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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:
1.260 ! ian 38: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 39: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
! 40: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
! 41: news.com.com, April 17th.
! 42: </strong></font><br>
! 43: (also online at
! 44: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
! 45: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
! 46: <br>
! 47: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
! 48: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
! 49: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
! 50: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
! 51: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
! 52: Goes on to say:
! 53: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
! 54: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
! 55: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
! 56: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
! 57: <p>
! 58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 59: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
! 60: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
! 61: SlashDot, April 17th.
! 62: </strong></font><br>
! 63: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding canellation.
! 64: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
! 65: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
! 66: without notice or justification.
! 67: <p>
! 68:
! 69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 70: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
! 71: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
! 72: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
! 73: </strong></font><br>
! 74: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
! 75: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
! 76: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
! 77: effective today, without any warning..."
! 78: <p>
1.257 ian 79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 81: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
82: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 83: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 84: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 85: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
86: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
87: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
88: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
89: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 93: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
94: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
95: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
96: </strong></font><br>
97: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
98: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
99: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
100: quoting two of them:
101: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
102: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
103: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
104: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
105: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
106: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
107: <p>
108:
1.255 ian 109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 110: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
111: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
112: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
113: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ! ian 114: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 115: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
116: security experts for more than three decades."
117: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
118: <p>
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 120: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
121: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
122: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
123: </strong></font><br>
124: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
125: from US DARPA.
126: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
127: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
128: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
129: the BSD license.
130: <p>
131: </ul>
132:
1.251 ian 133: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
134: <ul>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
138: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
139: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
140: </strong></font><br>
141: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
142: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
143: Mentions
144: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
145: and
146: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
147: programs.
148: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
149: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
150: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
151: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
152: <p>
1.260 ! ian 153:
! 154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 155: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
! 156: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
! 157: </strong></font><br>
! 158: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
! 159: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
! 160: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
! 161: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
! 162: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
! 163: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
! 164: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
! 165: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
! 166: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
! 167: put into service."
! 168: <p>
! 169: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
! 170: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
! 171: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
! 172: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
! 173: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
! 174: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
! 175: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
! 176: computers with security features."
! 177: <p>
1.251 ian 178: </ul>
179:
1.249 jufi 180: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
181: <ul>
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
183: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
184: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
185: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
186: </strong></font><br>
187: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
188: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
189: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
190: <p>
191: </ul>
192:
1.246 jufi 193: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 194: <ul>
1.246 jufi 195:
1.247 jufi 196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 197: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
198: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
199: </strong></font><br>
200: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
201: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
202: <p>
203:
1.247 jufi 204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 205: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
206: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
207: </strong></font><br>
208: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
209: in their annual OpenHack security test.
210: <p>
1.247 jufi 211: </ul>
1.246 jufi 212:
1.244 jufi 213: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 214: <ul>
1.246 jufi 215:
1.247 jufi 216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 217: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
218: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
219: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
220: <br>
221: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
222: </strong></font><br>
223: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
224: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
225: md5 digests.
226: <p>
227:
1.247 jufi 228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 229: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 230: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 231: </strong></font><br>
232: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
233: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
234: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
235: right the first time."
236: <p>
1.247 jufi 237: </ul>
1.244 jufi 238:
239:
240: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 241: <ul>
1.244 jufi 242:
1.247 jufi 243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 244: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
245: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
246: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
247: </strong></font><br>
248: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
249: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
250: part 6</a>.
251: <p>
252:
1.247 jufi 253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 254: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
255: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
258: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
259: <p>
1.247 jufi 260: </ul>
1.242 jufi 261:
262: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 263: <ul>
1.242 jufi 264:
1.247 jufi 265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 266: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
267: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
268: </strong></font><br>
269: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
270: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
271: <p>
272:
1.247 jufi 273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 274: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
275: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
276: </strong></font><br>
277: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
278: this time using pf.
279: <p>
1.247 jufi 280: </ul>
1.242 jufi 281:
282: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 283: <ul>
1.242 jufi 284:
1.247 jufi 285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 286: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
287: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
288: </strong></font><br>
289: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
290: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
291: their rotation.
292: <p>
293:
1.247 jufi 294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 295: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
296: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
297: </strong></font><br>
298: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
299: <p>
1.247 jufi 300: </ul>
1.242 jufi 301:
1.239 jufi 302: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 303: <ul>
1.239 jufi 304:
1.247 jufi 305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 306: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
307: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
308: </strong></font><br>
309: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
310: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
311: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
312: <p>
313:
1.247 jufi 314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 315: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
316: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
317: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 318: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
319: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
320: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 321: <p>
1.247 jufi 322: </ul>
1.239 jufi 323:
1.235 lebel 324: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 325: <ul>
1.235 lebel 326:
1.239 jufi 327:
1.247 jufi 328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 329: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
330: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
331: </strong></font><br>
332: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
333: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
334: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
335: <p>
1.247 jufi 336: </ul>
1.235 lebel 337:
1.228 horacio 338: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 339: <ul>
1.228 horacio 340:
1.247 jufi 341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 342: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
343: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
344: </strong></font><br>
345: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
346: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
347: <p>
348:
1.247 jufi 349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 350: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
351: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
352: </strong></font><br>
353: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
354: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
355: <p>
356:
1.247 jufi 357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 358: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
359: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
360: </strong></font><br>
361: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
362: on the desktop of his parents.
363: <p>
364:
1.247 jufi 365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 366: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 367: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 368: </strong></font><br>
369: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
370: using IPFilter.
371:
372: <p>
373:
1.247 jufi 374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 375: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
376: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
377: </strong></font><br>
378: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
379: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
380: perspectives of the four OS.
381: <br>
382: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 383: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 384: <p>
385:
1.247 jufi 386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 387: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
388: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
389: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
390: </strong></font><br>
391:
392: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
393: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
394: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
395: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
396: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
397: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
398: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
399: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
400: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
401: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
402: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
403: security conscious team beyond doubt.
404: <p>
1.247 jufi 405: </ul>
1.228 horacio 406:
1.225 horacio 407: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 408: <ul>
1.225 horacio 409:
1.247 jufi 410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 411: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
412: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 413: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 414: </strong></font><br>
415:
416: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
417: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
418: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 419: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 420: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
421: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
422: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
423: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
424: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 425: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 426: of choice.
427: <p>
1.247 jufi 428: </ul>
1.225 horacio 429:
430: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 431: <ul>
1.225 horacio 432:
1.247 jufi 433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 434: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
435: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
436: </strong></font><br>
437:
438: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
439: <p>
440:
1.247 jufi 441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 442: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 443: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 444: </strong></font><br>
445:
446: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
447: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
448: <p>
1.247 jufi 449: </ul>
1.225 horacio 450:
1.218 horacio 451: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 452: <ul>
1.218 horacio 453:
1.247 jufi 454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 455: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
456: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
457: </strong></font><br>
458:
459: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
460: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
461: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
462: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
463: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
464: subjects. Worth a read.
465: <p>
466:
467:
1.247 jufi 468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 469: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 470: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 471: </strong></font><br>
472:
473: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
474: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
475: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
476: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
477: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
478: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
479: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
480: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
481: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 482: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 483: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
484: on other operating systems.<br>
485: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
486: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
487: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
488: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
489: <p>
490:
1.247 jufi 491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 492: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
493: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
494: </strong></font><br>
495:
496: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
497: covering the level of software integration into the core
498: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
499: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
500: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
501: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
502: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
503: <p>
504:
1.247 jufi 505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 506: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
507: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
508: </strong></font><br>
509:
510: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
511: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
512: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
513: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
514: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
515: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
516: <p>
1.247 jufi 517: </ul>
1.221 horacio 518:
1.210 jufi 519: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 520: <ul>
1.215 horacio 521:
1.247 jufi 522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 523: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
524: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
525: </strong></font><br>
526:
527: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
528: source software in response to an article which claimed that
529: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
530: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
531: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
532: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
533: <p>
534:
1.247 jufi 535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 536: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 537: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
538: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 539:
1.224 horacio 540: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
541: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
542: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
543: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
544: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
545: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 546: <p>
1.247 jufi 547: </ul>
1.215 horacio 548:
549: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 550: <ul>
1.215 horacio 551:
1.247 jufi 552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 553: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
554: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
555: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
556: </strong></font><br>
557:
558: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
559: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 560: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 561: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
562: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
563: investment</em>.<br>
564: The implementation details can be seen on their
565: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
566: <p>
567:
1.247 jufi 568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 569: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
570: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
571: </strong></font><br>
572:
573: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
574: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
575: security and says that even secured operating systems running
576: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
577: to time.<br>
578: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
579: system and just the most secure system.
580: <p>
581:
1.247 jufi 582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 583: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
584: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
585: </strong></font><br>
586:
587: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
588: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
589: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
590: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
591: choice:<br>
592: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
593: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
594: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
595: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
596: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
597: network security devices and as such must be well
598: armored."</em><br>
599: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
600: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
601: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
602: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
603: <br>
604: Bravo!
605: <p>
1.247 jufi 606: </ul>
1.210 jufi 607:
1.207 ian 608: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 609: <ul>
1.215 horacio 610:
1.247 jufi 611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 612: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
613: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
614: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 615:
1.207 ian 616: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
617: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 618: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 619: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
620: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
621: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 622: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 623: <p>
1.247 jufi 624: </ul>
1.207 ian 625:
1.194 jufi 626: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 627: <ul>
1.194 jufi 628:
1.247 jufi 629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 630: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
631: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
632: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 633:
1.240 miod 634: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 635: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
636: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
637: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
638: <p>
639:
1.247 jufi 640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 641: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 642: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
643: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
644: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 645:
1.240 miod 646: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 647: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 648: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
649: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
650: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 651: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 652: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
653: <br>
654: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
655: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
656: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
657: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
658: <p>
659:
1.247 jufi 660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 661: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
662: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 663: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 664: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 665:
1.194 jufi 666: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
667: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
668: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
669: <br>
670: The new
671: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 672: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 673: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
674: <p>
1.247 jufi 675: </ul>
1.194 jufi 676:
1.190 horacio 677: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 678: <ul>
1.190 horacio 679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 681:
682: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
683: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
684:
685: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
686: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
687:
688: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
689: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
690:
1.212 horacio 691: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
692: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 693: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
694:
1.211 horacio 695: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
696: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 697: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
698:
1.247 jufi 699: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 700: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
701:
1.247 jufi 702: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 703: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
704:
1.212 horacio 705: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
706: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 707: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
708:
709: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
710: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
711:
712: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
713: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
714:
715: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
716: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
717:
718: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 719: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 720:
1.192 jufi 721: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
722: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 723: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 724:
1.193 deraadt 725: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
726: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 727: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 728:
1.247 jufi 729: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 730: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
731:
1.247 jufi 732: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 733: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
734: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
735:
1.213 horacio 736: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 737: 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 738: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
739:
1.190 horacio 740: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 741: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
742: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
743: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
744: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
745: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
746: <p>
1.190 horacio 747:
1.247 jufi 748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 749: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
750: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
751: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 752: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 753:
1.195 jufi 754: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 755: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
756: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
757: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 758: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
759: <p>
760:
1.247 jufi 761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 762: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 763: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
764: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
765: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 766:
1.191 jufi 767: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
768: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
769: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
770: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 771: <p>
1.247 jufi 772: </ul>
1.190 horacio 773:
1.191 jufi 774:
1.186 jufi 775: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 776: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 777:
1.247 jufi 778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 779: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 780: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
781: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 782: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 783:
1.188 jufi 784: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 785: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 786: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 787: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
788: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 789: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 790: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 791: <p>
792:
1.191 jufi 793:
1.247 jufi 794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 795: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
796: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
797: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 798: </strong></font><br>
799:
800: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
801: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
802: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
803: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
804: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
805: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
806: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
807: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
808: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
809: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
810: familiar?
811: <p>
1.247 jufi 812: </ul>
1.191 jufi 813:
1.178 louis 814: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 815: <ul>
1.178 louis 816:
1.247 jufi 817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 818: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
819: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 820: </strong></font><br>
821:
822: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
823: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
824: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
825: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
826: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
827: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
828: <p>
829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 831: <a
1.182 louis 832: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
833: </strong></font><br>
834:
835: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
836: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
837: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
838: <p>
839:
1.247 jufi 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 841: <a
1.179 louis 842: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
843: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
844: </strong></font><br>
845:
846: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
847: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
848: <p>
1.247 jufi 849: </ul>
1.179 louis 850:
1.174 louis 851:
1.175 louis 852: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 853: <ul>
1.175 louis 854:
1.247 jufi 855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 856: <a
1.179 louis 857: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
858: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
859: </strong></font><br>
860:
861: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
862: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
863: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
864: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
865: <p>
866:
1.247 jufi 867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 868: <a
1.183 ian 869: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 870: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
871: </strong></font><br>
872:
873: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 874: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 875: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
876: <p>
1.247 jufi 877: </ul>
1.175 louis 878:
1.176 louis 879:
1.172 mickey 880: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 881: <ul>
1.172 mickey 882:
1.247 jufi 883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 884: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 885: </strong></font><br>
886:
887: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
888: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
889: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 890: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 891: <p>
892:
1.247 jufi 893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 894: <a
1.174 louis 895: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
896: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
897: </strong></font><br>
898:
899: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
900: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
901: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
902: <p>
903:
1.247 jufi 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 905: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
906: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
907: </strong></font><br>
908:
909: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
910: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
911: <p>
912:
1.247 jufi 913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 914: <a
915: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
916: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
917: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
918: </strong></font><br>
919:
920: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
921: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
922: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
923: our own Theo de Raadt.
924: <p>
925:
1.247 jufi 926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 927: <a
928: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
929: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
930: </strong></font><br>
931:
932: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
933: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
934: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
935: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
936: shut down.]
937: <p>
938:
1.247 jufi 939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 940: <a
1.226 horacio 941: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
942: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 943: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 944: </strong></font><br>
945:
946: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
947: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
948: <p>
1.247 jufi 949: </ul>
1.172 mickey 950:
1.161 louis 951: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 952: <ul>
1.161 louis 953:
1.247 jufi 954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 955: <a
956: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
957: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
958: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
959: </strong></font><br>
960:
961: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
962: by John Wolley
963: <p>
964:
1.247 jufi 965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 966: <a
967: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
968: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
969: </strong></font><br>
970:
971: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
972: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
973: OpenBSD).
974: <p>
975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 977: <a
1.247 jufi 978: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 979: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
980: </strong></font><br>
981:
982: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
983: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
984: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
985: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
986: and hindsight.
987: <p>
988:
1.247 jufi 989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 990: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
991: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
992: </strong></font><br>
993:
994: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
995: <p>
996:
1.247 jufi 997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 998: <a
1.168 provos 999: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1000: December 7, 2000
1001: </strong></font><br>
1002:
1003: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1004: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1005: us explain.
1006: <p>
1007:
1.247 jufi 1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1009: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1010: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1011: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1012: December 6, 2000
1013: </strong></font><br>
1014:
1015: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1016: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1017: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1018: <p>
1019:
1.247 jufi 1020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1021: <a
1.226 horacio 1022: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1023: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1024: </strong></font><br>
1025:
1026: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1027: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1028: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1029: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1030: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1031: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1032: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1033: <p>
1.162 millert 1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1036: <a
1.161 louis 1037: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1038: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1039: </strong></font><br>
1040:
1041: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1042: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1043: <p>
1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1046: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1047: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1048: </strong></font><br>
1049:
1050: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1051: <p>
1052:
1053:
1.247 jufi 1054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1055: <a
1.226 horacio 1056: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1057: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1058: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1059: </strong></font><br>
1060:
1061: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1062: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1063: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1064: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1065: <p>
1.247 jufi 1066: </ul>
1.169 louis 1067:
1.158 louis 1068: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1069: <ul>
1.147 louis 1070:
1.247 jufi 1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1072: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1073: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1074: </strong></font><br>
1075:
1076: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1077: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1078: <p>
1079:
1.247 jufi 1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1081: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1082: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1083: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1084: </strong></font><br>
1085: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1086: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1087: <p>
1088:
1.247 jufi 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1090: <a
1091: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1092: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1093: </strong></font><br>
1094:
1095: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1096: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1097: <p>
1098:
1.247 jufi 1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1100: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1101: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1102: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1103:
1.213 horacio 1104: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1105: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1106: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1107: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1108: <p>
1.215 horacio 1109:
1.247 jufi 1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1111: <a
1112: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1113: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1114: </strong></font><br>
1115:
1116: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1117: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1118: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1119: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1120: much of the attitude too).
1121: <p>
1.161 louis 1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1124: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1125: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1126: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1127:
1.157 louis 1128: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1129: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1130: <p>
1.247 jufi 1131: </ul>
1.157 louis 1132:
1133: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1134: <ul>
1.157 louis 1135:
1.247 jufi 1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1137: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1138: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1139: </strong></font><br>
1140:
1141: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1142: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1143: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1144: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1145: <p>
1146:
1.247 jufi 1147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1148: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1149: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1150: </strong></font><br>
1151:
1152: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1153: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1154: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1155: it because they love coding...
1156: <p>
1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1159: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1160: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1161: </strong></font><br>
1162:
1163: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1164: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1165: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1166: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1167: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1168: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1169: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1170: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1171: <p>
1172:
1.247 jufi 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1174: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1175: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1176: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1177: </strong></font><br>
1178:
1179: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1180: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1181: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1182: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1183: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1184: the pizza.
1185: <p>
1186:
1.247 jufi 1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1188: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1189: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1190: </strong></font><br>
1191:
1192: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1193: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1194: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1195: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1196: problems.
1197: <p>
1198:
1.247 jufi 1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1200: <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 1201: </strong></font><br>
1202:
1.222 miod 1203: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1204: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1205: - whether they like it or not.
1206: <p>
1207:
1.247 jufi 1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1209: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1210: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1211: </strong></font><br>
1212:
1213: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1214: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1215: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1216: <p>
1.148 aaron 1217:
1.247 jufi 1218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1219: <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 1220: </strong></font><br>
1221:
1222: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1223: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1224: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1225: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1226: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1227: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1228: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1229: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1230: <p>
1231:
1.247 jufi 1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1233: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1234: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1235: </strong></font><br>
1236:
1237: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1238: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1239: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1240: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1241: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1242: <p>
1.247 jufi 1243: </ul>
1.147 louis 1244:
1.138 louis 1245: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1246: <ul>
1.138 louis 1247:
1.247 jufi 1248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1249: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1250: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1251: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1252: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1253: </strong></font><br>
1254:
1.227 horacio 1255: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1256: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1257: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1258: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1259: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1260: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1261: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1262: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1263: <p>
1264:
1.247 jufi 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1266: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1267: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1268: </strong></font><br>
1269:
1270: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1271: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1272: groups, and even Linux.
1273: <p>
1274:
1.247 jufi 1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1276: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1277: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1278: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1279: </strong></font><br>
1280:
1281: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1282: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1283: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1284: library after installing the OS.
1285: <p>
1286:
1.247 jufi 1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1288: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1289: Sys Admin, September 2000
1290: </strong></font><br>
1291:
1292: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1293: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1294: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1295: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1296: (<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>,
1297: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1298: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1299: <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 1300: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1301: out of the system.
1302: <p>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1305: <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
1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1308: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1309: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1310: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1311: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1312: the IP filtering and address translation.
1313: <p>
1.247 jufi 1314: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1315:
1.131 louis 1316: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1317: <ul>
1.131 louis 1318:
1.247 jufi 1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1320: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1321: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1322: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1323: </strong></font><br>
1324:
1325: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1326: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1327: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1328: <p>
1329:
1.247 jufi 1330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1331: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1332: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1333: </strong></font><br>
1334:
1335: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1336: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1337: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1338: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1339: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1340: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1341: note of"</i>.
1342: <p>
1343:
1.247 jufi 1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1345: <a
1.247 jufi 1346: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1347: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1348: </strong></font><br>
1349:
1350: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1351: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1352: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1353: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1357: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1358: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1359: </strong></font><br>
1360:
1361: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1362: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1363: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1364: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1365: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1366: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1367: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1368: <p>
1369:
1.247 jufi 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1371: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1372: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1373: 2000
1374: </strong></font><br>
1375:
1376: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1377: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1378: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1379: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1380: against current industry practices.
1381: <p>
1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1384: <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
1385: </strong></font><br>
1386:
1387: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1388: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1389: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1393: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1394: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1395: </strong></font><br>
1396:
1397: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1398: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1399: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1400: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1401: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1402: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1403: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1404: <p>
1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1407: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1408: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1409: </strong></font><br>
1410:
1411: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1412: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1413: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1414: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1415: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1416: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1417: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1418: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1419: <p>
1.247 jufi 1420: </ul>
1.131 louis 1421:
1.118 louis 1422: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1423: <ul>
1.118 louis 1424:
1.247 jufi 1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1426: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1427: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1428: </strong></font><br>
1429:
1430: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1431: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1432: about time. The article mentions that
1433: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1434: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1435: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1436: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1437: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1438: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1439: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1440: <p>
1441:
1.247 jufi 1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1443: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1444: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1445: </strong></font><br>
1446:
1447: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1448: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1449: of OpenSSH.
1450: <p>
1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1453: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1454: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1455: </strong></font><br>
1456:
1457: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1458: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1459: bridging.
1460: <p>
1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1463: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1464: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1465: </strong></font><br>
1466:
1.121 deraadt 1467: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1468: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1469: <p>
1470:
1.247 jufi 1471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1472: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1473: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1477: <p>
1478:
1.247 jufi 1479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1480: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1481: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1482: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1483: </strong></font><br>
1484:
1.120 deraadt 1485: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1486: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1487: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1488: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1489: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1490: <p>
1491:
1.247 jufi 1492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1493: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1494: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1495: </strong></font><br>
1496:
1.222 miod 1497: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1498: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1499: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1500: protocols and their quirks.
1501: <p>
1502:
1.247 jufi 1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1504: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1505: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1506: </strong></font><br>
1507:
1508: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1509: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1510: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1511: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1512: <p>
1513:
1.247 jufi 1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1515: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1516: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1517: </strong></font><br>
1518:
1519: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1520: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1521: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1522: <p>
1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1525: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1526: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1527: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1528: </strong></font><br>
1529:
1530: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1531: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1532: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1533: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1534: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1535: <p>
1.247 jufi 1536: </ul>
1.118 louis 1537:
1.104 louis 1538: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1539: <ul>
1.104 louis 1540:
1.247 jufi 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1542: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1543: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1544: </strong></font><br>
1545:
1546: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1547: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1548: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1549: be a bit dry.
1550: <p>
1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1553: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1554: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1555: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1556: </strong></font><br>
1557: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1558: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1559: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1560: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1561: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1562: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1563: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1564: <p>
1565:
1.247 jufi 1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1567: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1568: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1569: 2000
1.128 louis 1570: </strong></font><br>
1571:
1572: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1573: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1574: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1575: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1576: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1577: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1578: <p>
1579:
1.247 jufi 1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1581: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1582: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1583: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1584:
1585: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1586: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1587: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1588: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1589: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1590: <p>
1.110 louis 1591:
1.247 jufi 1592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1593: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1594: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1595: </strong></font><br>
1596:
1597: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1598: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1599: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1600: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1601: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1602: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1603: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1604: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1605: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1606: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1607: <p>
1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1610: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1611: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1612:
1613: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1614: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1615: <p>
1.108 louis 1616:
1.247 jufi 1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1618: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1619: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1620: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1621:
1622: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1623: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1624: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1625: <p>
1.106 louis 1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1628: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1629: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1630: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1631:
1632: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1633: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1634: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1635: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1636: <p>
1.107 louis 1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1639: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1640: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1641: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1642:
1643: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1644: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1645: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1646: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1647: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1648: <p>
1.105 louis 1649:
1.247 jufi 1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1651: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1652: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1653: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1654:
1.113 naddy 1655: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1656: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1657: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1658: <p>
1.104 louis 1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1661: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1662: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1663: </strong></font><br>
1664:
1665: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1666: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1667: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1668: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1669: <p>
1.247 jufi 1670: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1671:
1.85 louis 1672: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1673: <ul>
1.85 louis 1674:
1.247 jufi 1675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1676: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1677: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1678: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1679:
1680: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1681: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1682: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1683: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1684: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1685: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1686: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1687: <p>
1.99 louis 1688:
1.247 jufi 1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1690: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1691: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1692: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1693:
1694: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1695: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1696: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1697: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1698: <p>
1.100 louis 1699:
1.247 jufi 1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1701: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1702: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1703: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1704:
1705: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1706: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1707: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1708: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1709: <p>
1.95 louis 1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1712: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1713: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1715:
1716: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1717: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1718: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1719: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1720: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1721: <p>
1.92 louis 1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1724: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1725: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1726: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1727:
1728: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1729: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1730: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1731: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1732: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1733: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1734: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1735: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1736: <p>
1.91 louis 1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1739: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1740: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1741: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1742:
1743: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1744: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1745: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1746: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1747: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1748: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1749: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1750: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1751: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1752: <p>
1.90 louis 1753:
1.247 jufi 1754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1755: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1756: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1757: </strong></font><br>
1758: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1759: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1760: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1761: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1762: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1763: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1764: <p>
1765:
1.247 jufi 1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1767: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1768: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1769: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1770:
1.113 naddy 1771: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1772: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1773: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1774: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1775: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1776: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1777: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1778: <p>
1.87 louis 1779:
1.247 jufi 1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1781: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1782: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1783: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1784:
1785: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1786: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1787: <p>
1.85 louis 1788:
1.247 jufi 1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1790: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1791: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1792: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1793:
1794: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1795: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1796: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1797: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1798: <p>
1.89 louis 1799:
1.247 jufi 1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1801: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1802: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1803: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1804:
1805: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1806: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1807: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1808: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1809: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1810: </ul>
1.85 louis 1811:
1.78 deraadt 1812: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1813: <ul>
1.74 louis 1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1816: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1817: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1818: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1819: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1820:
1821: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1822: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1823: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1824: <p>
1.83 louis 1825:
1.247 jufi 1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1827: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1828: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1829: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1830:
1831: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1832: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1833: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1834: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1835: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1836: <p>
1.93 louis 1837:
1.247 jufi 1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1839: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1840: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1841: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1842: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1843:
1.83 louis 1844: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1845: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1846: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1847: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1848: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1849: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1850: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1851: <p>
1.82 aaron 1852:
1.247 jufi 1853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1854: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1855: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1856: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1857:
1.83 louis 1858: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1859: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1860: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1861: <p>
1.80 louis 1862:
1.247 jufi 1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1864: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1865: Bad Press</a>,
1866: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1867: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1868:
1869: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1870: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1871: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1872: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1873: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1874: <p>
1.247 jufi 1875: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1876:
1877: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1878: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1879:
1.247 jufi 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1881: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1882: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1883: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1884: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1885:
1886: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1887: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1888: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1889: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1890: <p>
1.74 louis 1891:
1.247 jufi 1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1893: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1894: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1895: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1896:
1.219 horacio 1897: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1898: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1899: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1900: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1901: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1902: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1903: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1904: <p>
1.88 louis 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1907: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1908: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1910:
1911: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1912: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1913: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1914: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1915: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1916: <p>
1.81 louis 1917:
1.247 jufi 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1919: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1920: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1921: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1922:
1923: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1924: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1925: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1926: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1927: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1928: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1929: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1930: <p>
1.90 louis 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1933: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1934: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1935: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1936:
1937: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1938: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1939: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1940: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1941: <p>
1.247 jufi 1942: </ul>
1.71 louis 1943:
1.69 deraadt 1944: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1945: <ul>
1.70 louis 1946:
1.247 jufi 1947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1948: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1949: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1950: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1951:
1952: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1953: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1954: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1955: <p>
1.70 louis 1956:
1.247 jufi 1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1958: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1959: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1961:
1962: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 1963: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1964: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1965: <p>
1.68 louis 1966:
1.247 jufi 1967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1968: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1969: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1970: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1971: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1972:
1.111 jufi 1973: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1974: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1975: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1976: "secure by default" installation.
1977: <p>
1.64 louis 1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 1980: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 1981: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1982: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 1983:
1.113 naddy 1984: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 1985: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 1986: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 1987: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
1988: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
1989: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 1990: <p>
1.66 louis 1991:
1.247 jufi 1992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1993: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 1994: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 1995: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1996:
1997: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 1998: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 1999: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2000: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2001: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2002: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2003: <p>
1.83 louis 2004:
1.247 jufi 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2006: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2007: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2008: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2009:
2010: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2011: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2012: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2013: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2014: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2015: <p>
1.64 louis 2016:
1.247 jufi 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2018: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2019: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2020: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2021:
2022: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2023: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2024: <p>
1.247 jufi 2025: </ul>
1.65 louis 2026:
1.69 deraadt 2027: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2028: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2031: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2032: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2033: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2034:
2035: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2036: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2037: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2038: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2039: <p>
1.88 louis 2040:
1.247 jufi 2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2042: <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 2043: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2044:
2045: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2046: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2047: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2048: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2049: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2050: <p>
1.60 louis 2051:
1.247 jufi 2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2053: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2054: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2055: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2056: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2057:
2058: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2059: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2060: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2061: <p>
1.58 louis 2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2064: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2065: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2066:
2067: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2068: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2069: <p>
1.53 louis 2070:
1.247 jufi 2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2072: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2073: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2074: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2075:
2076: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2077: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2078: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2079: <p>
1.99 louis 2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2082: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2083: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2084:
2085: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2086: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2087: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2088: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2089: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2092: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2093: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2094: </strong></font><br>
2095:
2096: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2097: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2098: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2099: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2103: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2104: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2105: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2106:
2107: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2108: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2109: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2112: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2114:
2115: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2116: in
1.247 jufi 2117: <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 2118: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2119: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2120: <p>
1.53 louis 2121:
1.247 jufi 2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2123: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2124: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2125: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2126: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2127:
1.58 louis 2128: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2129: <p>
1.247 jufi 2130: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2131:
1.69 deraadt 2132: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2133: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2136: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2137: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2138: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2139: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2140:
1.58 louis 2141: Kurt Seifried
2142: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2143: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2144: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2145: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2148: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2149: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2150: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2151:
2152: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2153: <p>
1.96 louis 2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2156: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2157: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2159:
2160: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2161: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2162: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2163: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2164: <p>
1.247 jufi 2165: </ul>
1.86 louis 2166:
1.69 deraadt 2167: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2168: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2171: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2172: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2173: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2174:
2175: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2176: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2177: <p>
1.61 louis 2178:
1.247 jufi 2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2180: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2181: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2182: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2184:
2185: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2186: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2187: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2188: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2189: right -- or at least strives to".
2190: <p>
1.48 louis 2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2193: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2194: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2196: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2197: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2198: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2199: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2200: <p>
1.61 louis 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <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 2203: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2204: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2205:
2206: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2207: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2208: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2209: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2210: <p>
1.46 louis 2211:
1.247 jufi 2212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2213: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2214: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2215: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2216:
2217: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2218: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2219: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2222: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2223: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2224: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2225:
2226: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2227: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2228: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2229: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2230: <p>
1.247 jufi 2231: </ul>
1.70 louis 2232:
1.69 deraadt 2233: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2234: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2235:
1.247 jufi 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2237: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2238: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2239: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2240: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2241:
2242: Kurt Seifried
2243: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2244: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2245: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2246: <p>
1.44 philen 2247:
1.247 jufi 2248: <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 2249: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2250: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2251:
2252: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2253: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <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 2256: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2257: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2258:
2259: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2260: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <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 2263: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2264: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2265:
2266: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2267: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2268: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2269: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2270: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <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 2273: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2274: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2275:
1.36 louis 2276: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2277: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2278:
1.247 jufi 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2280: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2281: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2282: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2283:
2284: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2285: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2286: </ul>
1.38 louis 2287:
1.69 deraadt 2288: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2289: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <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 2292: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2293: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2294:
2295: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2296: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2297: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2298:
1.113 naddy 2299: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2300: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2301: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2302: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2303:
2304: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2305: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2306: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2307: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2308: <blockquote>
2309: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2310: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2311: <br>
2312: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2313: </code>
2314: </blockquote>
2315: <p>
2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2318: <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>
2319: <p>
2320:
2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2322: <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 2323: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2324:
2325: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2326: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2327: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2328: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2331: <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 2332: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2333:
2334: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2335: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2336: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2337: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2338: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2339: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2340: <p>
1.19 louis 2341:
1.113 naddy 2342: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2343: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2344: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2345:
2346: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2347: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2348: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2349: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2350: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2351: <p>
1.16 louis 2352:
1.247 jufi 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2354: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2355: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2356: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2357:
1.57 louis 2358: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2359: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2360: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2361: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2364: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2365: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2366: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2367:
1.113 naddy 2368: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2371: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2372: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2373: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2374:
1.23 louis 2375: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2376: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2377: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2378: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2379: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2380: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2383: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2384: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2385: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2386:
1.199 pvalchev 2387: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2388: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2389: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2390: installation.
1.113 naddy 2391: <p>
1.47 louis 2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2394: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2395: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2396: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2397:
2398: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2399: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2400: </ul>
1.57 louis 2401:
1.69 deraadt 2402: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2403: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2406: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2407: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2408: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2409:
2410: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2411: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2412: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2413: <p>
1.12 louis 2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2416: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2417: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2418: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2419:
2420: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2421: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2422: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2423: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2424: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2425: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2426: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2427: <p>
1.247 jufi 2428: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2429:
1.69 deraadt 2430: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2431: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2434: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2435: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2436:
2437: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2438: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2439: available."
1.113 naddy 2440: <p>
1.247 jufi 2441: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2442:
1.69 deraadt 2443: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2444: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2445:
1.247 jufi 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2447: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2448: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2449:
2450: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2451: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2452: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2453: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2454: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2455: <p>
1.33 louis 2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2458: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2459: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2460: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2461:
1.113 naddy 2462: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2463: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2464: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2465: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2466: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2467: <p>
1.247 jufi 2468: </ul>
1.57 louis 2469:
1.69 deraadt 2470: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2471: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2474: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2475: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2476: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2477:
2478: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2479: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2480: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2483: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2484: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2485: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2487:
2488: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2489: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2492: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2493:
1.113 naddy 2494: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2497: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2498: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2499: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2500:
2501: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2502: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2503: </ul>
1.23 louis 2504:
1.69 deraadt 2505: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2506: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2509: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2510: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2511:
2512: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2513: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2517: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2518: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2520:
2521: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2522: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2523: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2524: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.57 louis 2526:
1.69 deraadt 2527: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2528: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2531: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2532: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2533: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2534:
2535: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2536: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2537: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2538: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2539: <p>
1.15 louis 2540:
1.247 jufi 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2542: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2543: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2544: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2545:
2546: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2547: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2548: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2549: columns."
1.113 naddy 2550: <p>
1.247 jufi 2551: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2552:
1.69 deraadt 2553: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2554: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2555:
1.247 jufi 2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2557: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2558: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2559: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2560:
2561: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2562: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2563:
1.113 naddy 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2565: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2566: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2567:
2568: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2569: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2570: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2571: </ul>
1.57 louis 2572:
1.69 deraadt 2573: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2574: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2575:
1.113 naddy 2576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2577: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2578: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2579: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2580:
1.222 miod 2581: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2582: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2583: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2584: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2585: <p>
1.247 jufi 2586: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2587:
1.69 deraadt 2588: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2589: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2590:
1.247 jufi 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2592: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2593: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2594:
1.69 deraadt 2595: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2596: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2597: <p>
1.247 jufi 2598: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2599:
1.69 deraadt 2600: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2601: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2602:
1.247 jufi 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2604: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2605: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2606: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2607:
2608: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2609: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2610: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2613: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2614: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2615: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2616: <p>
1.247 jufi 2617: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2618:
1.69 deraadt 2619: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2620: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2623: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2624: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2625: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2626: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2627: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2628:
2629: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2630: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2631: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2632: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2633: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2634: <p>
1.247 jufi 2635: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2636:
2637: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2638: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2641: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2642: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2643:
1.69 deraadt 2644: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2645: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2646: <p>
1.112 naddy 2647:
1.247 jufi 2648: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2649: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2650:
1.113 naddy 2651: <hr>
2652: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2653: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2654:
1.200 niklas 2655: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2656:
1.247 jufi 2657: <ul>
2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2659: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2660: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2661:
2662: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2663: <p>
2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2666:
2667: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2668:
1.247 jufi 2669: <ul>
2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2671: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2672: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2673:
2674: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2675: <p>
2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2678: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2679: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2680:
2681: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2682: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2683: <p>
2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2686:
2687: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2688:
1.247 jufi 2689: <ul>
2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2691: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2692: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2693:
2694: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2695: <p>
2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2698:
1.102 niklas 2699: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <ul>
2702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2703: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2704: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2705:
2706: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2707: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2708: <p>
1.102 niklas 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2711:
1.84 niklas 2712: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2713:
1.247 jufi 2714: <ul>
2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2716: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2717: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2718:
2719: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2720: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2721: <p>
1.84 niklas 2722:
1.247 jufi 2723: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2724:
1.69 deraadt 2725: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2729: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2730: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2731:
1.222 miod 2732: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2733: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2734: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2735: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2738: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2739: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2740: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2741: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2742:
1.20 louis 2743: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2744: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2745: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2746: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2747: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2748:
1.247 jufi 2749: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2750:
1.113 naddy 2751: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2752: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2753: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2754:
2755:
2756: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2757: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2760: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2761: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2762:
2763: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2764: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2765: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2766:
2767: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2768: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2771:
2772:
1.170 louis 2773: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2774: <ul>
1.170 louis 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2777: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2778: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2779: </strong></font><br>
2780:
2781: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2782: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2783: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2784: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2785: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2786: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2787: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2788: <p>
1.247 jufi 2789: </ul>
1.170 louis 2790:
1.69 deraadt 2791: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2792: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2795: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2796: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2797: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2798:
2799: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2800: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2801: translating and reprinting articles from
2802: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2803: <p>
1.247 jufi 2804: </ul>
1.20 louis 2805:
1.113 naddy 2806: <hr>
2807: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2808: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2809:
1.246 jufi 2810: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2811: <ul>
2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2813: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2814: December 04, 2002
2815: </strong></font><br>
2816: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2817: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2818: <p>
1.247 jufi 2819: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2820:
1.151 louis 2821: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2822: <ul>
1.151 louis 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2825: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2826: </strong></font><br>
2827:
2828: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2829: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2830: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2831: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2832: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2833: <p>
1.247 jufi 2834: </ul>
1.151 louis 2835:
1.72 louis 2836: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2837: <ul>
1.72 louis 2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2840: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2841: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2842: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2843:
1.101 jufi 2844: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2845: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2846: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2847: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2848: Giving way to
2849: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2850: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2851: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2852: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2853: <p>
1.247 jufi 2854: </ul>
1.72 louis 2855:
1.69 deraadt 2856: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2857: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2860: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2861: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2862: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2863:
2864: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2865: <p>
1.247 jufi 2866: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2867:
1.50 louis 2868:
1.113 naddy 2869: <hr>
2870: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2871: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2872:
1.69 deraadt 2873: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2874: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2877: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2878: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2879: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2880:
2881: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2882: <p>
1.247 jufi 2883: </ul>
1.62 form 2884:
1.69 deraadt 2885: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2886: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2889: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2890: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2891: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2892:
1.59 form 2893: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2894: <p>
1.112 naddy 2895:
1.247 jufi 2896: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2897:
1.113 naddy 2898: <hr>
2899: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2900: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2901: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2904: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2905: Radio, August 2, 2000
2906: </strong></font><br>
2907:
2908: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2909: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2910: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2911: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2912: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2913: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2914: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2915: <p>
2916:
1.247 jufi 2917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2918: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2919: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2920: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2921: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2922:
2923: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2924: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2925: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2926: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2927: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2928: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2929: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2930: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2931: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2932: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2933: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2934: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2935: <p>
1.247 jufi 2936: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2937:
1.113 naddy 2938: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2939: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2940: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2941:
2942: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2943: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2946: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2947: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2948: </strong></font><br>
2949:
2950: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2951: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2952: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2953: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2954: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2955: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2956: A
1.216 horacio 2957: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2958: <p>
1.247 jufi 2959: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2960:
1.252 miod 2961: <hr>
2962: <a name=fr></a>
2963: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
2964:
2965: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2966: <ul>
2967:
2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2969: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
2970: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
2971: </strong></font><br>
2972:
2973: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2974: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2975: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2976: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2977: <p>
2978: </ul>
2979:
1.216 horacio 2980:
2981: <hr>
2982: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 2983: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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1.1 deraadt 2985:
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2987: </html>