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1.247 jufi 33: <h3><font color="#e00000">English press coverage</font></h3><p>
1.16 louis 34:
1.253 ian 35: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
36: <ul>
37:
38: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 ! drahn 39: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
! 40: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
! 41: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
! 42: </strong></font><br>
! 43: The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest realease will
! 44: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
! 45: security experts for more than three decades."
! 46: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
! 47: <p>
! 48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 49: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
50: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
51: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
52: </strong></font><br>
53: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
54: from US DARPA.
55: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
56: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
57: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
58: the BSD license.
59: <p>
60: </ul>
61:
1.251 ian 62: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
63: <ul>
64:
65: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
66: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
67: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
68: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
69: </strong></font><br>
70: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
71: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
72: Mentions
73: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
74: and
75: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
76: programs.
77: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
78: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
79: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
80: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
81: <p>
82: </ul>
83:
1.249 jufi 84: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
85: <ul>
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
87: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
88: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
89: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
90: </strong></font><br>
91: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
92: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
93: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
94: <p>
95: </ul>
96:
1.246 jufi 97: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 98: <ul>
1.246 jufi 99:
1.247 jufi 100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 101: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
102: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
103: </strong></font><br>
104: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
105: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
106: <p>
107:
1.247 jufi 108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 109: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
110: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
111: </strong></font><br>
112: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
113: in their annual OpenHack security test.
114: <p>
1.247 jufi 115: </ul>
1.246 jufi 116:
1.244 jufi 117: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 118: <ul>
1.246 jufi 119:
1.247 jufi 120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 121: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
122: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
123: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
124: <br>
125: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
126: </strong></font><br>
127: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
128: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
129: md5 digests.
130: <p>
131:
1.247 jufi 132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 133: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 134: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 135: </strong></font><br>
136: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
137: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
138: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
139: right the first time."
140: <p>
1.247 jufi 141: </ul>
1.244 jufi 142:
143:
144: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 145: <ul>
1.244 jufi 146:
1.247 jufi 147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 148: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
149: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
150: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
151: </strong></font><br>
152: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
153: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
154: part 6</a>.
155: <p>
156:
1.247 jufi 157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 158: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
159: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
160: </strong></font><br>
161: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
162: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
163: <p>
1.247 jufi 164: </ul>
1.242 jufi 165:
166: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 167: <ul>
1.242 jufi 168:
1.247 jufi 169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 170: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
171: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
172: </strong></font><br>
173: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
174: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
175: <p>
176:
1.247 jufi 177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 178: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
179: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
180: </strong></font><br>
181: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
182: this time using pf.
183: <p>
1.247 jufi 184: </ul>
1.242 jufi 185:
186: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 187: <ul>
1.242 jufi 188:
1.247 jufi 189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 190: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
191: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
192: </strong></font><br>
193: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
194: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
195: their rotation.
196: <p>
197:
1.247 jufi 198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 199: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
200: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
201: </strong></font><br>
202: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
203: <p>
1.247 jufi 204: </ul>
1.242 jufi 205:
1.239 jufi 206: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 207: <ul>
1.239 jufi 208:
1.247 jufi 209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 210: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
211: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
212: </strong></font><br>
213: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
214: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
215: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
216: <p>
217:
1.247 jufi 218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 219: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
220: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
221: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 222: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
223: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
224: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 225: <p>
1.247 jufi 226: </ul>
1.239 jufi 227:
1.235 lebel 228: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 229: <ul>
1.235 lebel 230:
1.239 jufi 231:
1.247 jufi 232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 233: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
234: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
235: </strong></font><br>
236: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
237: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
238: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
239: <p>
1.247 jufi 240: </ul>
1.235 lebel 241:
1.228 horacio 242: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 243: <ul>
1.228 horacio 244:
1.247 jufi 245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 246: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
247: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
248: </strong></font><br>
249: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
250: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
251: <p>
252:
1.247 jufi 253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 254: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
255: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
258: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
259: <p>
260:
1.247 jufi 261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 262: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
263: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
264: </strong></font><br>
265: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
266: on the desktop of his parents.
267: <p>
268:
1.247 jufi 269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 270: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 271: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 272: </strong></font><br>
273: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
274: using IPFilter.
275:
276: <p>
277:
1.247 jufi 278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 279: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
280: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
281: </strong></font><br>
282: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
283: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
284: perspectives of the four OS.
285: <br>
286: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 287: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 288: <p>
289:
1.247 jufi 290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 291: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
292: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
293: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
294: </strong></font><br>
295:
296: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
297: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
298: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
299: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
300: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
301: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
302: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
303: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
304: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
305: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
306: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
307: security conscious team beyond doubt.
308: <p>
1.247 jufi 309: </ul>
1.228 horacio 310:
1.225 horacio 311: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 312: <ul>
1.225 horacio 313:
1.247 jufi 314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 315: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
316: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 317: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 318: </strong></font><br>
319:
320: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
321: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
322: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 323: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 324: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
325: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
326: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
327: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
328: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 329: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 330: of choice.
331: <p>
1.247 jufi 332: </ul>
1.225 horacio 333:
334: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 335: <ul>
1.225 horacio 336:
1.247 jufi 337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 338: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
339: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
340: </strong></font><br>
341:
342: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
343: <p>
344:
1.247 jufi 345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 346: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 347: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 348: </strong></font><br>
349:
350: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
351: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
352: <p>
1.247 jufi 353: </ul>
1.225 horacio 354:
1.218 horacio 355: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 356: <ul>
1.218 horacio 357:
1.247 jufi 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 359: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
360: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
361: </strong></font><br>
362:
363: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
364: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
365: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
366: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
367: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
368: subjects. Worth a read.
369: <p>
370:
371:
1.247 jufi 372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 373: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 374: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 375: </strong></font><br>
376:
377: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
378: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
379: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
380: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
381: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
382: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
383: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
384: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
385: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 386: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 387: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
388: on other operating systems.<br>
389: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
390: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
391: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
392: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
393: <p>
394:
1.247 jufi 395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 396: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
397: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
398: </strong></font><br>
399:
400: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
401: covering the level of software integration into the core
402: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
403: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
404: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
405: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
406: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
407: <p>
408:
1.247 jufi 409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 410: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
411: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
415: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
416: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
417: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
418: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
419: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
420: <p>
1.247 jufi 421: </ul>
1.221 horacio 422:
1.210 jufi 423: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 424: <ul>
1.215 horacio 425:
1.247 jufi 426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 427: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
428: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
432: source software in response to an article which claimed that
433: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
434: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
435: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
436: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
437: <p>
438:
1.247 jufi 439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 440: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 441: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
442: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 443:
1.224 horacio 444: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
445: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
446: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
447: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
448: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
449: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 450: <p>
1.247 jufi 451: </ul>
1.215 horacio 452:
453: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 454: <ul>
1.215 horacio 455:
1.247 jufi 456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 457: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
458: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
459: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
460: </strong></font><br>
461:
462: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
463: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 464: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 465: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
466: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
467: investment</em>.<br>
468: The implementation details can be seen on their
469: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
470: <p>
471:
1.247 jufi 472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 473: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
474: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
475: </strong></font><br>
476:
477: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
478: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
479: security and says that even secured operating systems running
480: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
481: to time.<br>
482: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
483: system and just the most secure system.
484: <p>
485:
1.247 jufi 486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 487: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
488: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
489: </strong></font><br>
490:
491: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
492: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
493: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
494: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
495: choice:<br>
496: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
497: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
498: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
499: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
500: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
501: network security devices and as such must be well
502: armored."</em><br>
503: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
504: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
505: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
506: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
507: <br>
508: Bravo!
509: <p>
1.247 jufi 510: </ul>
1.210 jufi 511:
1.207 ian 512: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 513: <ul>
1.215 horacio 514:
1.247 jufi 515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 516: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
517: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
518: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 519:
1.207 ian 520: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
521: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 522: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 523: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
524: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
525: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 526: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 527: <p>
1.247 jufi 528: </ul>
1.207 ian 529:
1.194 jufi 530: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 531: <ul>
1.194 jufi 532:
1.247 jufi 533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 534: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
535: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
536: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 537:
1.240 miod 538: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 539: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
540: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
541: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
542: <p>
543:
1.247 jufi 544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 545: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 546: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
547: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
548: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 549:
1.240 miod 550: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 551: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 552: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
553: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
554: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 555: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 556: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
557: <br>
558: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
559: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
560: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
561: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
562: <p>
563:
1.247 jufi 564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 565: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
566: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 567: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 568: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 569:
1.194 jufi 570: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
571: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
572: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
573: <br>
574: The new
575: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 576: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 577: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
578: <p>
1.247 jufi 579: </ul>
1.194 jufi 580:
1.190 horacio 581: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 582: <ul>
1.190 horacio 583:
1.247 jufi 584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 585:
586: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
587: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
588:
589: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
590: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
591:
592: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
593: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
594:
1.212 horacio 595: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
596: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 597: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
598:
1.211 horacio 599: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
600: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 601: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
602:
1.247 jufi 603: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 604: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
605:
1.247 jufi 606: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 607: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
608:
1.212 horacio 609: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
610: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 611: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
612:
613: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
614: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
615:
616: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
617: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
618:
619: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
620: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
621:
622: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 623: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 624:
1.192 jufi 625: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
626: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 627: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 628:
1.193 deraadt 629: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
630: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 631: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 632:
1.247 jufi 633: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 634: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
635:
1.247 jufi 636: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 637: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
638: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
639:
1.213 horacio 640: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 641: 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 642: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
643:
1.190 horacio 644: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 645: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
646: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
647: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
648: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
649: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
650: <p>
1.190 horacio 651:
1.247 jufi 652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 653: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
654: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
655: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 656: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 657:
1.195 jufi 658: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 659: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
660: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
661: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 662: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
663: <p>
664:
1.247 jufi 665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 666: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 667: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
668: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
669: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 670:
1.191 jufi 671: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
672: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
673: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
674: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 675: <p>
1.247 jufi 676: </ul>
1.190 horacio 677:
1.191 jufi 678:
1.186 jufi 679: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 680: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 681:
1.247 jufi 682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 683: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 684: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
685: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 686: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 687:
1.188 jufi 688: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 689: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 690: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 691: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
692: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 693: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 694: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 695: <p>
696:
1.191 jufi 697:
1.247 jufi 698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 699: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
700: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
701: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 702: </strong></font><br>
703:
704: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
705: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
706: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
707: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
708: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
709: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
710: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
711: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
712: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
713: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
714: familiar?
715: <p>
1.247 jufi 716: </ul>
1.191 jufi 717:
1.178 louis 718: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 719: <ul>
1.178 louis 720:
1.247 jufi 721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 722: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
723: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 724: </strong></font><br>
725:
726: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
727: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
728: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
729: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
730: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
731: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
732: <p>
733:
1.247 jufi 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 735: <a
1.182 louis 736: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
737: </strong></font><br>
738:
739: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
740: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
741: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
742: <p>
743:
1.247 jufi 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 745: <a
1.179 louis 746: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
747: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
748: </strong></font><br>
749:
750: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
751: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
752: <p>
1.247 jufi 753: </ul>
1.179 louis 754:
1.174 louis 755:
1.175 louis 756: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 757: <ul>
1.175 louis 758:
1.247 jufi 759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 760: <a
1.179 louis 761: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
762: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
763: </strong></font><br>
764:
765: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
766: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
767: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
768: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
769: <p>
770:
1.247 jufi 771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 772: <a
1.183 ian 773: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 774: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
775: </strong></font><br>
776:
777: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 778: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 779: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
780: <p>
1.247 jufi 781: </ul>
1.175 louis 782:
1.176 louis 783:
1.172 mickey 784: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 785: <ul>
1.172 mickey 786:
1.247 jufi 787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 788: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 789: </strong></font><br>
790:
791: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
792: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
793: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 794: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 795: <p>
796:
1.247 jufi 797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 798: <a
1.174 louis 799: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
800: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
801: </strong></font><br>
802:
803: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
804: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
805: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
806: <p>
807:
1.247 jufi 808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 809: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
810: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
811: </strong></font><br>
812:
813: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
814: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
815: <p>
816:
1.247 jufi 817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 818: <a
819: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
820: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
821: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
822: </strong></font><br>
823:
824: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
825: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
826: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
827: our own Theo de Raadt.
828: <p>
829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 831: <a
832: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
833: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
834: </strong></font><br>
835:
836: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
837: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
838: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
839: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
840: shut down.]
841: <p>
842:
1.247 jufi 843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 844: <a
1.226 horacio 845: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
846: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 847: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
851: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
852: <p>
1.247 jufi 853: </ul>
1.172 mickey 854:
1.161 louis 855: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 856: <ul>
1.161 louis 857:
1.247 jufi 858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 859: <a
860: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
861: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
862: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
863: </strong></font><br>
864:
865: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
866: by John Wolley
867: <p>
868:
1.247 jufi 869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 870: <a
871: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
872: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
873: </strong></font><br>
874:
875: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
876: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
877: OpenBSD).
878: <p>
879:
1.247 jufi 880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 881: <a
1.247 jufi 882: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 883: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
884: </strong></font><br>
885:
886: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
887: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
888: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
889: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
890: and hindsight.
891: <p>
892:
1.247 jufi 893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 894: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
895: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
896: </strong></font><br>
897:
898: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
899: <p>
900:
1.247 jufi 901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 902: <a
1.168 provos 903: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
904: December 7, 2000
905: </strong></font><br>
906:
907: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
908: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
909: us explain.
910: <p>
911:
1.247 jufi 912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 913: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
914: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 915: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 916: December 6, 2000
917: </strong></font><br>
918:
919: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
920: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
921: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
922: <p>
923:
1.247 jufi 924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 925: <a
1.226 horacio 926: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
927: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 928: </strong></font><br>
929:
930: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 931: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 932: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 933: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
934: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
935: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 936: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 937: <p>
1.162 millert 938:
1.247 jufi 939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 940: <a
1.161 louis 941: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
942: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
943: </strong></font><br>
944:
945: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
946: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
947: <p>
948:
1.247 jufi 949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 950: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
951: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
952: </strong></font><br>
953:
954: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
955: <p>
956:
957:
1.247 jufi 958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 959: <a
1.226 horacio 960: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
961: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
962: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 963: </strong></font><br>
964:
965: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
966: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
967: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
968: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
969: <p>
1.247 jufi 970: </ul>
1.169 louis 971:
1.158 louis 972: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 973: <ul>
1.147 louis 974:
1.247 jufi 975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 976: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
977: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 978: </strong></font><br>
979:
980: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
981: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
982: <p>
983:
1.247 jufi 984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 985: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
986: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
987: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 988: </strong></font><br>
989: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
990: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
991: <p>
992:
1.247 jufi 993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 994: <a
995: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
996: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
997: </strong></font><br>
998:
999: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1000: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1001: <p>
1002:
1.247 jufi 1003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1004: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1005: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1006: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1007:
1.213 horacio 1008: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1009: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1010: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1011: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1012: <p>
1.215 horacio 1013:
1.247 jufi 1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1015: <a
1016: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1017: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1018: </strong></font><br>
1019:
1020: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1021: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1022: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1023: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1024: much of the attitude too).
1025: <p>
1.161 louis 1026:
1.247 jufi 1027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1028: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1029: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1030: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1031:
1.157 louis 1032: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1033: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1034: <p>
1.247 jufi 1035: </ul>
1.157 louis 1036:
1037: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1038: <ul>
1.157 louis 1039:
1.247 jufi 1040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1041: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1042: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1043: </strong></font><br>
1044:
1045: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1046: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1047: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1048: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1049: <p>
1050:
1.247 jufi 1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1052: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1053: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1054: </strong></font><br>
1055:
1056: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1057: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1058: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1059: it because they love coding...
1060: <p>
1061:
1.247 jufi 1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1063: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1064: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1065: </strong></font><br>
1066:
1067: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1068: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1069: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1070: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1071: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1072: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1073: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1074: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1075: <p>
1076:
1.247 jufi 1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1078: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1079: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1080: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1081: </strong></font><br>
1082:
1083: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1084: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1085: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1086: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1087: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1088: the pizza.
1089: <p>
1090:
1.247 jufi 1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1092: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1093: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1094: </strong></font><br>
1095:
1096: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1097: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1098: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1099: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1100: problems.
1101: <p>
1102:
1.247 jufi 1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1104: <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 1105: </strong></font><br>
1106:
1.222 miod 1107: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1108: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1109: - whether they like it or not.
1110: <p>
1111:
1.247 jufi 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1113: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1114: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1115: </strong></font><br>
1116:
1117: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1118: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1119: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1120: <p>
1.148 aaron 1121:
1.247 jufi 1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1123: <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 1124: </strong></font><br>
1125:
1126: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1127: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1128: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1129: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1130: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1131: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1132: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1133: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1134: <p>
1135:
1.247 jufi 1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1137: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1138: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1139: </strong></font><br>
1140:
1141: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1142: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1143: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1144: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1145: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1146: <p>
1.247 jufi 1147: </ul>
1.147 louis 1148:
1.138 louis 1149: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1150: <ul>
1.138 louis 1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1153: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1154: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1155: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1156: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1157: </strong></font><br>
1158:
1.227 horacio 1159: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1160: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1161: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1162: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1163: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1164: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1165: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1166: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1167: <p>
1168:
1.247 jufi 1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1170: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1171: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1172: </strong></font><br>
1173:
1174: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1175: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1176: groups, and even Linux.
1177: <p>
1178:
1.247 jufi 1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1180: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1181: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1182: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1186: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1187: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1188: library after installing the OS.
1189: <p>
1190:
1.247 jufi 1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1192: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1193: Sys Admin, September 2000
1194: </strong></font><br>
1195:
1196: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1197: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1198: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1199: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1200: (<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>,
1201: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1202: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1203: <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 1204: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1205: out of the system.
1206: <p>
1207:
1.247 jufi 1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1209: <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
1210: </strong></font><br>
1211:
1212: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1213: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1214: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1215: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1216: the IP filtering and address translation.
1217: <p>
1.247 jufi 1218: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1219:
1.131 louis 1220: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1221: <ul>
1.131 louis 1222:
1.247 jufi 1223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1224: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1225: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1226: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1227: </strong></font><br>
1228:
1229: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1230: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1231: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1232: <p>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1235: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1236: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1237: </strong></font><br>
1238:
1239: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1240: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1241: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1242: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1243: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1244: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1245: note of"</i>.
1246: <p>
1247:
1.247 jufi 1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1249: <a
1.247 jufi 1250: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1251: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1252: </strong></font><br>
1253:
1254: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1255: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1256: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1257: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1258: <p>
1259:
1.247 jufi 1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1261: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1262: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1263: </strong></font><br>
1264:
1265: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1266: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1267: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1268: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1269: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1270: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1271: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1272: <p>
1273:
1.247 jufi 1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1275: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1276: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1277: 2000
1278: </strong></font><br>
1279:
1280: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1281: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1282: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1283: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1284: against current industry practices.
1285: <p>
1286:
1.247 jufi 1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1288: <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
1289: </strong></font><br>
1290:
1291: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1292: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1293: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1294: <p>
1295:
1.247 jufi 1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1297: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1298: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1299: </strong></font><br>
1300:
1301: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1302: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1303: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1304: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1305: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1306: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1307: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1308: <p>
1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1311: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1312: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1313: </strong></font><br>
1314:
1315: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1316: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1317: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1318: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1319: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1320: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1321: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1322: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1323: <p>
1.247 jufi 1324: </ul>
1.131 louis 1325:
1.118 louis 1326: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1327: <ul>
1.118 louis 1328:
1.247 jufi 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1330: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1331: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1332: </strong></font><br>
1333:
1334: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1335: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1336: about time. The article mentions that
1337: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1338: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1339: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1340: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1341: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1342: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1343: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1344: <p>
1345:
1.247 jufi 1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1347: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1348: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1352: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1353: of OpenSSH.
1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1357: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1358: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1359: </strong></font><br>
1360:
1361: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1362: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1363: bridging.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1367: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1368: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1369: </strong></font><br>
1370:
1.121 deraadt 1371: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1372: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1373: <p>
1374:
1.247 jufi 1375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1376: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1377: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1378: </strong></font><br>
1379:
1380: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1381: <p>
1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1384: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1385: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1386: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1387: </strong></font><br>
1388:
1.120 deraadt 1389: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1390: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1391: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1392: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1393: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1394: <p>
1395:
1.247 jufi 1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1397: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1398: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1399: </strong></font><br>
1400:
1.222 miod 1401: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1402: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1403: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1404: protocols and their quirks.
1405: <p>
1406:
1.247 jufi 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1408: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1409: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1410: </strong></font><br>
1411:
1412: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1413: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1414: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1415: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1416: <p>
1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1419: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1420: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1424: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1425: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1426: <p>
1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1429: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1430: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1431: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1432: </strong></font><br>
1433:
1434: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1435: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1436: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1437: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1438: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1439: <p>
1.247 jufi 1440: </ul>
1.118 louis 1441:
1.104 louis 1442: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1443: <ul>
1.104 louis 1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1446: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1447: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1448: </strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1451: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1452: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1453: be a bit dry.
1454: <p>
1455:
1.247 jufi 1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1457: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1458: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1459: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1460: </strong></font><br>
1461: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1462: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1463: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1464: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1465: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1466: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1467: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1468: <p>
1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1471: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1472: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1473: 2000
1.128 louis 1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1477: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1478: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1479: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1480: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1481: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1482: <p>
1483:
1.247 jufi 1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1485: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1486: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1487: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1488:
1489: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1490: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1491: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1492: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1493: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1494: <p>
1.110 louis 1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1497: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1498: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1499: </strong></font><br>
1500:
1501: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1502: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1503: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1504: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1505: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1506: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1507: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1508: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1509: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1510: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1511: <p>
1512:
1.247 jufi 1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1514: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1515: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1516:
1517: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1518: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1519: <p>
1.108 louis 1520:
1.247 jufi 1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1522: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1523: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1524: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1525:
1526: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1527: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1528: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1529: <p>
1.106 louis 1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1532: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1533: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1534: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1535:
1536: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1537: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1538: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1539: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1540: <p>
1.107 louis 1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1543: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1544: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1545: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1546:
1547: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1548: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1549: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1550: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1551: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1552: <p>
1.105 louis 1553:
1.247 jufi 1554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1555: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1556: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1557: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1558:
1.113 naddy 1559: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1560: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1561: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1562: <p>
1.104 louis 1563:
1.247 jufi 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1565: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1566: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1567: </strong></font><br>
1568:
1569: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1570: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1571: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1572: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1573: <p>
1.247 jufi 1574: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1575:
1.85 louis 1576: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1577: <ul>
1.85 louis 1578:
1.247 jufi 1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1580: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1581: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1582: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1583:
1584: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1585: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1586: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1587: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1588: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1589: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1590: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1591: <p>
1.99 louis 1592:
1.247 jufi 1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1594: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1595: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1596: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1597:
1598: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1599: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1600: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1601: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1602: <p>
1.100 louis 1603:
1.247 jufi 1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1605: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1606: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1607: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1608:
1609: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1610: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1611: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1612: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1613: <p>
1.95 louis 1614:
1.247 jufi 1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1616: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1617: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1618: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1619:
1620: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1621: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1622: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1623: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1624: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1625: <p>
1.92 louis 1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1628: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1629: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1630: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1631:
1632: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1633: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1634: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1635: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1636: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1637: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1638: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1639: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1640: <p>
1.91 louis 1641:
1.247 jufi 1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1643: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1644: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1645: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1646:
1647: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1648: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1649: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1650: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1651: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1652: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1653: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1654: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1655: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1656: <p>
1.90 louis 1657:
1.247 jufi 1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1659: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1660: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1663: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1664: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1665: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1666: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1667: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1668: <p>
1669:
1.247 jufi 1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1671: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1672: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1673: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1674:
1.113 naddy 1675: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1676: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1677: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1678: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1679: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1680: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1681: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1682: <p>
1.87 louis 1683:
1.247 jufi 1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1685: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1686: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1687: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1688:
1689: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1690: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1691: <p>
1.85 louis 1692:
1.247 jufi 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1694: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1695: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1696: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1697:
1698: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1699: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1700: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1701: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1702: <p>
1.89 louis 1703:
1.247 jufi 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1705: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1706: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1707: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1708:
1709: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1710: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1711: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1712: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1713: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1714: </ul>
1.85 louis 1715:
1.78 deraadt 1716: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1717: <ul>
1.74 louis 1718:
1.247 jufi 1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1720: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1721: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1722: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1723: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1724:
1725: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1726: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1727: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1728: <p>
1.83 louis 1729:
1.247 jufi 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1731: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1732: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1733: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1734:
1735: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1736: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1737: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1738: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1739: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1740: <p>
1.93 louis 1741:
1.247 jufi 1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1743: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1744: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1745: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1746: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1747:
1.83 louis 1748: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1749: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1750: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1751: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1752: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1753: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1754: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1755: <p>
1.82 aaron 1756:
1.247 jufi 1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1758: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1759: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1760: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1761:
1.83 louis 1762: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1763: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1764: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1765: <p>
1.80 louis 1766:
1.247 jufi 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1768: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1769: Bad Press</a>,
1770: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1771: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1772:
1773: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1774: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1775: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1776: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1777: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1778: <p>
1.247 jufi 1779: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1780:
1781: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1782: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1783:
1.247 jufi 1784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1785: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1786: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1787: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1788: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1789:
1790: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1791: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1792: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1793: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1794: <p>
1.74 louis 1795:
1.247 jufi 1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1797: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1798: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1799: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1800:
1.219 horacio 1801: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1802: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1803: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1804: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1805: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1806: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1807: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1808: <p>
1.88 louis 1809:
1.247 jufi 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1811: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1812: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1813: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1814:
1815: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1816: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1817: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1818: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1819: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1820: <p>
1.81 louis 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1823: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1824: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1825: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1826:
1827: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1828: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1829: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1830: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1831: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1832: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1833: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1834: <p>
1.90 louis 1835:
1.247 jufi 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1837: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1838: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1839: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1840:
1841: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1842: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1843: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1844: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1845: <p>
1.247 jufi 1846: </ul>
1.71 louis 1847:
1.69 deraadt 1848: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1849: <ul>
1.70 louis 1850:
1.247 jufi 1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1852: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1853: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1854: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1855:
1856: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1857: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1858: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1859: <p>
1.70 louis 1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1862: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1863: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1865:
1866: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 1867: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1868: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1869: <p>
1.68 louis 1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1872: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1873: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1874: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1875: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1876:
1.111 jufi 1877: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1878: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1879: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1880: "secure by default" installation.
1881: <p>
1.64 louis 1882:
1.247 jufi 1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1884: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1885: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1886: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1887:
1.113 naddy 1888: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1889: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1890: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1891: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1892: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1893: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1894: <p>
1.66 louis 1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1897: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1898: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1899: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1900:
1901: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1902: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1903: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1904: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1905: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1906: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1907: <p>
1.83 louis 1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1910: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1911: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1912: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1913:
1914: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1915: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1916: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1917: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1918: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1919: <p>
1.64 louis 1920:
1.247 jufi 1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1922: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1923: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1924: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1925:
1926: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1927: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1928: <p>
1.247 jufi 1929: </ul>
1.65 louis 1930:
1.69 deraadt 1931: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1932: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 1933:
1.247 jufi 1934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1935: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1936: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1938:
1939: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1940: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1941: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1942: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1943: <p>
1.88 louis 1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1946: <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 1947: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1948:
1949: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1950: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1951: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1952: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1953: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1954: <p>
1.60 louis 1955:
1.247 jufi 1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 1957: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1958: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1959: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1961:
1962: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1963: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1964: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1965: <p>
1.58 louis 1966:
1.247 jufi 1967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 1968: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1969: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1970:
1971: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1972: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1973: <p>
1.53 louis 1974:
1.247 jufi 1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 1976: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1977: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1978: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1979:
1980: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1981: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1982: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1983: <p>
1.99 louis 1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 1986: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1987: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1988:
1989: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
1990: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 1991: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 1992: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 1993: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1996: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
1997: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2001: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2002: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2003: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2004: <p>
2005:
1.247 jufi 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2007: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2008: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2009: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2010:
2011: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2012: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2013: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2014:
1.247 jufi 2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2016: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2017: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2018:
2019: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2020: in
1.247 jufi 2021: <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 2022: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2023: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2024: <p>
1.53 louis 2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2027: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2028: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2029: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2030: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2031:
1.58 louis 2032: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2033: <p>
1.247 jufi 2034: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2035:
1.69 deraadt 2036: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2037: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2040: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2041: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2042: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2043: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2044:
1.58 louis 2045: Kurt Seifried
2046: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2047: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2048: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2049: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2052: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2053: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2054: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2055:
2056: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2057: <p>
1.96 louis 2058:
1.247 jufi 2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2060: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2061: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2062: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2063:
2064: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2065: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2066: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2067: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2068: <p>
1.247 jufi 2069: </ul>
1.86 louis 2070:
1.69 deraadt 2071: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2072: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2075: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2076: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2078:
2079: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2080: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2081: <p>
1.61 louis 2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2084: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2085: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2086: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2088:
2089: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2090: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2091: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2092: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2093: right -- or at least strives to".
2094: <p>
1.48 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2097: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2098: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2099: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2100: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2101: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2102: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2103: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2104: <p>
1.61 louis 2105:
1.247 jufi 2106: <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 2107: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2108: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2109:
2110: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2111: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2112: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2113: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2114: <p>
1.46 louis 2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2117: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2118: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2119: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2120:
2121: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2122: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2123: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2126: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2127: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2128: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2129:
2130: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2131: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2132: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2133: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2134: <p>
1.247 jufi 2135: </ul>
1.70 louis 2136:
1.69 deraadt 2137: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2138: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2141: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2142: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2143: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2144: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2145:
2146: Kurt Seifried
2147: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2148: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2149: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2150: <p>
1.44 philen 2151:
1.247 jufi 2152: <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 2153: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2154: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2155:
2156: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2157: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <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 2160: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2161: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2162:
2163: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2164: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2165:
1.247 jufi 2166: <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 2167: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2168: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2169:
2170: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2171: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2172: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2173: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2174: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <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 2177: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2178: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2179:
1.36 louis 2180: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2181: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2182:
1.247 jufi 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2184: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2185: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2186: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2187:
2188: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2189: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2190: </ul>
1.38 louis 2191:
1.69 deraadt 2192: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2193: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2194:
1.247 jufi 2195: <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 2196: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2198:
2199: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2200: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2201: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2202:
1.113 naddy 2203: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2204: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2205: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2206: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2207:
2208: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2209: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2210: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2211: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2212: <blockquote>
2213: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2214: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2215: <br>
2216: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2217: </code>
2218: </blockquote>
2219: <p>
2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2222: <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>
2223: <p>
2224:
2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2226: <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 2227: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2228:
2229: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2230: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2231: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2232: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2235: <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 2236: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2237:
2238: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2239: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2240: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2241: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2242: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2243: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2244: <p>
1.19 louis 2245:
1.113 naddy 2246: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2247: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2248: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2249:
2250: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2251: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2252: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2253: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2254: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2255: <p>
1.16 louis 2256:
1.247 jufi 2257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2258: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2259: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2260: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2261:
1.57 louis 2262: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2263: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2264: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2265: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2268: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2269: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2270: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2271:
1.113 naddy 2272: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2275: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2276: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2278:
1.23 louis 2279: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2280: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2281: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2282: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2283: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2284: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2285:
1.247 jufi 2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2287: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2288: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2289: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2290:
1.199 pvalchev 2291: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2292: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2293: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2294: installation.
1.113 naddy 2295: <p>
1.47 louis 2296:
1.247 jufi 2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2298: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2299: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2300: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2301:
2302: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2303: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2304: </ul>
1.57 louis 2305:
1.69 deraadt 2306: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2307: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2310: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2311: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2312: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2313:
2314: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2315: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2316: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2317: <p>
1.12 louis 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2320: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2321: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2322: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2323:
2324: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2325: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2326: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2327: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2328: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2329: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2330: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2331: <p>
1.247 jufi 2332: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2333:
1.69 deraadt 2334: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2335: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2338: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2339: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2340:
2341: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2342: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2343: available."
1.113 naddy 2344: <p>
1.247 jufi 2345: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2346:
1.69 deraadt 2347: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2348: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2349:
1.247 jufi 2350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2351: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2352: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2353:
2354: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2355: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2356: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2357: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2358: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2359: <p>
1.33 louis 2360:
1.247 jufi 2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2362: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2363: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2364: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2365:
1.113 naddy 2366: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2367: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2368: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2369: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2370: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2371: <p>
1.247 jufi 2372: </ul>
1.57 louis 2373:
1.69 deraadt 2374: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2375: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2376:
1.247 jufi 2377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2378: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2379: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2380: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2381:
2382: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2383: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2384: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2387: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2388: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2389: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2390: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2391:
2392: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2393: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2396: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2397:
1.113 naddy 2398: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2401: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2402: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2403: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2404:
2405: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2406: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2407: </ul>
1.23 louis 2408:
1.69 deraadt 2409: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2410: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2411:
1.247 jufi 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2413: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2414: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2415:
2416: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2417: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2418: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2419:
1.247 jufi 2420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2421: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2422: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2423: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2424:
2425: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2426: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2427: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2428: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2429: </ul>
1.57 louis 2430:
1.69 deraadt 2431: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2432: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2433:
1.247 jufi 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2435: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2436: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2437: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2438:
2439: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2440: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2441: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2442: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2443: <p>
1.15 louis 2444:
1.247 jufi 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2446: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2447: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2448: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2449:
2450: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2451: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2452: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2453: columns."
1.113 naddy 2454: <p>
1.247 jufi 2455: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2456:
1.69 deraadt 2457: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2458: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2459:
1.247 jufi 2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2461: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2462: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2463: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2464:
2465: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2466: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2467:
1.113 naddy 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2469: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2470: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2471:
2472: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2473: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2474: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2475: </ul>
1.57 louis 2476:
1.69 deraadt 2477: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2478: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2479:
1.113 naddy 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2481: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2482: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2483: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2484:
1.222 miod 2485: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2486: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2487: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2488: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2489: <p>
1.247 jufi 2490: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2491:
1.69 deraadt 2492: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2493: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2496: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2497: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2498:
1.69 deraadt 2499: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2500: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2501: <p>
1.247 jufi 2502: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2503:
1.69 deraadt 2504: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2505: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2506:
1.247 jufi 2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2508: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2509: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2510: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2511:
2512: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2513: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2517: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2518: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2519: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2520: <p>
1.247 jufi 2521: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2522:
1.69 deraadt 2523: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2524: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2527: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2528: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2529: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2530: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2531: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2532:
2533: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2534: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2535: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2536: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2537: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2538: <p>
1.247 jufi 2539: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2540:
2541: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2542: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2543:
1.247 jufi 2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2545: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2546: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2547:
1.69 deraadt 2548: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2549: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2550: <p>
1.112 naddy 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2553: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2554:
1.113 naddy 2555: <hr>
2556: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2557: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2558:
1.200 niklas 2559: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <ul>
2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2563: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2564: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2565:
2566: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2567: <p>
2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2570:
2571: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2572:
1.247 jufi 2573: <ul>
2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2575: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2576: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2577:
2578: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2579: <p>
2580:
1.247 jufi 2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2582: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2583: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2584:
2585: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2586: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2587: <p>
2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2590:
2591: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2592:
1.247 jufi 2593: <ul>
2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2595: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2596: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2597:
2598: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2599: <p>
2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2602:
1.102 niklas 2603: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2604:
1.247 jufi 2605: <ul>
2606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2607: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2608: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2609:
2610: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2611: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2612: <p>
1.102 niklas 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2615:
1.84 niklas 2616: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2617:
1.247 jufi 2618: <ul>
2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2620: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2621: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2622:
2623: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2624: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2625: <p>
1.84 niklas 2626:
1.247 jufi 2627: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2628:
1.69 deraadt 2629: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2630:
1.247 jufi 2631: <ul>
2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2633: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2634: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2635:
1.222 miod 2636: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2637: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2638: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2639: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2640:
1.247 jufi 2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2642: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2643: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2644: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2645: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2646:
1.20 louis 2647: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2648: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2649: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2650: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2651: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2654:
1.113 naddy 2655: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2656: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2657: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2658:
2659:
2660: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2661: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2664: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2665: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2666:
2667: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2668: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2669: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2670:
2671: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2672: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2675:
2676:
1.170 louis 2677: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2678: <ul>
1.170 louis 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2681: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2682: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2683: </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2686: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2687: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2688: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2689: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2690: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2691: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2692: <p>
1.247 jufi 2693: </ul>
1.170 louis 2694:
1.69 deraadt 2695: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2696: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2699: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2700: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2701: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2702:
2703: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2704: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2705: translating and reprinting articles from
2706: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2707: <p>
1.247 jufi 2708: </ul>
1.20 louis 2709:
1.113 naddy 2710: <hr>
2711: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2712: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2713:
1.246 jufi 2714: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2717: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2718: December 04, 2002
2719: </strong></font><br>
2720: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2721: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2722: <p>
1.247 jufi 2723: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2724:
1.151 louis 2725: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2726: <ul>
1.151 louis 2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2729: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2730: </strong></font><br>
2731:
2732: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2733: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2734: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2735: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2736: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2737: <p>
1.247 jufi 2738: </ul>
1.151 louis 2739:
1.72 louis 2740: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2741: <ul>
1.72 louis 2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2744: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2745: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2746: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2747:
1.101 jufi 2748: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2749: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2750: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2751: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2752: Giving way to
2753: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2754: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2755: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2756: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2757: <p>
1.247 jufi 2758: </ul>
1.72 louis 2759:
1.69 deraadt 2760: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2761: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2764: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2765: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2766: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2767:
2768: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2769: <p>
1.247 jufi 2770: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2771:
1.50 louis 2772:
1.113 naddy 2773: <hr>
2774: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2775: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2776:
1.69 deraadt 2777: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2778: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2781: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2782: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2783: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2784:
2785: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2786: <p>
1.247 jufi 2787: </ul>
1.62 form 2788:
1.69 deraadt 2789: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2790: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2793: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2794: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2796:
1.59 form 2797: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2798: <p>
1.112 naddy 2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2801:
1.113 naddy 2802: <hr>
2803: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2804: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2805: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2808: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2809: Radio, August 2, 2000
2810: </strong></font><br>
2811:
2812: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2813: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2814: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2815: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2816: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2817: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2818: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2819: <p>
2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2822: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2823: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2824: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2825: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2826:
2827: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2828: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2829: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2830: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2831: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2832: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2833: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2834: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2835: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2836: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2837: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2838: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2839: <p>
1.247 jufi 2840: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2841:
1.113 naddy 2842: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2843: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2844: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2845:
2846: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2847: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2848:
1.247 jufi 2849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2850: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2851: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2852: </strong></font><br>
2853:
2854: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2855: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2856: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2857: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2858: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2859: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2860: A
1.216 horacio 2861: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2862: <p>
1.247 jufi 2863: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2864:
1.252 miod 2865: <hr>
2866: <a name=fr></a>
2867: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
2868:
2869: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2870: <ul>
2871:
2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2873: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
2874: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
2875: </strong></font><br>
2876:
2877: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2878: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2879: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2880: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2881: <p>
2882: </ul>
2883:
1.216 horacio 2884:
2885: <hr>
2886: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 2887: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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