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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>
1.255 ! ian 39: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30231.html">
! 40: 'Super-DMCA' fears suppress security research</a>,
! 41: SecurityFocus, April 14, 2003
! 42: </strong></font><br>
! 43: Steganography and honeypot expert Niels Provos may risk
! 44: four years in prison by completing his Ph.D., writes Kevin
! 45: Poulsen, of SecurityFocus.
! 46: <p>
! 47:
! 48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 49: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
50: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
51: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
52: </strong></font><br>
53: The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest realease will
54: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
55: security experts for more than three decades."
56: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
57: <p>
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 59: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
60: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
61: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
62: </strong></font><br>
63: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
64: from US DARPA.
65: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
66: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
67: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
68: the BSD license.
69: <p>
70: </ul>
71:
1.251 ian 72: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
73: <ul>
74:
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
76: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
77: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
78: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
79: </strong></font><br>
80: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
81: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
82: Mentions
83: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
84: and
85: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
86: programs.
87: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
88: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
89: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
90: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
91: <p>
92: </ul>
93:
1.249 jufi 94: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
95: <ul>
96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
97: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
98: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
99: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
100: </strong></font><br>
101: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
102: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
103: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
104: <p>
105: </ul>
106:
1.246 jufi 107: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 108: <ul>
1.246 jufi 109:
1.247 jufi 110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 111: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
112: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
113: </strong></font><br>
114: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
115: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
116: <p>
117:
1.247 jufi 118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 119: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
120: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
121: </strong></font><br>
122: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
123: in their annual OpenHack security test.
124: <p>
1.247 jufi 125: </ul>
1.246 jufi 126:
1.244 jufi 127: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 128: <ul>
1.246 jufi 129:
1.247 jufi 130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 131: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
132: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
133: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
134: <br>
135: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
136: </strong></font><br>
137: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
138: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
139: md5 digests.
140: <p>
141:
1.247 jufi 142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 143: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 144: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 145: </strong></font><br>
146: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
147: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
148: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
149: right the first time."
150: <p>
1.247 jufi 151: </ul>
1.244 jufi 152:
153:
154: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 155: <ul>
1.244 jufi 156:
1.247 jufi 157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 158: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
159: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
160: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
161: </strong></font><br>
162: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
163: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
164: part 6</a>.
165: <p>
166:
1.247 jufi 167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 168: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
169: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
170: </strong></font><br>
171: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
172: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
173: <p>
1.247 jufi 174: </ul>
1.242 jufi 175:
176: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 177: <ul>
1.242 jufi 178:
1.247 jufi 179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 180: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
181: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
182: </strong></font><br>
183: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
184: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
185: <p>
186:
1.247 jufi 187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 188: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
189: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
190: </strong></font><br>
191: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
192: this time using pf.
193: <p>
1.247 jufi 194: </ul>
1.242 jufi 195:
196: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 197: <ul>
1.242 jufi 198:
1.247 jufi 199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 200: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
201: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
202: </strong></font><br>
203: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
204: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
205: their rotation.
206: <p>
207:
1.247 jufi 208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 209: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
210: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
211: </strong></font><br>
212: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
213: <p>
1.247 jufi 214: </ul>
1.242 jufi 215:
1.239 jufi 216: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 217: <ul>
1.239 jufi 218:
1.247 jufi 219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 220: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
221: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
222: </strong></font><br>
223: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
224: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
225: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
226: <p>
227:
1.247 jufi 228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 229: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
230: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
231: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 232: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
233: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
234: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 235: <p>
1.247 jufi 236: </ul>
1.239 jufi 237:
1.235 lebel 238: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 239: <ul>
1.235 lebel 240:
1.239 jufi 241:
1.247 jufi 242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 243: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
244: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
245: </strong></font><br>
246: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
247: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
248: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
249: <p>
1.247 jufi 250: </ul>
1.235 lebel 251:
1.228 horacio 252: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 253: <ul>
1.228 horacio 254:
1.247 jufi 255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 256: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
257: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
258: </strong></font><br>
259: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
260: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
261: <p>
262:
1.247 jufi 263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 264: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
265: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
266: </strong></font><br>
267: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
268: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
269: <p>
270:
1.247 jufi 271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 272: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
273: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
274: </strong></font><br>
275: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
276: on the desktop of his parents.
277: <p>
278:
1.247 jufi 279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 280: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 281: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 282: </strong></font><br>
283: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
284: using IPFilter.
285:
286: <p>
287:
1.247 jufi 288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 289: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
290: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
291: </strong></font><br>
292: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
293: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
294: perspectives of the four OS.
295: <br>
296: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 297: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 298: <p>
299:
1.247 jufi 300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 301: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
302: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
303: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
304: </strong></font><br>
305:
306: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
307: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
308: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
309: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
310: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
311: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
312: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
313: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
314: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
315: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
316: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
317: security conscious team beyond doubt.
318: <p>
1.247 jufi 319: </ul>
1.228 horacio 320:
1.225 horacio 321: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 322: <ul>
1.225 horacio 323:
1.247 jufi 324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 325: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
326: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 327: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 328: </strong></font><br>
329:
330: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
331: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
332: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 333: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 334: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
335: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
336: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
337: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
338: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 339: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 340: of choice.
341: <p>
1.247 jufi 342: </ul>
1.225 horacio 343:
344: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 345: <ul>
1.225 horacio 346:
1.247 jufi 347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 348: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
349: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
350: </strong></font><br>
351:
352: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
353: <p>
354:
1.247 jufi 355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 356: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 357: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 358: </strong></font><br>
359:
360: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
361: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
362: <p>
1.247 jufi 363: </ul>
1.225 horacio 364:
1.218 horacio 365: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 366: <ul>
1.218 horacio 367:
1.247 jufi 368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 369: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
370: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
371: </strong></font><br>
372:
373: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
374: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
375: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
376: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
377: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
378: subjects. Worth a read.
379: <p>
380:
381:
1.247 jufi 382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 383: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 384: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 385: </strong></font><br>
386:
387: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
388: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
389: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
390: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
391: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
392: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
393: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
394: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
395: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 396: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 397: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
398: on other operating systems.<br>
399: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
400: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
401: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
402: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
403: <p>
404:
1.247 jufi 405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 406: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
407: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
408: </strong></font><br>
409:
410: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
411: covering the level of software integration into the core
412: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
413: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
414: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
415: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
416: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
417: <p>
418:
1.247 jufi 419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 420: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
421: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
422: </strong></font><br>
423:
424: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
425: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
426: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
427: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
428: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
429: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
430: <p>
1.247 jufi 431: </ul>
1.221 horacio 432:
1.210 jufi 433: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 434: <ul>
1.215 horacio 435:
1.247 jufi 436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 437: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
438: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
439: </strong></font><br>
440:
441: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
442: source software in response to an article which claimed that
443: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
444: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
445: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
446: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
447: <p>
448:
1.247 jufi 449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 450: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 451: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
452: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 453:
1.224 horacio 454: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
455: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
456: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
457: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
458: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
459: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 460: <p>
1.247 jufi 461: </ul>
1.215 horacio 462:
463: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 464: <ul>
1.215 horacio 465:
1.247 jufi 466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 467: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
468: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
469: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
470: </strong></font><br>
471:
472: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
473: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 474: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 475: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
476: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
477: investment</em>.<br>
478: The implementation details can be seen on their
479: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
480: <p>
481:
1.247 jufi 482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 483: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
484: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
485: </strong></font><br>
486:
487: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
488: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
489: security and says that even secured operating systems running
490: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
491: to time.<br>
492: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
493: system and just the most secure system.
494: <p>
495:
1.247 jufi 496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 497: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
498: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
499: </strong></font><br>
500:
501: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
502: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
503: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
504: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
505: choice:<br>
506: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
507: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
508: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
509: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
510: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
511: network security devices and as such must be well
512: armored."</em><br>
513: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
514: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
515: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
516: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
517: <br>
518: Bravo!
519: <p>
1.247 jufi 520: </ul>
1.210 jufi 521:
1.207 ian 522: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 523: <ul>
1.215 horacio 524:
1.247 jufi 525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 526: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
527: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
528: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 529:
1.207 ian 530: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
531: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 532: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 533: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
534: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
535: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 536: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 537: <p>
1.247 jufi 538: </ul>
1.207 ian 539:
1.194 jufi 540: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 541: <ul>
1.194 jufi 542:
1.247 jufi 543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 544: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
545: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
546: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 547:
1.240 miod 548: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 549: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
550: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
551: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
552: <p>
553:
1.247 jufi 554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 555: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 556: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
557: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
558: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 559:
1.240 miod 560: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 561: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 562: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
563: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
564: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 565: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 566: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
567: <br>
568: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
569: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
570: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
571: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
572: <p>
573:
1.247 jufi 574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 575: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
576: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 577: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 578: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 579:
1.194 jufi 580: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
581: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
582: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
583: <br>
584: The new
585: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 586: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 587: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
588: <p>
1.247 jufi 589: </ul>
1.194 jufi 590:
1.190 horacio 591: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 592: <ul>
1.190 horacio 593:
1.247 jufi 594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 595:
596: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
597: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
598:
599: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
600: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
601:
602: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
603: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
604:
1.212 horacio 605: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
606: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 607: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
608:
1.211 horacio 609: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
610: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 611: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
612:
1.247 jufi 613: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 614: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
615:
1.247 jufi 616: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 617: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
618:
1.212 horacio 619: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
620: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 621: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
622:
623: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
624: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
625:
626: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
627: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
628:
629: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
630: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
631:
632: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 633: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 634:
1.192 jufi 635: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
636: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 637: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 638:
1.193 deraadt 639: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
640: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 641: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 642:
1.247 jufi 643: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 644: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
645:
1.247 jufi 646: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 647: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
648: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
649:
1.213 horacio 650: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 651: 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 652: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
653:
1.190 horacio 654: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 655: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
656: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
657: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
658: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
659: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
660: <p>
1.190 horacio 661:
1.247 jufi 662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 663: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
664: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
665: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 666: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 667:
1.195 jufi 668: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 669: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
670: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
671: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 672: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
673: <p>
674:
1.247 jufi 675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 676: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 677: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
678: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
679: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 680:
1.191 jufi 681: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
682: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
683: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
684: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 685: <p>
1.247 jufi 686: </ul>
1.190 horacio 687:
1.191 jufi 688:
1.186 jufi 689: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 690: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 691:
1.247 jufi 692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 693: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 694: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
695: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 696: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 697:
1.188 jufi 698: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 699: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 700: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 701: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
702: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 703: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 704: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 705: <p>
706:
1.191 jufi 707:
1.247 jufi 708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 709: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
710: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
711: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 712: </strong></font><br>
713:
714: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
715: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
716: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
717: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
718: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
719: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
720: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
721: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
722: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
723: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
724: familiar?
725: <p>
1.247 jufi 726: </ul>
1.191 jufi 727:
1.178 louis 728: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 729: <ul>
1.178 louis 730:
1.247 jufi 731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 732: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
733: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 734: </strong></font><br>
735:
736: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
737: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
738: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
739: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
740: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
741: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
742: <p>
743:
1.247 jufi 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 745: <a
1.182 louis 746: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
747: </strong></font><br>
748:
749: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
750: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
751: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
752: <p>
753:
1.247 jufi 754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 755: <a
1.179 louis 756: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
757: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
758: </strong></font><br>
759:
760: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
761: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
762: <p>
1.247 jufi 763: </ul>
1.179 louis 764:
1.174 louis 765:
1.175 louis 766: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 767: <ul>
1.175 louis 768:
1.247 jufi 769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 770: <a
1.179 louis 771: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
772: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
773: </strong></font><br>
774:
775: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
776: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
777: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
778: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
779: <p>
780:
1.247 jufi 781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 782: <a
1.183 ian 783: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 784: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
785: </strong></font><br>
786:
787: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 788: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 789: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
790: <p>
1.247 jufi 791: </ul>
1.175 louis 792:
1.176 louis 793:
1.172 mickey 794: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 795: <ul>
1.172 mickey 796:
1.247 jufi 797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 798: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 799: </strong></font><br>
800:
801: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
802: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
803: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 804: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 805: <p>
806:
1.247 jufi 807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 808: <a
1.174 louis 809: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
810: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
811: </strong></font><br>
812:
813: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
814: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
815: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
816: <p>
817:
1.247 jufi 818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 819: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
820: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
821: </strong></font><br>
822:
823: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
824: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
825: <p>
826:
1.247 jufi 827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 828: <a
829: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
830: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
831: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
832: </strong></font><br>
833:
834: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
835: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
836: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
837: our own Theo de Raadt.
838: <p>
839:
1.247 jufi 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 841: <a
842: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
843: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
844: </strong></font><br>
845:
846: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
847: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
848: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
849: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
850: shut down.]
851: <p>
852:
1.247 jufi 853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 854: <a
1.226 horacio 855: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
856: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 857: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 858: </strong></font><br>
859:
860: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
861: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
862: <p>
1.247 jufi 863: </ul>
1.172 mickey 864:
1.161 louis 865: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 866: <ul>
1.161 louis 867:
1.247 jufi 868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 869: <a
870: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
871: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
872: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
873: </strong></font><br>
874:
875: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
876: by John Wolley
877: <p>
878:
1.247 jufi 879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 880: <a
881: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
882: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
883: </strong></font><br>
884:
885: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
886: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
887: OpenBSD).
888: <p>
889:
1.247 jufi 890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 891: <a
1.247 jufi 892: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 893: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
894: </strong></font><br>
895:
896: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
897: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
898: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
899: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
900: and hindsight.
901: <p>
902:
1.247 jufi 903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 904: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
905: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
906: </strong></font><br>
907:
908: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
909: <p>
910:
1.247 jufi 911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 912: <a
1.168 provos 913: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
914: December 7, 2000
915: </strong></font><br>
916:
917: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
918: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
919: us explain.
920: <p>
921:
1.247 jufi 922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 923: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
924: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 925: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 926: December 6, 2000
927: </strong></font><br>
928:
929: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
930: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
931: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
932: <p>
933:
1.247 jufi 934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 935: <a
1.226 horacio 936: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
937: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 938: </strong></font><br>
939:
940: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 941: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 942: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 943: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
944: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
945: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 946: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 947: <p>
1.162 millert 948:
1.247 jufi 949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 950: <a
1.161 louis 951: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
952: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
953: </strong></font><br>
954:
955: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
956: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
957: <p>
958:
1.247 jufi 959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 960: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
961: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
962: </strong></font><br>
963:
964: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
965: <p>
966:
967:
1.247 jufi 968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 969: <a
1.226 horacio 970: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
971: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
972: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 973: </strong></font><br>
974:
975: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
976: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
977: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
978: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
979: <p>
1.247 jufi 980: </ul>
1.169 louis 981:
1.158 louis 982: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 983: <ul>
1.147 louis 984:
1.247 jufi 985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 986: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
987: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 988: </strong></font><br>
989:
990: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
991: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
992: <p>
993:
1.247 jufi 994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 995: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
996: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
997: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 998: </strong></font><br>
999: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1000: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1001: <p>
1002:
1.247 jufi 1003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1004: <a
1005: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1006: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1007: </strong></font><br>
1008:
1009: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1010: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1011: <p>
1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1014: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1015: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1016: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1017:
1.213 horacio 1018: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1019: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1020: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1021: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1022: <p>
1.215 horacio 1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1025: <a
1026: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1027: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1028: </strong></font><br>
1029:
1030: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1031: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1032: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1033: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1034: much of the attitude too).
1035: <p>
1.161 louis 1036:
1.247 jufi 1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1038: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1039: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1040: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1041:
1.157 louis 1042: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1043: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1044: <p>
1.247 jufi 1045: </ul>
1.157 louis 1046:
1047: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1048: <ul>
1.157 louis 1049:
1.247 jufi 1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1051: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1052: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1053: </strong></font><br>
1054:
1055: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1056: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1057: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1058: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1059: <p>
1060:
1.247 jufi 1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1062: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1063: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1064: </strong></font><br>
1065:
1066: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1067: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1068: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1069: it because they love coding...
1070: <p>
1071:
1.247 jufi 1072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1073: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1074: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1075: </strong></font><br>
1076:
1077: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1078: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1079: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1080: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1081: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1082: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1083: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1084: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1085: <p>
1086:
1.247 jufi 1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1088: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1089: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1090: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1091: </strong></font><br>
1092:
1093: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1094: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1095: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1096: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1097: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1098: the pizza.
1099: <p>
1100:
1.247 jufi 1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1102: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1103: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1104: </strong></font><br>
1105:
1106: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1107: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1108: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1109: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1110: problems.
1111: <p>
1112:
1.247 jufi 1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1114: <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 1115: </strong></font><br>
1116:
1.222 miod 1117: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1118: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1119: - whether they like it or not.
1120: <p>
1121:
1.247 jufi 1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1123: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1124: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1125: </strong></font><br>
1126:
1127: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1128: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1129: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1130: <p>
1.148 aaron 1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1133: <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 1134: </strong></font><br>
1135:
1136: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1137: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1138: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1139: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1140: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1141: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1142: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1143: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1144: <p>
1145:
1.247 jufi 1146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1147: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1148: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1149: </strong></font><br>
1150:
1151: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1152: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1153: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1154: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1155: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1156: <p>
1.247 jufi 1157: </ul>
1.147 louis 1158:
1.138 louis 1159: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1160: <ul>
1.138 louis 1161:
1.247 jufi 1162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1163: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1164: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1165: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1166: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1167: </strong></font><br>
1168:
1.227 horacio 1169: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1170: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1171: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1172: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1173: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1174: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1175: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1176: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1177: <p>
1178:
1.247 jufi 1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1180: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1181: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1182: </strong></font><br>
1183:
1184: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1185: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1186: groups, and even Linux.
1187: <p>
1188:
1.247 jufi 1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1190: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1191: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1192: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1193: </strong></font><br>
1194:
1195: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1196: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1197: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1198: library after installing the OS.
1199: <p>
1200:
1.247 jufi 1201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1202: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1203: Sys Admin, September 2000
1204: </strong></font><br>
1205:
1206: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1207: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1208: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1209: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1210: (<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>,
1211: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1212: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1213: <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 1214: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1215: out of the system.
1216: <p>
1217:
1.247 jufi 1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1219: <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
1220: </strong></font><br>
1221:
1222: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1223: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1224: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1225: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1226: the IP filtering and address translation.
1227: <p>
1.247 jufi 1228: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1229:
1.131 louis 1230: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1231: <ul>
1.131 louis 1232:
1.247 jufi 1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1234: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1235: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1236: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1237: </strong></font><br>
1238:
1239: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1240: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1241: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1242: <p>
1243:
1.247 jufi 1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1245: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1246: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1247: </strong></font><br>
1248:
1249: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1250: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1251: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1252: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1253: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1254: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1255: note of"</i>.
1256: <p>
1257:
1.247 jufi 1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1259: <a
1.247 jufi 1260: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1261: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263:
1264: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1265: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1266: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1267: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1268: <p>
1269:
1.247 jufi 1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1271: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1272: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1276: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1277: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1278: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1279: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1280: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1281: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1282: <p>
1283:
1.247 jufi 1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1285: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1286: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1287: 2000
1288: </strong></font><br>
1289:
1290: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1291: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1292: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1293: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1294: against current industry practices.
1295: <p>
1296:
1.247 jufi 1297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1298: <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
1299: </strong></font><br>
1300:
1301: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1302: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1303: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1304: <p>
1305:
1.247 jufi 1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1307: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1308: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1309: </strong></font><br>
1310:
1311: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1312: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1313: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1314: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1315: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1316: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1317: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1318: <p>
1319:
1.247 jufi 1320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1321: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1322: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1323: </strong></font><br>
1324:
1325: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1326: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1327: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1328: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1329: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1330: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1331: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1332: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1333: <p>
1.247 jufi 1334: </ul>
1.131 louis 1335:
1.118 louis 1336: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1337: <ul>
1.118 louis 1338:
1.247 jufi 1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1340: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1341: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1342: </strong></font><br>
1343:
1344: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1345: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1346: about time. The article mentions that
1347: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1348: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1349: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1350: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1351: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1352: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1353: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1357: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1358: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1359: </strong></font><br>
1360:
1361: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1362: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1363: of OpenSSH.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1367: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1368: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1369: </strong></font><br>
1370:
1371: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1372: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1373: bridging.
1374: <p>
1375:
1.247 jufi 1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1377: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1378: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1379: </strong></font><br>
1380:
1.121 deraadt 1381: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1382: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1383: <p>
1384:
1.247 jufi 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1386: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1387: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1388: </strong></font><br>
1389:
1390: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1394: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1395: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1396: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1.120 deraadt 1399: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1400: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1401: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1402: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1403: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1404: <p>
1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1407: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1408: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1409: </strong></font><br>
1410:
1.222 miod 1411: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1412: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1413: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1414: protocols and their quirks.
1415: <p>
1416:
1.247 jufi 1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1418: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1419: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1420: </strong></font><br>
1421:
1422: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1423: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1424: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1425: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1426: <p>
1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1429: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1430: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432:
1433: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1434: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1435: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1436: <p>
1437:
1.247 jufi 1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1439: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1440: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1441: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1442: </strong></font><br>
1443:
1444: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1445: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1446: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1447: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1448: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1449: <p>
1.247 jufi 1450: </ul>
1.118 louis 1451:
1.104 louis 1452: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1453: <ul>
1.104 louis 1454:
1.247 jufi 1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1456: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1457: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1458: </strong></font><br>
1459:
1460: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1461: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1462: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1463: be a bit dry.
1464: <p>
1465:
1.247 jufi 1466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1467: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1468: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1469: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1470: </strong></font><br>
1471: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1472: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1473: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1474: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1475: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1476: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1477: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1478: <p>
1479:
1.247 jufi 1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1481: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1482: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1483: 2000
1.128 louis 1484: </strong></font><br>
1485:
1486: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1487: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1488: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1489: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1490: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1491: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1492: <p>
1493:
1.247 jufi 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1495: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1496: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1497: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1498:
1499: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1500: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1501: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1502: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1503: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1504: <p>
1.110 louis 1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1507: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1508: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1509: </strong></font><br>
1510:
1511: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1512: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1513: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1514: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1515: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1516: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1517: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1518: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1519: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1520: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1521: <p>
1522:
1.247 jufi 1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1524: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1525: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1526:
1527: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1528: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1529: <p>
1.108 louis 1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1532: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1533: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1534: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1535:
1536: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1537: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1538: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1539: <p>
1.106 louis 1540:
1.247 jufi 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1542: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1543: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1544: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1545:
1546: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1547: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1548: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1549: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1550: <p>
1.107 louis 1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1553: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1554: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1555: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1556:
1557: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1558: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1559: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1560: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1561: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1562: <p>
1.105 louis 1563:
1.247 jufi 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1565: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1566: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1567: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1568:
1.113 naddy 1569: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1570: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1571: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1572: <p>
1.104 louis 1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1575: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1576: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1577: </strong></font><br>
1578:
1579: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1580: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1581: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1582: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1583: <p>
1.247 jufi 1584: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1585:
1.85 louis 1586: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1587: <ul>
1.85 louis 1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1590: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1591: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1592: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1593:
1594: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1595: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1596: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1597: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1598: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1599: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1600: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1601: <p>
1.99 louis 1602:
1.247 jufi 1603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1604: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1605: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1606: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1607:
1608: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1609: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1610: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1611: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1612: <p>
1.100 louis 1613:
1.247 jufi 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1615: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1616: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1617: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1618:
1619: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1620: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1621: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1622: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1623: <p>
1.95 louis 1624:
1.247 jufi 1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1626: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1627: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1628: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1629:
1630: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1631: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1632: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1633: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1634: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1635: <p>
1.92 louis 1636:
1.247 jufi 1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1638: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1639: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1640: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1641:
1642: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1643: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1644: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1645: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1646: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1647: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1648: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1649: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1650: <p>
1.91 louis 1651:
1.247 jufi 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1653: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1654: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1655: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1656:
1657: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1658: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1659: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1660: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1661: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1662: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1663: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1664: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1665: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1666: <p>
1.90 louis 1667:
1.247 jufi 1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1669: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1670: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1671: </strong></font><br>
1672: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1673: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1674: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1675: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1676: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1677: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1678: <p>
1679:
1.247 jufi 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1681: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1682: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1683: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1684:
1.113 naddy 1685: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1686: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1687: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1688: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1689: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1690: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1691: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1692: <p>
1.87 louis 1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1695: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1696: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1697: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1698:
1699: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1700: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1701: <p>
1.85 louis 1702:
1.247 jufi 1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1704: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1705: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1706: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1707:
1708: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1709: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1710: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1711: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1712: <p>
1.89 louis 1713:
1.247 jufi 1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1715: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1716: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1717: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1718:
1719: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1720: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1721: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1722: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1723: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1724: </ul>
1.85 louis 1725:
1.78 deraadt 1726: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1727: <ul>
1.74 louis 1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1730: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1731: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1732: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1733: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1734:
1735: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1736: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1737: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1738: <p>
1.83 louis 1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1741: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1742: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1743: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1744:
1745: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1746: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1747: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1748: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1749: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1750: <p>
1.93 louis 1751:
1.247 jufi 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1753: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1754: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1755: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1756: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1757:
1.83 louis 1758: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1759: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1760: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1761: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1762: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1763: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1764: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1765: <p>
1.82 aaron 1766:
1.247 jufi 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1768: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1769: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1770: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1771:
1.83 louis 1772: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1773: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1774: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1775: <p>
1.80 louis 1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1778: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1779: Bad Press</a>,
1780: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1781: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1782:
1783: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1784: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1785: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1786: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1787: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1788: <p>
1.247 jufi 1789: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1790:
1791: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1792: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1793:
1.247 jufi 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1795: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1796: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1797: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1798: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1799:
1800: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1801: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1802: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1803: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1804: <p>
1.74 louis 1805:
1.247 jufi 1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1807: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1808: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1809: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1810:
1.219 horacio 1811: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1812: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1813: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1814: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1815: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1816: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1817: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1818: <p>
1.88 louis 1819:
1.247 jufi 1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1821: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1822: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1823: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1824:
1825: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1826: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1827: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1828: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1829: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1830: <p>
1.81 louis 1831:
1.247 jufi 1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1833: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1834: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1835: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1836:
1837: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1838: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1839: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1840: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1841: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1842: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1843: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1844: <p>
1.90 louis 1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1847: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1848: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1849: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1850:
1851: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1852: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1853: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1854: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1855: <p>
1.247 jufi 1856: </ul>
1.71 louis 1857:
1.69 deraadt 1858: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1859: <ul>
1.70 louis 1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1862: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1863: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1865:
1866: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1867: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1868: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1869: <p>
1.70 louis 1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1872: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1873: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1874: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1875:
1876: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 1877: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1878: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1879: <p>
1.68 louis 1880:
1.247 jufi 1881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1882: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1883: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1884: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1885: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1886:
1.111 jufi 1887: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1888: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1889: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1890: "secure by default" installation.
1891: <p>
1.64 louis 1892:
1.247 jufi 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1894: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1895: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1896: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1897:
1.113 naddy 1898: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1899: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1900: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1901: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1902: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1903: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1904: <p>
1.66 louis 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1907: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1908: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1910:
1911: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1912: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1913: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1914: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1915: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1916: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1917: <p>
1.83 louis 1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1920: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1921: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1922: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1923:
1924: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1925: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1926: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1927: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1928: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1929: <p>
1.64 louis 1930:
1.247 jufi 1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1932: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1933: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1934: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1935:
1936: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1937: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1938: <p>
1.247 jufi 1939: </ul>
1.65 louis 1940:
1.69 deraadt 1941: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1942: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1945: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1946: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1947: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1948:
1949: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1950: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1951: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1952: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1953: <p>
1.88 louis 1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1956: <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 1957: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1958:
1959: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1960: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1961: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1962: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1963: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1964: <p>
1.60 louis 1965:
1.247 jufi 1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 1967: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1968: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1969: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1970: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1971:
1972: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1973: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1974: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1975: <p>
1.58 louis 1976:
1.247 jufi 1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 1978: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1979: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1980:
1981: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1982: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1983: <p>
1.53 louis 1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 1986: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1987: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1988: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1989:
1990: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1991: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
1992: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 1993: <p>
1.99 louis 1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 1996: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 1997: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1998:
1999: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2000: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2001: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2002: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2003: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2004:
1.247 jufi 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2006: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2007: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2008: </strong></font><br>
2009:
2010: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2011: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2012: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2013: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2014: <p>
2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2017: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2018: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2019: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2020:
2021: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2022: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2023: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2026: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2028:
2029: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2030: in
1.247 jufi 2031: <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 2032: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2033: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.53 louis 2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2037: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2038: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2039: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2040: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2041:
1.58 louis 2042: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2043: <p>
1.247 jufi 2044: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2045:
1.69 deraadt 2046: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2047: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2050: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2051: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2052: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2053: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2054:
1.58 louis 2055: Kurt Seifried
2056: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2057: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2058: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2059: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2062: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2063: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2065:
2066: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2067: <p>
1.96 louis 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2070: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2071: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2073:
2074: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2075: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2076: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2077: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2078: <p>
1.247 jufi 2079: </ul>
1.86 louis 2080:
1.69 deraadt 2081: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2082: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2085: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2086: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2088:
2089: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2090: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2091: <p>
1.61 louis 2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2094: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2095: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2096: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2097: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2098:
2099: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2100: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2101: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2102: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2103: right -- or at least strives to".
2104: <p>
1.48 louis 2105:
1.247 jufi 2106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2107: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2108: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2109: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2110: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2111: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2112: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2113: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2114: <p>
1.61 louis 2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <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 2117: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2118: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2119:
2120: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2121: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2122: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2123: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2124: <p>
1.46 louis 2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2127: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2128: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2129: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2130:
2131: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2132: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2133: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2136: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2137: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2139:
2140: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2141: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2142: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2143: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2144: <p>
1.247 jufi 2145: </ul>
1.70 louis 2146:
1.69 deraadt 2147: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2148: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2149:
1.247 jufi 2150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2151: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2152: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2153: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2154: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2155:
2156: Kurt Seifried
2157: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2158: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2159: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2160: <p>
1.44 philen 2161:
1.247 jufi 2162: <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 2163: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2164: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2165:
2166: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2167: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <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 2170: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2171: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2172:
2173: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2174: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <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 2177: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2178: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2179:
2180: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2181: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2182: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2183: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2184: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2185:
1.247 jufi 2186: <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 2187: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2188: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2189:
1.36 louis 2190: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2191: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2192:
1.247 jufi 2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2194: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2195: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2196: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2197:
2198: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2199: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2200: </ul>
1.38 louis 2201:
1.69 deraadt 2202: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2203: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2204:
1.247 jufi 2205: <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 2206: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2207: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2208:
2209: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2210: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2211: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2212:
1.113 naddy 2213: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2214: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2215: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2216: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2217:
2218: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2219: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2220: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2221: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2222: <blockquote>
2223: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2224: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2225: <br>
2226: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2227: </code>
2228: </blockquote>
2229: <p>
2230:
1.247 jufi 2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2232: <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>
2233: <p>
2234:
2235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2236: <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 2237: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2238:
2239: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2240: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2241: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2242: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2245: <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 2246: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2247:
2248: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2249: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2250: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2251: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2252: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2253: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2254: <p>
1.19 louis 2255:
1.113 naddy 2256: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2257: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2258: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2259:
2260: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2261: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2262: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2263: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2264: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2265: <p>
1.16 louis 2266:
1.247 jufi 2267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2268: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2269: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2270: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2271:
1.57 louis 2272: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2273: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2274: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2275: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2278: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2279: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2280: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2281:
1.113 naddy 2282: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2285: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2286: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2287: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2288:
1.23 louis 2289: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2290: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2291: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2292: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2293: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2294: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2295:
1.247 jufi 2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2297: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2298: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2299: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2300:
1.199 pvalchev 2301: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2302: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2303: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2304: installation.
1.113 naddy 2305: <p>
1.47 louis 2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2308: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2309: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2310: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2311:
2312: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2313: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2314: </ul>
1.57 louis 2315:
1.69 deraadt 2316: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2317: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2320: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2321: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2322: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2323:
2324: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2325: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2326: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2327: <p>
1.12 louis 2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2330: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2331: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2332: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2333:
2334: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2335: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2336: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2337: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2338: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2339: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2340: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2341: <p>
1.247 jufi 2342: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2343:
1.69 deraadt 2344: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2345: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2348: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2349: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2350:
2351: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2352: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2353: available."
1.113 naddy 2354: <p>
1.247 jufi 2355: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2356:
1.69 deraadt 2357: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2358: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2361: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2362: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2363:
2364: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2365: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2366: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2367: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2368: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2369: <p>
1.33 louis 2370:
1.247 jufi 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2372: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2373: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2374: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2375:
1.113 naddy 2376: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2377: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2378: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2379: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2380: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2381: <p>
1.247 jufi 2382: </ul>
1.57 louis 2383:
1.69 deraadt 2384: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2385: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2388: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2389: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2390: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2391:
2392: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2393: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2394: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2395:
1.247 jufi 2396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2397: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2398: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2399: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2401:
2402: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2403: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2406: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2407:
1.113 naddy 2408: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2411: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2412: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2413: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2414:
2415: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2416: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2417: </ul>
1.23 louis 2418:
1.69 deraadt 2419: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2420: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2421:
1.247 jufi 2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2423: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2424: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2425:
2426: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2427: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2428: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2429:
1.247 jufi 2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2431: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2432: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2433: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2434:
2435: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2436: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2437: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2438: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2439: </ul>
1.57 louis 2440:
1.69 deraadt 2441: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2442: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2445: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2446: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2447: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2448:
2449: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2450: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2451: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2452: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2453: <p>
1.15 louis 2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2456: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2457: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2458: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2459:
2460: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2461: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2462: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2463: columns."
1.113 naddy 2464: <p>
1.247 jufi 2465: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2466:
1.69 deraadt 2467: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2468: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2471: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2472: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2473: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2474:
2475: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2476: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2477:
1.113 naddy 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2479: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2480: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2481:
2482: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2483: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2484: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2485: </ul>
1.57 louis 2486:
1.69 deraadt 2487: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2488: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2489:
1.113 naddy 2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2491: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2492: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2493: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2494:
1.222 miod 2495: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2496: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2497: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2498: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2499: <p>
1.247 jufi 2500: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2501:
1.69 deraadt 2502: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2503: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2504:
1.247 jufi 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2506: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2507: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2508:
1.69 deraadt 2509: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2510: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2513:
1.69 deraadt 2514: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2518: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2519: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2520: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2521:
2522: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2523: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2524: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2527: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2528: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2529: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2530: <p>
1.247 jufi 2531: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2532:
1.69 deraadt 2533: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2534: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2537: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2538: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2539: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2540: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2541: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2542:
2543: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2544: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2545: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2546: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2547: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2548: <p>
1.247 jufi 2549: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2550:
2551: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2552: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2553:
1.247 jufi 2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2555: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2556: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2557:
1.69 deraadt 2558: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2559: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2560: <p>
1.112 naddy 2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2563: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2564:
1.113 naddy 2565: <hr>
2566: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2567: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2568:
1.200 niklas 2569: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <ul>
2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2573: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2574: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2575:
2576: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2577: <p>
2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2580:
2581: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <ul>
2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2585: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2586: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2587:
2588: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2589: <p>
2590:
1.247 jufi 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2592: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2593: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2594:
2595: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2596: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2597: <p>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2600:
2601: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2602:
1.247 jufi 2603: <ul>
2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2605: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2606: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2607:
2608: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2609: <p>
2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2612:
1.102 niklas 2613: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2614:
1.247 jufi 2615: <ul>
2616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2617: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2618: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2619:
2620: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2621: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2622: <p>
1.102 niklas 2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2625:
1.84 niklas 2626: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <ul>
2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2630: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2631: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2632:
2633: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2634: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2635: <p>
1.84 niklas 2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2638:
1.69 deraadt 2639: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2640:
1.247 jufi 2641: <ul>
2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2643: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2644: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2645:
1.222 miod 2646: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2647: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2648: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2649: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2652: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2653: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2654: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2655: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2656:
1.20 louis 2657: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2658: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2659: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2660: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2661: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2664:
1.113 naddy 2665: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2666: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2667: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2668:
2669:
2670: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2671: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2672:
1.247 jufi 2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2674: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2675: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2676:
2677: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2678: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2679: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2680:
2681: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2682: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2685:
2686:
1.170 louis 2687: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2688: <ul>
1.170 louis 2689:
1.247 jufi 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2691: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2692: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2693: </strong></font><br>
2694:
2695: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2696: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2697: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2698: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2699: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2700: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2701: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2702: <p>
1.247 jufi 2703: </ul>
1.170 louis 2704:
1.69 deraadt 2705: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2706: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2709: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2710: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2711: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2712:
2713: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2714: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2715: translating and reprinting articles from
2716: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2717: <p>
1.247 jufi 2718: </ul>
1.20 louis 2719:
1.113 naddy 2720: <hr>
2721: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2722: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2723:
1.246 jufi 2724: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2725: <ul>
2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2727: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2728: December 04, 2002
2729: </strong></font><br>
2730: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2731: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2732: <p>
1.247 jufi 2733: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2734:
1.151 louis 2735: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2736: <ul>
1.151 louis 2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2739: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2740: </strong></font><br>
2741:
2742: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2743: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2744: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2745: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2746: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2747: <p>
1.247 jufi 2748: </ul>
1.151 louis 2749:
1.72 louis 2750: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2751: <ul>
1.72 louis 2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2754: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2755: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2757:
1.101 jufi 2758: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2759: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2760: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2761: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2762: Giving way to
2763: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2764: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2765: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2766: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2767: <p>
1.247 jufi 2768: </ul>
1.72 louis 2769:
1.69 deraadt 2770: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2771: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2774: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2775: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2776: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2777:
2778: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2779: <p>
1.247 jufi 2780: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2781:
1.50 louis 2782:
1.113 naddy 2783: <hr>
2784: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2785: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2786:
1.69 deraadt 2787: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2788: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2789:
1.247 jufi 2790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2791: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2792: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2793: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2794:
2795: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2796: <p>
1.247 jufi 2797: </ul>
1.62 form 2798:
1.69 deraadt 2799: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2800: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2803: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2804: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2806:
1.59 form 2807: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2808: <p>
1.112 naddy 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2811:
1.113 naddy 2812: <hr>
2813: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2814: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2815: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2818: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2819: Radio, August 2, 2000
2820: </strong></font><br>
2821:
2822: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2823: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2824: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2825: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2826: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2827: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2828: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2829: <p>
2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2832: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2833: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2834: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2835: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2836:
2837: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2838: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2839: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2840: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2841: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2842: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2843: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2844: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2845: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2846: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2847: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2848: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2849: <p>
1.247 jufi 2850: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2851:
1.113 naddy 2852: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2853: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2854: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2855:
2856: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2857: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2860: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2861: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2862: </strong></font><br>
2863:
2864: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2865: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2866: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2867: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2868: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2869: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2870: A
1.216 horacio 2871: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2872: <p>
1.247 jufi 2873: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2874:
1.252 miod 2875: <hr>
2876: <a name=fr></a>
2877: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
2878:
2879: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2880: <ul>
2881:
2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2883: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
2884: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
2885: </strong></font><br>
2886:
2887: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2888: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2889: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2890: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2891: <p>
2892: </ul>
2893:
1.216 horacio 2894:
2895: <hr>
2896: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 2897: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.255 ! ian 2898: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.254 2003/04/13 06:48:51 drahn Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 2899:
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2901: </html>