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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>
1.255 ian 37:
1.257 ! ian 38:
! 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 40: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
! 41: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
! 42: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
! 43: </strong></font><br>
! 44: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
! 45: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
! 46: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
! 47: quoting two of them:
! 48: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
! 49: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
! 50: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
! 51: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
! 52: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
! 53: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
! 54: <p>
! 55:
1.255 ian 56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 57: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
58: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
59: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
60: </strong></font><br>
61: The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest realease will
62: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
63: security experts for more than three decades."
64: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
65: <p>
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 67: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
68: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
69: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
70: </strong></font><br>
71: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
72: from US DARPA.
73: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
74: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
75: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
76: the BSD license.
77: <p>
78: </ul>
79:
1.251 ian 80: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
81: <ul>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
84: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
85: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
86: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
87: </strong></font><br>
88: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
89: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
90: Mentions
91: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
92: and
93: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
94: programs.
95: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
96: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
97: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
98: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
99: <p>
100: </ul>
101:
1.249 jufi 102: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
103: <ul>
104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
105: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
106: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
107: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
108: </strong></font><br>
109: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
110: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
111: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
112: <p>
113: </ul>
114:
1.246 jufi 115: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 116: <ul>
1.246 jufi 117:
1.247 jufi 118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 119: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
120: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
123: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
124: <p>
125:
1.247 jufi 126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 127: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
128: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
129: </strong></font><br>
130: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
131: in their annual OpenHack security test.
132: <p>
1.247 jufi 133: </ul>
1.246 jufi 134:
1.244 jufi 135: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 136: <ul>
1.246 jufi 137:
1.247 jufi 138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 139: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
140: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
141: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
142: <br>
143: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
144: </strong></font><br>
145: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
146: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
147: md5 digests.
148: <p>
149:
1.247 jufi 150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 151: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 152: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 153: </strong></font><br>
154: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
155: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
156: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
157: right the first time."
158: <p>
1.247 jufi 159: </ul>
1.244 jufi 160:
161:
162: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 163: <ul>
1.244 jufi 164:
1.247 jufi 165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 166: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
167: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
168: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
169: </strong></font><br>
170: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
171: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
172: part 6</a>.
173: <p>
174:
1.247 jufi 175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 176: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
177: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
178: </strong></font><br>
179: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
180: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
181: <p>
1.247 jufi 182: </ul>
1.242 jufi 183:
184: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 185: <ul>
1.242 jufi 186:
1.247 jufi 187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 188: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
189: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
190: </strong></font><br>
191: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
192: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
193: <p>
194:
1.247 jufi 195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 196: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
197: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
198: </strong></font><br>
199: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
200: this time using pf.
201: <p>
1.247 jufi 202: </ul>
1.242 jufi 203:
204: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 205: <ul>
1.242 jufi 206:
1.247 jufi 207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
209: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
210: </strong></font><br>
211: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
212: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
213: their rotation.
214: <p>
215:
1.247 jufi 216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 217: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
218: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
219: </strong></font><br>
220: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
221: <p>
1.247 jufi 222: </ul>
1.242 jufi 223:
1.239 jufi 224: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 225: <ul>
1.239 jufi 226:
1.247 jufi 227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 228: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
229: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
230: </strong></font><br>
231: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
232: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
233: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
234: <p>
235:
1.247 jufi 236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 237: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
238: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
239: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 240: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
241: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
242: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 243: <p>
1.247 jufi 244: </ul>
1.239 jufi 245:
1.235 lebel 246: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 247: <ul>
1.235 lebel 248:
1.239 jufi 249:
1.247 jufi 250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 251: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
252: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
253: </strong></font><br>
254: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
255: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
256: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
257: <p>
1.247 jufi 258: </ul>
1.235 lebel 259:
1.228 horacio 260: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 261: <ul>
1.228 horacio 262:
1.247 jufi 263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 264: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
265: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
266: </strong></font><br>
267: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
268: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
269: <p>
270:
1.247 jufi 271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 272: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
273: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
274: </strong></font><br>
275: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
276: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
277: <p>
278:
1.247 jufi 279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 280: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
281: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
282: </strong></font><br>
283: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
284: on the desktop of his parents.
285: <p>
286:
1.247 jufi 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 288: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 289: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 290: </strong></font><br>
291: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
292: using IPFilter.
293:
294: <p>
295:
1.247 jufi 296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 297: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
298: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
299: </strong></font><br>
300: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
301: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
302: perspectives of the four OS.
303: <br>
304: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 305: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 306: <p>
307:
1.247 jufi 308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 309: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
310: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
311: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
312: </strong></font><br>
313:
314: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
315: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
316: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
317: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
318: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
319: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
320: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
321: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
322: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
323: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
324: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
325: security conscious team beyond doubt.
326: <p>
1.247 jufi 327: </ul>
1.228 horacio 328:
1.225 horacio 329: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 330: <ul>
1.225 horacio 331:
1.247 jufi 332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 333: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
334: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 335: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 336: </strong></font><br>
337:
338: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
339: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
340: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 341: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 342: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
343: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
344: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
345: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
346: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 347: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 348: of choice.
349: <p>
1.247 jufi 350: </ul>
1.225 horacio 351:
352: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 353: <ul>
1.225 horacio 354:
1.247 jufi 355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 356: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
357: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
358: </strong></font><br>
359:
360: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
361: <p>
362:
1.247 jufi 363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 364: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 365: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 366: </strong></font><br>
367:
368: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
369: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
370: <p>
1.247 jufi 371: </ul>
1.225 horacio 372:
1.218 horacio 373: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 374: <ul>
1.218 horacio 375:
1.247 jufi 376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 377: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
378: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
379: </strong></font><br>
380:
381: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
382: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
383: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
384: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
385: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
386: subjects. Worth a read.
387: <p>
388:
389:
1.247 jufi 390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 391: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 392: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 393: </strong></font><br>
394:
395: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
396: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
397: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
398: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
399: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
400: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
401: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
402: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
403: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 404: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 405: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
406: on other operating systems.<br>
407: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
408: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
409: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
410: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
411: <p>
412:
1.247 jufi 413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 414: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
415: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
416: </strong></font><br>
417:
418: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
419: covering the level of software integration into the core
420: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
421: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
422: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
423: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
424: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
425: <p>
426:
1.247 jufi 427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 428: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
429: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
430: </strong></font><br>
431:
432: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
433: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
434: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
435: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
436: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
437: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
438: <p>
1.247 jufi 439: </ul>
1.221 horacio 440:
1.210 jufi 441: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 442: <ul>
1.215 horacio 443:
1.247 jufi 444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 445: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
446: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
447: </strong></font><br>
448:
449: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
450: source software in response to an article which claimed that
451: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
452: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
453: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
454: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
455: <p>
456:
1.247 jufi 457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 458: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 459: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
460: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 461:
1.224 horacio 462: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
463: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
464: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
465: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
466: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
467: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 468: <p>
1.247 jufi 469: </ul>
1.215 horacio 470:
471: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 472: <ul>
1.215 horacio 473:
1.247 jufi 474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 475: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
476: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
477: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
478: </strong></font><br>
479:
480: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
481: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 482: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 483: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
484: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
485: investment</em>.<br>
486: The implementation details can be seen on their
487: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
488: <p>
489:
1.247 jufi 490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 491: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
492: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
493: </strong></font><br>
494:
495: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
496: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
497: security and says that even secured operating systems running
498: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
499: to time.<br>
500: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
501: system and just the most secure system.
502: <p>
503:
1.247 jufi 504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 505: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
506: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
507: </strong></font><br>
508:
509: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
510: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
511: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
512: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
513: choice:<br>
514: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
515: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
516: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
517: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
518: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
519: network security devices and as such must be well
520: armored."</em><br>
521: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
522: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
523: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
524: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
525: <br>
526: Bravo!
527: <p>
1.247 jufi 528: </ul>
1.210 jufi 529:
1.207 ian 530: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 531: <ul>
1.215 horacio 532:
1.247 jufi 533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 534: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
535: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
536: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 537:
1.207 ian 538: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
539: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 540: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 541: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
542: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
543: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 544: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 545: <p>
1.247 jufi 546: </ul>
1.207 ian 547:
1.194 jufi 548: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 549: <ul>
1.194 jufi 550:
1.247 jufi 551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 552: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
553: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
554: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 555:
1.240 miod 556: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 557: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
558: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
559: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
560: <p>
561:
1.247 jufi 562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 563: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 564: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
565: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
566: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 567:
1.240 miod 568: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 569: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 570: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
571: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
572: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 573: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 574: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
575: <br>
576: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
577: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
578: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
579: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
580: <p>
581:
1.247 jufi 582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 583: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
584: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 585: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 586: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 587:
1.194 jufi 588: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
589: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
590: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
591: <br>
592: The new
593: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 594: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 595: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
596: <p>
1.247 jufi 597: </ul>
1.194 jufi 598:
1.190 horacio 599: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 600: <ul>
1.190 horacio 601:
1.247 jufi 602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 603:
604: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
605: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
606:
607: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
608: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
609:
610: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
611: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
612:
1.212 horacio 613: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
614: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 615: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
616:
1.211 horacio 617: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
618: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 619: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
620:
1.247 jufi 621: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 622: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
623:
1.247 jufi 624: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 625: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
626:
1.212 horacio 627: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
628: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 629: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
630:
631: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
632: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
633:
634: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
635: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
636:
637: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
638: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
639:
640: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 641: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 642:
1.192 jufi 643: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
644: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 645: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 646:
1.193 deraadt 647: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
648: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 649: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 650:
1.247 jufi 651: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 652: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
653:
1.247 jufi 654: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 655: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
656: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
657:
1.213 horacio 658: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 659: 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 660: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
661:
1.190 horacio 662: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 663: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
664: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
665: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
666: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
667: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
668: <p>
1.190 horacio 669:
1.247 jufi 670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 671: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
672: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
673: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 674: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 675:
1.195 jufi 676: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 677: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
678: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
679: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 680: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
681: <p>
682:
1.247 jufi 683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 684: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 685: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
686: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
687: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 688:
1.191 jufi 689: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
690: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
691: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
692: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 693: <p>
1.247 jufi 694: </ul>
1.190 horacio 695:
1.191 jufi 696:
1.186 jufi 697: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 698: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 699:
1.247 jufi 700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 701: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 702: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
703: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 704: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 705:
1.188 jufi 706: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 707: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 708: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 709: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
710: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 711: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 712: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 713: <p>
714:
1.191 jufi 715:
1.247 jufi 716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 717: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
718: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
719: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 720: </strong></font><br>
721:
722: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
723: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
724: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
725: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
726: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
727: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
728: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
729: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
730: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
731: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
732: familiar?
733: <p>
1.247 jufi 734: </ul>
1.191 jufi 735:
1.178 louis 736: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 737: <ul>
1.178 louis 738:
1.247 jufi 739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 740: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
741: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 742: </strong></font><br>
743:
744: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
745: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
746: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
747: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
748: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
749: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
750: <p>
751:
1.247 jufi 752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 753: <a
1.182 louis 754: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
755: </strong></font><br>
756:
757: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
758: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
759: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
760: <p>
761:
1.247 jufi 762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 763: <a
1.179 louis 764: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
765: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
766: </strong></font><br>
767:
768: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
769: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
770: <p>
1.247 jufi 771: </ul>
1.179 louis 772:
1.174 louis 773:
1.175 louis 774: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 775: <ul>
1.175 louis 776:
1.247 jufi 777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 778: <a
1.179 louis 779: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
780: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
781: </strong></font><br>
782:
783: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
784: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
785: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
786: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
787: <p>
788:
1.247 jufi 789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 790: <a
1.183 ian 791: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 792: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
793: </strong></font><br>
794:
795: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 796: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 797: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
798: <p>
1.247 jufi 799: </ul>
1.175 louis 800:
1.176 louis 801:
1.172 mickey 802: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 803: <ul>
1.172 mickey 804:
1.247 jufi 805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 806: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 807: </strong></font><br>
808:
809: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
810: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
811: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 812: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 813: <p>
814:
1.247 jufi 815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 816: <a
1.174 louis 817: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
818: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
819: </strong></font><br>
820:
821: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
822: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
823: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
824: <p>
825:
1.247 jufi 826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 827: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
828: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
829: </strong></font><br>
830:
831: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
832: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
833: <p>
834:
1.247 jufi 835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 836: <a
837: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
838: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
839: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
840: </strong></font><br>
841:
842: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
843: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
844: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
845: our own Theo de Raadt.
846: <p>
847:
1.247 jufi 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 849: <a
850: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
851: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
852: </strong></font><br>
853:
854: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
855: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
856: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
857: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
858: shut down.]
859: <p>
860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 862: <a
1.226 horacio 863: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
864: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 865: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 866: </strong></font><br>
867:
868: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
869: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
870: <p>
1.247 jufi 871: </ul>
1.172 mickey 872:
1.161 louis 873: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 874: <ul>
1.161 louis 875:
1.247 jufi 876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 877: <a
878: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
879: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
880: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
881: </strong></font><br>
882:
883: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
884: by John Wolley
885: <p>
886:
1.247 jufi 887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 888: <a
889: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
890: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
891: </strong></font><br>
892:
893: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
894: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
895: OpenBSD).
896: <p>
897:
1.247 jufi 898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 899: <a
1.247 jufi 900: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 901: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
902: </strong></font><br>
903:
904: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
905: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
906: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
907: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
908: and hindsight.
909: <p>
910:
1.247 jufi 911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 912: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
913: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
914: </strong></font><br>
915:
916: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
917: <p>
918:
1.247 jufi 919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 920: <a
1.168 provos 921: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
922: December 7, 2000
923: </strong></font><br>
924:
925: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
926: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
927: us explain.
928: <p>
929:
1.247 jufi 930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 931: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
932: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 933: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 934: December 6, 2000
935: </strong></font><br>
936:
937: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
938: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
939: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
940: <p>
941:
1.247 jufi 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 943: <a
1.226 horacio 944: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
945: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 946: </strong></font><br>
947:
948: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 949: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 950: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 951: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
952: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
953: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 954: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 955: <p>
1.162 millert 956:
1.247 jufi 957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 958: <a
1.161 louis 959: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
960: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
961: </strong></font><br>
962:
963: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
964: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
965: <p>
966:
1.247 jufi 967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 968: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
969: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
970: </strong></font><br>
971:
972: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
973: <p>
974:
975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 977: <a
1.226 horacio 978: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
979: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
980: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 981: </strong></font><br>
982:
983: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
984: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
985: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
986: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
987: <p>
1.247 jufi 988: </ul>
1.169 louis 989:
1.158 louis 990: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 991: <ul>
1.147 louis 992:
1.247 jufi 993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 994: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
995: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 996: </strong></font><br>
997:
998: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
999: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1000: <p>
1001:
1.247 jufi 1002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1003: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1004: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1005: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1006: </strong></font><br>
1007: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1008: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1009: <p>
1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1012: <a
1013: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1014: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1015: </strong></font><br>
1016:
1017: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1018: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1019: <p>
1020:
1.247 jufi 1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1022: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1023: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1024: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1025:
1.213 horacio 1026: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1027: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1028: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1029: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1030: <p>
1.215 horacio 1031:
1.247 jufi 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1033: <a
1034: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1035: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1036: </strong></font><br>
1037:
1038: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1039: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1040: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1041: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1042: much of the attitude too).
1043: <p>
1.161 louis 1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1046: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1047: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1048: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1049:
1.157 louis 1050: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1051: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1052: <p>
1.247 jufi 1053: </ul>
1.157 louis 1054:
1055: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1056: <ul>
1.157 louis 1057:
1.247 jufi 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1059: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1060: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1064: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1065: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1066: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1067: <p>
1068:
1.247 jufi 1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1070: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1071: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1072: </strong></font><br>
1073:
1074: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1075: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1076: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1077: it because they love coding...
1078: <p>
1079:
1.247 jufi 1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1081: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1082: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1083: </strong></font><br>
1084:
1085: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1086: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1087: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1088: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1089: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1090: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1091: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1092: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1093: <p>
1094:
1.247 jufi 1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1096: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1097: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1098: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1099: </strong></font><br>
1100:
1101: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1102: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1103: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1104: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1105: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1106: the pizza.
1107: <p>
1108:
1.247 jufi 1109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1110: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1111: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1112: </strong></font><br>
1113:
1114: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1115: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1116: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1117: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1118: problems.
1119: <p>
1120:
1.247 jufi 1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1122: <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 1123: </strong></font><br>
1124:
1.222 miod 1125: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1126: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1127: - whether they like it or not.
1128: <p>
1129:
1.247 jufi 1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1131: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1132: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1133: </strong></font><br>
1134:
1135: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1136: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1137: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1138: <p>
1.148 aaron 1139:
1.247 jufi 1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1141: <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 1142: </strong></font><br>
1143:
1144: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1145: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1146: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1147: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1148: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1149: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1150: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1151: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1152: <p>
1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1155: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1156: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1157: </strong></font><br>
1158:
1159: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1160: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1161: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1162: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1163: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1164: <p>
1.247 jufi 1165: </ul>
1.147 louis 1166:
1.138 louis 1167: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1168: <ul>
1.138 louis 1169:
1.247 jufi 1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1171: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1172: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1173: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1174: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176:
1.227 horacio 1177: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1178: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1179: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1180: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1181: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1182: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1183: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1184: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1185: <p>
1186:
1.247 jufi 1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1188: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1189: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1190: </strong></font><br>
1191:
1192: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1193: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1194: groups, and even Linux.
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1198: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1199: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1200: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1201: </strong></font><br>
1202:
1203: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1204: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1205: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1206: library after installing the OS.
1207: <p>
1208:
1.247 jufi 1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1210: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1211: Sys Admin, September 2000
1212: </strong></font><br>
1213:
1214: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1215: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1216: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1217: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1218: (<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>,
1219: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1220: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1221: <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 1222: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1223: out of the system.
1224: <p>
1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1227: <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
1228: </strong></font><br>
1229:
1230: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1231: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1232: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1233: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1234: the IP filtering and address translation.
1235: <p>
1.247 jufi 1236: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1237:
1.131 louis 1238: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1239: <ul>
1.131 louis 1240:
1.247 jufi 1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1242: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1243: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1244: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1245: </strong></font><br>
1246:
1247: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1248: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1249: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1250: <p>
1251:
1.247 jufi 1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1253: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1254: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1258: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1259: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1260: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1261: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1262: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1263: note of"</i>.
1264: <p>
1265:
1.247 jufi 1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1267: <a
1.247 jufi 1268: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1269: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1270: </strong></font><br>
1271:
1272: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1273: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1274: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1275: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1279: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1280: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1281: </strong></font><br>
1282:
1283: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1284: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1285: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1286: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1287: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1288: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1289: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1290: <p>
1291:
1.247 jufi 1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1293: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1294: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1295: 2000
1296: </strong></font><br>
1297:
1298: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1299: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1300: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1301: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1302: against current industry practices.
1303: <p>
1304:
1.247 jufi 1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1306: <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
1307: </strong></font><br>
1308:
1309: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1310: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1311: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1312: <p>
1313:
1.247 jufi 1314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1315: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1316: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1317: </strong></font><br>
1318:
1319: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1320: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1321: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1322: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1323: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1324: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1325: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1326: <p>
1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1329: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1330: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1331: </strong></font><br>
1332:
1333: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1334: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1335: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1336: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1337: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1338: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1339: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1340: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1341: <p>
1.247 jufi 1342: </ul>
1.131 louis 1343:
1.118 louis 1344: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1345: <ul>
1.118 louis 1346:
1.247 jufi 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1348: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1349: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1353: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1354: about time. The article mentions that
1355: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1356: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1357: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1358: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1359: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1360: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1361: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1362: <p>
1363:
1.247 jufi 1364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1365: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1366: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1367: </strong></font><br>
1368:
1369: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1370: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1371: of OpenSSH.
1372: <p>
1373:
1.247 jufi 1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1375: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1376: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1377: </strong></font><br>
1378:
1379: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1380: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1381: bridging.
1382: <p>
1383:
1.247 jufi 1384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1385: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1386: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1387: </strong></font><br>
1388:
1.121 deraadt 1389: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1390: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1394: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1395: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1399: <p>
1400:
1.247 jufi 1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1402: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1403: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1404: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1405: </strong></font><br>
1406:
1.120 deraadt 1407: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1408: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1409: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1410: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1411: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1412: <p>
1413:
1.247 jufi 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1415: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1416: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1417: </strong></font><br>
1418:
1.222 miod 1419: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1420: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1421: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1422: protocols and their quirks.
1423: <p>
1424:
1.247 jufi 1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1426: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1427: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1428: </strong></font><br>
1429:
1430: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1431: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1432: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1433: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1434: <p>
1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1437: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1438: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1439: </strong></font><br>
1440:
1441: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1442: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1443: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1444: <p>
1445:
1.247 jufi 1446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1447: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1448: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1449: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1450: </strong></font><br>
1451:
1452: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1453: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1454: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1455: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1456: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1457: <p>
1.247 jufi 1458: </ul>
1.118 louis 1459:
1.104 louis 1460: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1461: <ul>
1.104 louis 1462:
1.247 jufi 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1464: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1465: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1466: </strong></font><br>
1467:
1468: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1469: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1470: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1471: be a bit dry.
1472: <p>
1473:
1.247 jufi 1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1475: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1476: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1477: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1478: </strong></font><br>
1479: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1480: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1481: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1482: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1483: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1484: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1485: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1486: <p>
1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1489: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1490: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1491: 2000
1.128 louis 1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1495: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1496: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1497: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1498: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1499: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1500: <p>
1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1503: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1504: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1505: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1506:
1507: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1508: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1509: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1510: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1511: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1512: <p>
1.110 louis 1513:
1.247 jufi 1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1515: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1516: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1517: </strong></font><br>
1518:
1519: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1520: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1521: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1522: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1523: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1524: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1525: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1526: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1527: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1528: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1529: <p>
1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1532: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1533: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1534:
1535: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1536: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1537: <p>
1.108 louis 1538:
1.247 jufi 1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1540: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1541: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1542: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1543:
1544: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1545: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1546: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1547: <p>
1.106 louis 1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1550: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1551: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1552: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1553:
1554: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1555: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1556: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1557: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1558: <p>
1.107 louis 1559:
1.247 jufi 1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1561: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1562: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1563: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1564:
1565: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1566: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1567: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1568: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1569: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1570: <p>
1.105 louis 1571:
1.247 jufi 1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1573: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1574: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1575: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1576:
1.113 naddy 1577: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1578: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1579: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1580: <p>
1.104 louis 1581:
1.247 jufi 1582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1583: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1584: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1585: </strong></font><br>
1586:
1587: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1588: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1589: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1590: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1591: <p>
1.247 jufi 1592: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1593:
1.85 louis 1594: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1595: <ul>
1.85 louis 1596:
1.247 jufi 1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1598: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1599: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1600: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1601:
1602: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1603: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1604: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1605: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1606: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1607: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1608: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1609: <p>
1.99 louis 1610:
1.247 jufi 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1612: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1613: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1614: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1615:
1616: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1617: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1618: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1619: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1620: <p>
1.100 louis 1621:
1.247 jufi 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1623: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1624: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1625: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1626:
1627: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1628: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1629: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1630: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1631: <p>
1.95 louis 1632:
1.247 jufi 1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1634: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1635: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1636: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1637:
1638: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1639: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1640: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1641: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1642: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1643: <p>
1.92 louis 1644:
1.247 jufi 1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1646: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1647: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1648: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1649:
1650: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1651: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1652: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1653: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1654: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1655: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1656: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1657: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1658: <p>
1.91 louis 1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1661: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1662: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1663: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1664:
1665: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1666: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1667: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1668: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1669: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1670: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1671: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1672: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1673: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1674: <p>
1.90 louis 1675:
1.247 jufi 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1677: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1678: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1679: </strong></font><br>
1680: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1681: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1682: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1683: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1684: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1685: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1686: <p>
1687:
1.247 jufi 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1689: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1690: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1691: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1692:
1.113 naddy 1693: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1694: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1695: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1696: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1697: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1698: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1699: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1700: <p>
1.87 louis 1701:
1.247 jufi 1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1703: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1704: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1705: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1706:
1707: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1708: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1709: <p>
1.85 louis 1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1712: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1713: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1715:
1716: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1717: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1718: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1719: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1720: <p>
1.89 louis 1721:
1.247 jufi 1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1723: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1724: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1726:
1727: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1728: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1729: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1730: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1731: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1732: </ul>
1.85 louis 1733:
1.78 deraadt 1734: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1735: <ul>
1.74 louis 1736:
1.247 jufi 1737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1738: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1739: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1740: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1741: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1742:
1743: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1744: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1745: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1746: <p>
1.83 louis 1747:
1.247 jufi 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1749: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1750: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1751: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1752:
1753: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1754: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1755: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1756: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1757: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.93 louis 1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1761: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1762: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1763: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1764: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1765:
1.83 louis 1766: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1767: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1768: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1769: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1770: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1771: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1772: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1773: <p>
1.82 aaron 1774:
1.247 jufi 1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1776: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1777: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1778: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1779:
1.83 louis 1780: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1781: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1782: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1783: <p>
1.80 louis 1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1786: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1787: Bad Press</a>,
1788: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1789: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1790:
1791: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1792: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1793: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1794: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1795: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1796: <p>
1.247 jufi 1797: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1798:
1799: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1800: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1801:
1.247 jufi 1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1803: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1804: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1805: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1806: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1807:
1808: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1809: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1810: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1811: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1812: <p>
1.74 louis 1813:
1.247 jufi 1814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1815: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1816: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1817: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1818:
1.219 horacio 1819: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1820: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1821: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1822: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1823: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1824: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1825: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1826: <p>
1.88 louis 1827:
1.247 jufi 1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1829: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1830: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1832:
1833: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1834: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1835: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1836: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1837: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1838: <p>
1.81 louis 1839:
1.247 jufi 1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1841: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1842: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1843: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1844:
1845: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1846: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1847: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1848: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1849: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1850: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1851: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1852: <p>
1.90 louis 1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1855: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1856: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1857: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1858:
1859: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1860: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1861: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1862: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1863: <p>
1.247 jufi 1864: </ul>
1.71 louis 1865:
1.69 deraadt 1866: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1867: <ul>
1.70 louis 1868:
1.247 jufi 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1870: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1871: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1873:
1874: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1875: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1876: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1877: <p>
1.70 louis 1878:
1.247 jufi 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1880: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1881: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1882: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1883:
1884: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 1885: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1886: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1887: <p>
1.68 louis 1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1890: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1891: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1892: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1893: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1894:
1.111 jufi 1895: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1896: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1897: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1898: "secure by default" installation.
1899: <p>
1.64 louis 1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1902: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1903: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1904: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1905:
1.113 naddy 1906: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1907: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1908: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1909: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1910: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1911: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1912: <p>
1.66 louis 1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1915: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1916: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1917: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1918:
1919: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1920: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1921: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
1922: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
1923: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 1924: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
1925: <p>
1.83 louis 1926:
1.247 jufi 1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1928: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 1929: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1930: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1931:
1932: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 1933: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
1934: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 1935: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
1936: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 1937: <p>
1.64 louis 1938:
1.247 jufi 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1940: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 1941: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1942: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 1943:
1944: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
1945: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 1946: <p>
1.247 jufi 1947: </ul>
1.65 louis 1948:
1.69 deraadt 1949: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1950: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1953: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 1954: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1955: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1956:
1957: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
1958: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
1959: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
1960: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 1961: <p>
1.88 louis 1962:
1.247 jufi 1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1964: <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 1965: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 1966:
1967: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 1968: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
1969: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 1970: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
1971: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 1972: <p>
1.60 louis 1973:
1.247 jufi 1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 1975: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
1976: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 1977: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 1978: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 1979:
1980: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
1981: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
1982: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 1983: <p>
1.58 louis 1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 1986: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 1987: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 1988:
1989: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
1990: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 1991: <p>
1.53 louis 1992:
1.247 jufi 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 1994: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
1995: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1996: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1997:
1998: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
1999: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2000: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2001: <p>
1.99 louis 2002:
1.247 jufi 2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2004: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2005: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2006:
2007: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2008: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2009: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2010: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2011: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2014: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2015: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2019: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2020: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2021: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2022: <p>
2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2025: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2026: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2028:
2029: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2030: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2031: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2032:
1.247 jufi 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2034: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2035: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2036:
2037: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2038: in
1.247 jufi 2039: <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 2040: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2041: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2042: <p>
1.53 louis 2043:
1.247 jufi 2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2045: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2046: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2047: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2048: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2049:
1.58 louis 2050: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2051: <p>
1.247 jufi 2052: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2053:
1.69 deraadt 2054: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2055: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2056:
1.247 jufi 2057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2058: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2059: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2060: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2061: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2062:
1.58 louis 2063: Kurt Seifried
2064: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2065: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2066: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2067: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2070: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2071: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2073:
2074: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2075: <p>
1.96 louis 2076:
1.247 jufi 2077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2078: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2079: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2080: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2081:
2082: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2083: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2084: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2085: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2086: <p>
1.247 jufi 2087: </ul>
1.86 louis 2088:
1.69 deraadt 2089: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2090: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2093: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2094: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2095: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2096:
2097: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2098: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2099: <p>
1.61 louis 2100:
1.247 jufi 2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2102: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2103: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2104: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2105: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2106:
2107: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2108: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2109: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2110: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2111: right -- or at least strives to".
2112: <p>
1.48 louis 2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2115: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2116: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2117: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2118: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2119: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2120: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2121: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2122: <p>
1.61 louis 2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <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 2125: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2126: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2127:
2128: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2129: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2130: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2131: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2132: <p>
1.46 louis 2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2135: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2136: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2137: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2138:
2139: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2140: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2141: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2142:
1.247 jufi 2143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2144: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2145: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2146: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2147:
2148: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2149: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2150: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2151: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2152: <p>
1.247 jufi 2153: </ul>
1.70 louis 2154:
1.69 deraadt 2155: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2156: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2159: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2160: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2161: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2162: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2163:
2164: Kurt Seifried
2165: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2166: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2167: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2168: <p>
1.44 philen 2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <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 2171: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2173:
2174: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2175: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <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 2178: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2179: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2180:
2181: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2182: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2183:
1.247 jufi 2184: <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 2185: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2186: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2187:
2188: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2189: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2190: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2191: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2192: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <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 2195: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2196: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2197:
1.36 louis 2198: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2199: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2202: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2203: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2204: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2205:
2206: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2207: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2208: </ul>
1.38 louis 2209:
1.69 deraadt 2210: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2211: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2212:
1.247 jufi 2213: <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 2214: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2215: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2216:
2217: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2218: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2219: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2220:
1.113 naddy 2221: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2222: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2223: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2224: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2225:
2226: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2227: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2228: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2229: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2230: <blockquote>
2231: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2232: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2233: <br>
2234: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2235: </code>
2236: </blockquote>
2237: <p>
2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2240: <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>
2241: <p>
2242:
2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2244: <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 2245: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2246:
2247: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2248: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2249: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2250: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2251:
1.247 jufi 2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2253: <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 2254: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2255:
2256: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2257: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2258: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2259: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2260: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2261: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2262: <p>
1.19 louis 2263:
1.113 naddy 2264: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2265: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2266: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2267:
2268: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2269: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2270: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2271: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2272: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2273: <p>
1.16 louis 2274:
1.247 jufi 2275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2276: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2277: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2278: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2279:
1.57 louis 2280: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2281: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2282: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2283: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2284:
1.247 jufi 2285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2286: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2287: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2288: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2289:
1.113 naddy 2290: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2293: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2294: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2295: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2296:
1.23 louis 2297: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2298: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2299: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2300: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2301: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2302: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2305: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2306: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2307: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2308:
1.199 pvalchev 2309: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2310: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2311: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2312: installation.
1.113 naddy 2313: <p>
1.47 louis 2314:
1.247 jufi 2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2316: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2317: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2318: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2319:
2320: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2321: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2322: </ul>
1.57 louis 2323:
1.69 deraadt 2324: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2325: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2326:
1.247 jufi 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2328: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2329: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2330: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2331:
2332: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2333: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2334: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2335: <p>
1.12 louis 2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2338: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2339: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2340: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2341:
2342: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2343: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2344: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2345: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2346: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2347: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2348: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2349: <p>
1.247 jufi 2350: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2351:
1.69 deraadt 2352: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2353: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2356: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2357: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2358:
2359: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2360: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2361: available."
1.113 naddy 2362: <p>
1.247 jufi 2363: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2364:
1.69 deraadt 2365: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2366: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2369: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2370: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2371:
2372: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2373: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2374: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2375: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2376: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2377: <p>
1.33 louis 2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2380: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2381: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2382: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2383:
1.113 naddy 2384: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2385: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2386: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2387: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2388: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2389: <p>
1.247 jufi 2390: </ul>
1.57 louis 2391:
1.69 deraadt 2392: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2393: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2396: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2397: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2398: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2399:
2400: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2401: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2402: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2405: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2406: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2407: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2408: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2409:
2410: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2411: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2412:
1.247 jufi 2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2414: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2415:
1.113 naddy 2416: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2419: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2420: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2422:
2423: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2424: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2425: </ul>
1.23 louis 2426:
1.69 deraadt 2427: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2428: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2429:
1.247 jufi 2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2431: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2432: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2433:
2434: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2435: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2436: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2437:
1.247 jufi 2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2439: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2440: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2441: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2442:
2443: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2444: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2445: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2446: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2447: </ul>
1.57 louis 2448:
1.69 deraadt 2449: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2450: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2453: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2454: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2455: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2456:
2457: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2458: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2459: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2460: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2461: <p>
1.15 louis 2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2464: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2465: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2466: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2467:
2468: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2469: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2470: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2471: columns."
1.113 naddy 2472: <p>
1.247 jufi 2473: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2474:
1.69 deraadt 2475: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2476: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2479: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2480: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2481: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2482:
2483: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2484: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2485:
1.113 naddy 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2487: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2488: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2489:
2490: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2491: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2492: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2493: </ul>
1.57 louis 2494:
1.69 deraadt 2495: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2496: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2497:
1.113 naddy 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2499: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2500: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2501: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2502:
1.222 miod 2503: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2504: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2505: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2506: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2507: <p>
1.247 jufi 2508: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2509:
1.69 deraadt 2510: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2511: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2512:
1.247 jufi 2513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2514: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2515: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2516:
1.69 deraadt 2517: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2518: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2519: <p>
1.247 jufi 2520: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2521:
1.69 deraadt 2522: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2523: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2526: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2527: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2528: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2529:
2530: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2531: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2532: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2535: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2536: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2537: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2538: <p>
1.247 jufi 2539: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2540:
1.69 deraadt 2541: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2542: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2543:
1.247 jufi 2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2545: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2546: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2547: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2548: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2549: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2550:
2551: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2552: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2553: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2554: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2555: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2556: <p>
1.247 jufi 2557: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2558:
2559: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2560: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2563: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2564: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2565:
1.69 deraadt 2566: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2567: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2568: <p>
1.112 naddy 2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2571: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2572:
1.113 naddy 2573: <hr>
2574: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2575: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2576:
1.200 niklas 2577: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <ul>
2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2581: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2582: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2583:
2584: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2585: <p>
2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2588:
2589: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2590:
1.247 jufi 2591: <ul>
2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2593: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2594: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2595:
2596: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2597: <p>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2600: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2601: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2602:
2603: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2604: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2605: <p>
2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2608:
2609: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <ul>
2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2613: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2614: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2615:
2616: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2617: <p>
2618:
1.247 jufi 2619: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2620:
1.102 niklas 2621: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <ul>
2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2625: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2626: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2627:
2628: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2629: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2630: <p>
1.102 niklas 2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2633:
1.84 niklas 2634: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2635:
1.247 jufi 2636: <ul>
2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2638: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2639: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2640:
2641: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2642: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2643: <p>
1.84 niklas 2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2646:
1.69 deraadt 2647: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2648:
1.247 jufi 2649: <ul>
2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2651: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2652: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2653:
1.222 miod 2654: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2655: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2656: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2657: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2660: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2661: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2662: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2663: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2664:
1.20 louis 2665: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2666: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2667: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2668: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2669: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2672:
1.113 naddy 2673: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2674: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2675: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2676:
2677:
2678: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2679: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2682: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2683: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2684:
2685: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2686: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2687: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2688:
2689: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2690: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2693:
2694:
1.170 louis 2695: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2696: <ul>
1.170 louis 2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2699: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2700: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2701: </strong></font><br>
2702:
2703: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2704: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2705: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2706: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2707: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2708: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2709: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2710: <p>
1.247 jufi 2711: </ul>
1.170 louis 2712:
1.69 deraadt 2713: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2714: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2717: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2718: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2719: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2720:
2721: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2722: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2723: translating and reprinting articles from
2724: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2725: <p>
1.247 jufi 2726: </ul>
1.20 louis 2727:
1.113 naddy 2728: <hr>
2729: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2730: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2731:
1.246 jufi 2732: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2733: <ul>
2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2735: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2736: December 04, 2002
2737: </strong></font><br>
2738: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2739: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2740: <p>
1.247 jufi 2741: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2742:
1.151 louis 2743: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2744: <ul>
1.151 louis 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2747: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2748: </strong></font><br>
2749:
2750: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2751: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2752: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2753: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2754: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2755: <p>
1.247 jufi 2756: </ul>
1.151 louis 2757:
1.72 louis 2758: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2759: <ul>
1.72 louis 2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2762: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2763: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2764: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2765:
1.101 jufi 2766: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2767: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2768: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2769: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2770: Giving way to
2771: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2772: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2773: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2774: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2775: <p>
1.247 jufi 2776: </ul>
1.72 louis 2777:
1.69 deraadt 2778: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2779: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2782: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2783: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2784: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2785:
2786: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2787: <p>
1.247 jufi 2788: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2789:
1.50 louis 2790:
1.113 naddy 2791: <hr>
2792: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2793: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2794:
1.69 deraadt 2795: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2796: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2799: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2800: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2801: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2802:
2803: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2804: <p>
1.247 jufi 2805: </ul>
1.62 form 2806:
1.69 deraadt 2807: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2808: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2811: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2812: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2813: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2814:
1.59 form 2815: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2816: <p>
1.112 naddy 2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2819:
1.113 naddy 2820: <hr>
2821: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2822: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2823: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2824:
1.247 jufi 2825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2826: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2827: Radio, August 2, 2000
2828: </strong></font><br>
2829:
2830: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2831: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2832: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2833: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2834: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2835: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2836: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2837: <p>
2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2840: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2841: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2842: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2843: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2844:
2845: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2846: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2847: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2848: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2849: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2850: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2851: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2852: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2853: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2854: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2855: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2856: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2857: <p>
1.247 jufi 2858: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2859:
1.113 naddy 2860: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2861: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2862: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2863:
2864: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2865: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2866:
1.247 jufi 2867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2868: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2869: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2870: </strong></font><br>
2871:
2872: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2873: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2874: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2875: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2876: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2877: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2878: A
1.216 horacio 2879: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2880: <p>
1.247 jufi 2881: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2882:
1.252 miod 2883: <hr>
2884: <a name=fr></a>
2885: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
2886:
2887: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2888: <ul>
2889:
2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2891: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
2892: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
2893: </strong></font><br>
2894:
2895: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2896: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2897: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2898: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2899: <p>
2900: </ul>
2901:
1.216 horacio 2902:
2903: <hr>
2904: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 2905: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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