2108: </ul>
1.70 louis 2109:
1.69 deraadt 2110: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2111: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2112:
1.247 jufi 2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2114: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2115: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2116: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2117: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2118:
2119: Kurt Seifried
2120: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2121: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2122: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2123: <p>
1.44 philen 2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <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 2126: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2128:
2129: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2130: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <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 2133: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2135:
2136: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2137: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2138:
1.247 jufi 2139: <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 2140: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2141: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2142:
2143: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2144: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2145: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2146: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2147: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2148:
1.247 jufi 2149: <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 2150: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2151: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2152:
1.36 louis 2153: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2154: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2157: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2158: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2159: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2160:
2161: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2162: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2163: </ul>
1.38 louis 2164:
1.69 deraadt 2165: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2166: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2167:
1.247 jufi 2168: <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 2169: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2170: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2171:
2172: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2173: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2174: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2175:
1.113 naddy 2176: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2177: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2178: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2179: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2180:
2181: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2182: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2183: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2184: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2185: <blockquote>
2186: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2187: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2188: <br>
2189: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2190: </code>
2191: </blockquote>
2192: <p>
2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2195: <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>
2196: <p>
2197:
2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2199: <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 2200: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2201:
2202: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2203: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2204: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2205: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2206:
1.247 jufi 2207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2208: <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 2209: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2210:
2211: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2212: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2213: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2214: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2215: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2216: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2217: <p>
1.19 louis 2218:
1.113 naddy 2219: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2220: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2221: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2222:
2223: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2224: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2225: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2226: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2227: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2228: <p>
1.16 louis 2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2231: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2232: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2233: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2234:
1.57 louis 2235: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2236: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2237: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2238: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2241: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2242: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2243: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2244:
1.113 naddy 2245: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2248: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2249: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2250: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2251:
1.23 louis 2252: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2253: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2254: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2255: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2256: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2257: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2260: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2261: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2262: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2263:
1.199 pvalchev 2264: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2265: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2266: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2267: installation.
1.113 naddy 2268: <p>
1.47 louis 2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2271: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2272: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2273: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2274:
2275: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2276: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2277: </ul>
1.57 louis 2278:
1.69 deraadt 2279: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2280: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2281:
1.247 jufi 2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2283: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2284: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2285: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2286:
2287: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2288: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2289: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2290: <p>
1.12 louis 2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2293: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2294: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2295: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2296:
2297: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2298: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2299: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2300: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2301: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2302: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2303: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2304: <p>
1.247 jufi 2305: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2306:
1.69 deraadt 2307: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2308: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2309:
1.247 jufi 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2311: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2312: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2313:
2314: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2315: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2316: available."
1.113 naddy 2317: <p>
1.247 jufi 2318: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2319:
1.69 deraadt 2320: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2321: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2324: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2325: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2326:
2327: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2328: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2329: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2330: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2331: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2332: <p>
1.33 louis 2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2335: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2336: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2337: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2338:
1.113 naddy 2339: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2340: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2341: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2342: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2343: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2344: <p>
1.247 jufi 2345: </ul>
1.57 louis 2346:
1.69 deraadt 2347: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2348: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2349:
1.247 jufi 2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2351: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2352: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2353: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2354:
2355: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2356: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2357: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2360: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2361: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2362: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2363: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2364:
2365: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2366: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2369: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2370:
1.113 naddy 2371: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2374: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2375: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2377:
2378: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2379: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2380: </ul>
1.23 louis 2381:
1.69 deraadt 2382: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2383: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2384:
1.247 jufi 2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2386: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2387: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2388:
2389: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2390: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2391: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2394: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2395: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2396: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2397:
2398: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2399: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2400: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2401: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2402: </ul>
1.57 louis 2403:
1.69 deraadt 2404: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2405: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2406:
1.247 jufi 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2408: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2409: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2410: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2411:
2412: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2413: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2414: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2415: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2416: <p>
1.15 louis 2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2419: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2420: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2421: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2422:
2423: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2424: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2425: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2426: columns."
1.113 naddy 2427: <p>
1.247 jufi 2428: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2429:
1.69 deraadt 2430: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2431: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2434: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2435: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2436: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2437:
2438: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2439: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2440:
1.113 naddy 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2442: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2443: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2444:
2445: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2446: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2447: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2448: </ul>
1.57 louis 2449:
1.69 deraadt 2450: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2451: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2452:
1.113 naddy 2453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2454: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2455: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2456: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2457:
1.222 miod 2458: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2459: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2460: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2461: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2462: <p>
1.247 jufi 2463: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2464:
1.69 deraadt 2465: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2466: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2469: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2470: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2471:
1.69 deraadt 2472: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2473: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2474: <p>
1.247 jufi 2475: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2476:
1.69 deraadt 2477: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2478: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2481: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2482: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2483: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2484:
2485: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2486: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2487: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2488:
1.247 jufi 2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2490: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2491: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2492: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2493: <p>
1.247 jufi 2494: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2495:
1.69 deraadt 2496: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2497: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2500: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2501: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2502: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2503: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2504: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2505:
2506: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2507: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2508: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2509: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2510: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2513:
2514: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2518: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2519: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2520:
1.69 deraadt 2521: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2522: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2523: <p>
1.112 naddy 2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2526: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2527:
1.113 naddy 2528: <hr>
2529: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2530: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2531:
1.200 niklas 2532: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <ul>
2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2536: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2537: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2538:
2539: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2540: <p>
2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2543:
2544: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2545:
1.247 jufi 2546: <ul>
2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2548: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2549: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2550:
2551: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2552: <p>
2553:
1.247 jufi 2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2555: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2556: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2557:
2558: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2559: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2560: <p>
2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2563:
2564: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2565:
1.247 jufi 2566: <ul>
2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2568: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2569: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2570:
2571: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2572: <p>
2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2575:
1.102 niklas 2576: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <ul>
2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2580: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2581: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2582:
2583: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2584: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2585: <p>
1.102 niklas 2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2588:
1.84 niklas 2589: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2590:
1.247 jufi 2591: <ul>
2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2593: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2594: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2595:
2596: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2597: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2598: <p>
1.84 niklas 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2601:
1.69 deraadt 2602: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <ul>
2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2606: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2607: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2608:
1.222 miod 2609: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2610: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2611: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2612: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2615: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2616: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2617: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2618: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2619:
1.20 louis 2620: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2621: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2622: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2623: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2624: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2627:
1.113 naddy 2628: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2629: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2630: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2631:
2632:
2633: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2634: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2635:
1.247 jufi 2636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2637: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2638: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2639:
2640: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2641: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2642: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2643:
2644: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2645: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2646:
1.247 jufi 2647: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2648:
2649:
1.170 louis 2650: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2651: <ul>
1.170 louis 2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2654: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2655: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2656: </strong></font><br>
2657:
2658: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2659: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2660: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2661: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2662: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2663: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2664: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2665: <p>
1.247 jufi 2666: </ul>
1.170 louis 2667:
1.69 deraadt 2668: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2669: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2672: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2673: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2674: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2675:
2676: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2677: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2678: translating and reprinting articles from
2679: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2680: <p>
1.247 jufi 2681: </ul>
1.20 louis 2682:
1.113 naddy 2683: <hr>
2684: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2685: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2686:
1.246 jufi 2687: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2688: <ul>
2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2690: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2691: December 04, 2002
2692: </strong></font><br>
2693: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2694: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2695: <p>
1.247 jufi 2696: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2697:
1.151 louis 2698: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2699: <ul>
1.151 louis 2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2702: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2703: </strong></font><br>
2704:
2705: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2706: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2707: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2708: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2709: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2710: <p>
1.247 jufi 2711: </ul>
1.151 louis 2712:
1.72 louis 2713: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2714: <ul>
1.72 louis 2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2717: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2718: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2719: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2720:
1.101 jufi 2721: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2722: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2723: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2724: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2725: Giving way to
2726: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2727: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2728: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2729: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2730: <p>
1.247 jufi 2731: </ul>
1.72 louis 2732:
1.69 deraadt 2733: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2734: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2737: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2738: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2739: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2740:
2741: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2742: <p>
1.247 jufi 2743: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2744:
1.50 louis 2745:
1.113 naddy 2746: <hr>
2747: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2748: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2749:
1.69 deraadt 2750: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2751: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2754: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2755: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2757:
2758: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2759: <p>
1.247 jufi 2760: </ul>
1.62 form 2761:
1.69 deraadt 2762: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2763: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2764:
1.247 jufi 2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2766: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2767: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2768: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2769:
1.59 form 2770: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2771: <p>
1.112 naddy 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2774:
1.113 naddy 2775: <hr>
2776: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2777: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2778: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2781: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2782: Radio, August 2, 2000
2783: </strong></font><br>
2784:
2785: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2786: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2787: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2788: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2789: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2790: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2791: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2792: <p>
2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2795: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2796: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2797: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2798: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2799:
2800: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2801: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2802: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2803: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2804: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2805: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2806: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2807: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2808: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2809: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2810: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2811: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2812: <p>
1.247 jufi 2813: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2814:
1.113 naddy 2815: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2816: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2817: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2818:
2819: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2820: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2823: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2824: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2825: </strong></font><br>
2826:
2827: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2828: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2829: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2830: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2831: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2832: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2833: A
1.216 horacio 2834: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2835: <p>
1.247 jufi 2836: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2837:
1.252 ! miod 2838: <hr>
! 2839: <a name=fr></a>
! 2840: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
! 2841:
! 2842: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
! 2843: <ul>
! 2844:
! 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 2846: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
! 2847: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
! 2848: </strong></font><br>
! 2849:
! 2850: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
! 2851: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
! 2852: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
! 2853: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
! 2854: <p>
! 2855: </ul>
! 2856:
1.216 horacio 2857:
2858: <hr>
2859: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 2860: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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