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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>
1.261 ! ian 39: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
! 40: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
! 41: The Register, April 18th,
! 42: </strong></font><br>
! 43: John Lasser of SecurityFocus
! 44: talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
! 45: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
! 46: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
! 47: <p>
! 48:
! 49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 50: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
! 51: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
! 52: The Register, April 18th.
! 53: </strong></font><br>
! 54: Another report on the DARPA funding.
! 55: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
! 56: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
! 57: <p>
! 58:
! 59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 60: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
61: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
62: news.com.com, April 17th.
63: </strong></font><br>
64: (also online at
65: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
66: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
67: <br>
68: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
69: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
70: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
71: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
72: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
73: Goes on to say:
74: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
75: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
76: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
77: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
78: <p>
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
80: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
81: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
82: SlashDot, April 17th.
83: </strong></font><br>
84: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding canellation.
85: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
86: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
87: without notice or justification.
88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
91: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
92: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
93: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
94: </strong></font><br>
95: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
96: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
97: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
98: effective today, without any warning..."
99: <p>
1.257 ian 100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 102: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
103: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 104: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 105: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 106: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
107: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
108: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
109: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
110: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 114: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
115: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
116: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
117: </strong></font><br>
118: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
119: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
120: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
121: quoting two of them:
122: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
123: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
124: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
125: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
126: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
127: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
128: <p>
129:
1.255 ian 130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 131: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
132: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
133: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
134: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 135: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 136: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
137: security experts for more than three decades."
138: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
139: <p>
1.261 ! ian 140:
1.254 drahn 141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 142: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
143: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
144: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
145: </strong></font><br>
146: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
147: from US DARPA.
148: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
149: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
150: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
151: the BSD license.
152: <p>
153: </ul>
154:
1.251 ian 155: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
156: <ul>
157:
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
159: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
160: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
161: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
162: </strong></font><br>
163: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
164: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
165: Mentions
166: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
167: and
168: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
169: programs.
170: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
171: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
172: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
173: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
174: <p>
1.260 ian 175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
177: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
178: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
179: </strong></font><br>
180: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
181: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
182: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
183: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
184: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
185: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
186: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
187: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
188: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
189: put into service."
190: <p>
191: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
192: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
193: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
194: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
195: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
196: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
197: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
198: computers with security features."
199: <p>
1.251 ian 200: </ul>
201:
1.249 jufi 202: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
203: <ul>
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
205: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
206: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
207: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
208: </strong></font><br>
209: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
210: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
211: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
212: <p>
213: </ul>
214:
1.246 jufi 215: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 216: <ul>
1.246 jufi 217:
1.247 jufi 218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 219: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
220: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
221: </strong></font><br>
222: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
223: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
224: <p>
225:
1.247 jufi 226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 227: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
228: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
229: </strong></font><br>
230: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
231: in their annual OpenHack security test.
232: <p>
1.247 jufi 233: </ul>
1.246 jufi 234:
1.244 jufi 235: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 236: <ul>
1.246 jufi 237:
1.247 jufi 238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 239: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
240: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
241: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
242: <br>
243: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
244: </strong></font><br>
245: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
246: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
247: md5 digests.
248: <p>
249:
1.247 jufi 250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 251: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 252: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 253: </strong></font><br>
254: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
255: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
256: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
257: right the first time."
258: <p>
1.247 jufi 259: </ul>
1.244 jufi 260:
261:
262: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 263: <ul>
1.244 jufi 264:
1.247 jufi 265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 266: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
267: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
268: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
269: </strong></font><br>
270: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
271: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
272: part 6</a>.
273: <p>
274:
1.247 jufi 275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 276: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
277: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
278: </strong></font><br>
279: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
280: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
281: <p>
1.247 jufi 282: </ul>
1.242 jufi 283:
284: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 285: <ul>
1.242 jufi 286:
1.247 jufi 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 288: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
289: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
290: </strong></font><br>
291: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
292: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
293: <p>
294:
1.247 jufi 295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 296: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
297: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
298: </strong></font><br>
299: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
300: this time using pf.
301: <p>
1.247 jufi 302: </ul>
1.242 jufi 303:
304: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 305: <ul>
1.242 jufi 306:
1.247 jufi 307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 308: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
309: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
310: </strong></font><br>
311: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
312: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
313: their rotation.
314: <p>
315:
1.247 jufi 316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 317: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
318: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
319: </strong></font><br>
320: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
321: <p>
1.247 jufi 322: </ul>
1.242 jufi 323:
1.239 jufi 324: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 325: <ul>
1.239 jufi 326:
1.247 jufi 327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 328: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
329: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
330: </strong></font><br>
331: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
332: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
333: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
334: <p>
335:
1.247 jufi 336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 337: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
338: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
339: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 340: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
341: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
342: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 343: <p>
1.247 jufi 344: </ul>
1.239 jufi 345:
1.235 lebel 346: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 347: <ul>
1.235 lebel 348:
1.239 jufi 349:
1.247 jufi 350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 351: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
352: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
353: </strong></font><br>
354: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
355: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
356: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
357: <p>
1.247 jufi 358: </ul>
1.235 lebel 359:
1.228 horacio 360: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 361: <ul>
1.228 horacio 362:
1.247 jufi 363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 364: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
365: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
366: </strong></font><br>
367: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
368: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
369: <p>
370:
1.247 jufi 371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 372: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
373: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
374: </strong></font><br>
375: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
376: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
377: <p>
378:
1.247 jufi 379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 380: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
381: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
382: </strong></font><br>
383: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
384: on the desktop of his parents.
385: <p>
386:
1.247 jufi 387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 388: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 389: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 390: </strong></font><br>
391: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
392: using IPFilter.
393:
394: <p>
395:
1.247 jufi 396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 397: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
398: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
399: </strong></font><br>
400: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
401: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
402: perspectives of the four OS.
403: <br>
404: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 405: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 406: <p>
407:
1.247 jufi 408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 409: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
410: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
411: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
412: </strong></font><br>
413:
414: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
415: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
416: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
417: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
418: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
419: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
420: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
421: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
422: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
423: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
424: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
425: security conscious team beyond doubt.
426: <p>
1.247 jufi 427: </ul>
1.228 horacio 428:
1.225 horacio 429: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 430: <ul>
1.225 horacio 431:
1.247 jufi 432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 433: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
434: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 435: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 436: </strong></font><br>
437:
438: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
439: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
440: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 441: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 442: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
443: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
444: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
445: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
446: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 447: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 448: of choice.
449: <p>
1.247 jufi 450: </ul>
1.225 horacio 451:
452: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 453: <ul>
1.225 horacio 454:
1.247 jufi 455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 456: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
457: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
458: </strong></font><br>
459:
460: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
461: <p>
462:
1.247 jufi 463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 464: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 465: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 466: </strong></font><br>
467:
468: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
469: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
470: <p>
1.247 jufi 471: </ul>
1.225 horacio 472:
1.218 horacio 473: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 474: <ul>
1.218 horacio 475:
1.247 jufi 476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 477: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
478: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
479: </strong></font><br>
480:
481: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
482: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
483: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
484: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
485: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
486: subjects. Worth a read.
487: <p>
488:
489:
1.247 jufi 490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 491: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 492: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 493: </strong></font><br>
494:
495: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
496: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
497: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
498: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
499: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
500: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
501: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
502: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
503: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 504: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 505: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
506: on other operating systems.<br>
507: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
508: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
509: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
510: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
511: <p>
512:
1.247 jufi 513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 514: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
515: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
516: </strong></font><br>
517:
518: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
519: covering the level of software integration into the core
520: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
521: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
522: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
523: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
524: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
525: <p>
526:
1.247 jufi 527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 528: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
529: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
530: </strong></font><br>
531:
532: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
533: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
534: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
535: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
536: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
537: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
538: <p>
1.247 jufi 539: </ul>
1.221 horacio 540:
1.210 jufi 541: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 542: <ul>
1.215 horacio 543:
1.247 jufi 544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
546: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
550: source software in response to an article which claimed that
551: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
552: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
553: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
554: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
555: <p>
556:
1.247 jufi 557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 558: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 559: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
560: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 561:
1.224 horacio 562: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
563: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
564: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
565: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
566: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
567: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 568: <p>
1.247 jufi 569: </ul>
1.215 horacio 570:
571: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 572: <ul>
1.215 horacio 573:
1.247 jufi 574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 575: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
576: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
577: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
578: </strong></font><br>
579:
580: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
581: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 582: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 583: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
584: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
585: investment</em>.<br>
586: The implementation details can be seen on their
587: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
588: <p>
589:
1.247 jufi 590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 591: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
592: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
593: </strong></font><br>
594:
595: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
596: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
597: security and says that even secured operating systems running
598: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
599: to time.<br>
600: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
601: system and just the most secure system.
602: <p>
603:
1.247 jufi 604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 605: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
606: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
607: </strong></font><br>
608:
609: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
610: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
611: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
612: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
613: choice:<br>
614: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
615: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
616: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
617: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
618: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
619: network security devices and as such must be well
620: armored."</em><br>
621: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
622: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
623: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
624: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
625: <br>
626: Bravo!
627: <p>
1.247 jufi 628: </ul>
1.210 jufi 629:
1.207 ian 630: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 631: <ul>
1.215 horacio 632:
1.247 jufi 633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 634: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
635: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
636: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 637:
1.207 ian 638: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
639: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 640: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 641: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
642: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
643: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 644: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 645: <p>
1.247 jufi 646: </ul>
1.207 ian 647:
1.194 jufi 648: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 649: <ul>
1.194 jufi 650:
1.247 jufi 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 652: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
653: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
654: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 655:
1.240 miod 656: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 657: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
658: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
659: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
660: <p>
661:
1.247 jufi 662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 663: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 664: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
665: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
666: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 667:
1.240 miod 668: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 669: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 670: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
671: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
672: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 673: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 674: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
675: <br>
676: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
677: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
678: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
679: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
680: <p>
681:
1.247 jufi 682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 683: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
684: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 685: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 686: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 687:
1.194 jufi 688: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
689: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
690: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
691: <br>
692: The new
693: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 694: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 695: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
696: <p>
1.247 jufi 697: </ul>
1.194 jufi 698:
1.190 horacio 699: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 700: <ul>
1.190 horacio 701:
1.247 jufi 702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 703:
704: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
705: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
706:
707: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
708: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
709:
710: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
711: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
712:
1.212 horacio 713: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
714: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 715: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
716:
1.211 horacio 717: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
718: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 719: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
720:
1.247 jufi 721: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 722: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
723:
1.247 jufi 724: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 725: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
726:
1.212 horacio 727: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
728: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 729: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
730:
731: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
732: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
733:
734: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
735: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
736:
737: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
738: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
739:
740: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 741: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 742:
1.192 jufi 743: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
744: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 745: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 746:
1.193 deraadt 747: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
748: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 749: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 750:
1.247 jufi 751: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 752: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
753:
1.247 jufi 754: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 755: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
756: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
757:
1.213 horacio 758: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 759: 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 760: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
761:
1.190 horacio 762: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 763: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
764: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
765: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
766: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
767: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
768: <p>
1.190 horacio 769:
1.247 jufi 770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 771: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
772: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
773: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 774: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 775:
1.195 jufi 776: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 777: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
778: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
779: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 780: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
781: <p>
782:
1.247 jufi 783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 784: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 785: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
786: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
787: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 788:
1.191 jufi 789: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
790: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
791: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
792: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 793: <p>
1.247 jufi 794: </ul>
1.190 horacio 795:
1.191 jufi 796:
1.186 jufi 797: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 798: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 799:
1.247 jufi 800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 801: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 802: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
803: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 804: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 805:
1.188 jufi 806: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 807: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 808: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 809: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
810: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 811: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 812: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 813: <p>
814:
1.191 jufi 815:
1.247 jufi 816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 817: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
818: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
819: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 820: </strong></font><br>
821:
822: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
823: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
824: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
825: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
826: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
827: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
828: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
829: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
830: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
831: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
832: familiar?
833: <p>
1.247 jufi 834: </ul>
1.191 jufi 835:
1.178 louis 836: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 837: <ul>
1.178 louis 838:
1.247 jufi 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 840: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
841: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 842: </strong></font><br>
843:
844: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
845: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
846: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
847: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
848: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
849: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
850: <p>
851:
1.247 jufi 852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 853: <a
1.182 louis 854: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
855: </strong></font><br>
856:
857: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
858: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
859: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
860: <p>
861:
1.247 jufi 862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 863: <a
1.179 louis 864: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
865: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
866: </strong></font><br>
867:
868: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
869: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
870: <p>
1.247 jufi 871: </ul>
1.179 louis 872:
1.174 louis 873:
1.175 louis 874: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 875: <ul>
1.175 louis 876:
1.247 jufi 877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 878: <a
1.179 louis 879: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
880: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
881: </strong></font><br>
882:
883: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
884: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
885: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
886: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
887: <p>
888:
1.247 jufi 889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 890: <a
1.183 ian 891: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 892: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
893: </strong></font><br>
894:
895: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 896: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 897: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
898: <p>
1.247 jufi 899: </ul>
1.175 louis 900:
1.176 louis 901:
1.172 mickey 902: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 903: <ul>
1.172 mickey 904:
1.247 jufi 905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 906: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 907: </strong></font><br>
908:
909: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
910: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
911: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 912: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 913: <p>
914:
1.247 jufi 915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 916: <a
1.174 louis 917: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
918: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
919: </strong></font><br>
920:
921: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
922: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
923: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
924: <p>
925:
1.247 jufi 926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 927: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
928: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
929: </strong></font><br>
930:
931: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
932: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
933: <p>
934:
1.247 jufi 935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 936: <a
937: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
938: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
939: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
940: </strong></font><br>
941:
942: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
943: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
944: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
945: our own Theo de Raadt.
946: <p>
947:
1.247 jufi 948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 949: <a
950: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
951: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
952: </strong></font><br>
953:
954: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
955: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
956: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
957: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
958: shut down.]
959: <p>
960:
1.247 jufi 961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 962: <a
1.226 horacio 963: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
964: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 965: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 966: </strong></font><br>
967:
968: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
969: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
970: <p>
1.247 jufi 971: </ul>
1.172 mickey 972:
1.161 louis 973: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 974: <ul>
1.161 louis 975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 977: <a
978: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
979: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
980: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
981: </strong></font><br>
982:
983: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
984: by John Wolley
985: <p>
986:
1.247 jufi 987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 988: <a
989: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
990: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
991: </strong></font><br>
992:
993: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
994: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
995: OpenBSD).
996: <p>
997:
1.247 jufi 998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 999: <a
1.247 jufi 1000: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1001: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003:
1004: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1005: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1006: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1007: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1008: and hindsight.
1009: <p>
1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1012: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1013: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1014: </strong></font><br>
1015:
1016: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1017: <p>
1018:
1.247 jufi 1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1020: <a
1.168 provos 1021: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1022: December 7, 2000
1023: </strong></font><br>
1024:
1025: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1026: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1027: us explain.
1028: <p>
1029:
1.247 jufi 1030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1031: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1032: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1033: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1034: December 6, 2000
1035: </strong></font><br>
1036:
1037: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1038: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1039: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1040: <p>
1041:
1.247 jufi 1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1043: <a
1.226 horacio 1044: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1045: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1046: </strong></font><br>
1047:
1048: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1049: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1050: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1051: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1052: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1053: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1054: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1055: <p>
1.162 millert 1056:
1.247 jufi 1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1058: <a
1.161 louis 1059: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1060: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1064: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1065: <p>
1066:
1.247 jufi 1067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1068: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1069: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1070: </strong></font><br>
1071:
1072: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1073: <p>
1074:
1075:
1.247 jufi 1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1077: <a
1.226 horacio 1078: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1079: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1080: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1081: </strong></font><br>
1082:
1083: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1084: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1085: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1086: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1087: <p>
1.247 jufi 1088: </ul>
1.169 louis 1089:
1.158 louis 1090: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1091: <ul>
1.147 louis 1092:
1.247 jufi 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1094: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1095: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1096: </strong></font><br>
1097:
1098: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1099: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1100: <p>
1101:
1.247 jufi 1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1103: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1104: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1105: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1106: </strong></font><br>
1107: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1108: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1109: <p>
1110:
1.247 jufi 1111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1112: <a
1113: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1114: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1115: </strong></font><br>
1116:
1117: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1118: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1119: <p>
1120:
1.247 jufi 1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1122: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1123: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1124: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1125:
1.213 horacio 1126: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1128: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1129: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1130: <p>
1.215 horacio 1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1133: <a
1134: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1135: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1136: </strong></font><br>
1137:
1138: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1139: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1140: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1141: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1142: much of the attitude too).
1143: <p>
1.161 louis 1144:
1.247 jufi 1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1146: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1147: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1148: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1149:
1.157 louis 1150: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1151: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1152: <p>
1.247 jufi 1153: </ul>
1.157 louis 1154:
1155: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1156: <ul>
1.157 louis 1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1159: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1160: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1161: </strong></font><br>
1162:
1163: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1164: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1165: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1166: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1167: <p>
1168:
1.247 jufi 1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1170: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1171: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1172: </strong></font><br>
1173:
1174: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1175: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1176: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1177: it because they love coding...
1178: <p>
1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1181: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1182: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1186: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1187: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1188: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1189: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1190: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1191: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1192: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1193: <p>
1194:
1.247 jufi 1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1196: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1197: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1198: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1199: </strong></font><br>
1200:
1201: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1202: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1203: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1204: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1205: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1206: the pizza.
1207: <p>
1208:
1.247 jufi 1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1210: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1211: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1212: </strong></font><br>
1213:
1214: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1215: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1216: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1217: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1218: problems.
1219: <p>
1220:
1.247 jufi 1221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1222: <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 1223: </strong></font><br>
1224:
1.222 miod 1225: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1226: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1227: - whether they like it or not.
1228: <p>
1229:
1.247 jufi 1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1231: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1232: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1233: </strong></font><br>
1234:
1235: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1236: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1237: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1238: <p>
1.148 aaron 1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1241: <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 1242: </strong></font><br>
1243:
1244: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1245: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1246: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1247: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1248: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1249: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1250: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1251: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1252: <p>
1253:
1.247 jufi 1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1255: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1256: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1257: </strong></font><br>
1258:
1259: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1260: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1261: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1262: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1263: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1264: <p>
1.247 jufi 1265: </ul>
1.147 louis 1266:
1.138 louis 1267: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1268: <ul>
1.138 louis 1269:
1.247 jufi 1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1271: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1272: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1273: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1274: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1275: </strong></font><br>
1276:
1.227 horacio 1277: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1278: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1279: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1280: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1281: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1282: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1283: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1284: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1285: <p>
1286:
1.247 jufi 1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1288: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1289: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1290: </strong></font><br>
1291:
1292: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1293: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1294: groups, and even Linux.
1295: <p>
1296:
1.247 jufi 1297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1298: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1299: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1300: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1301: </strong></font><br>
1302:
1303: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1304: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1305: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1306: library after installing the OS.
1307: <p>
1308:
1.247 jufi 1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1310: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1311: Sys Admin, September 2000
1312: </strong></font><br>
1313:
1314: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1315: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1316: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1317: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1318: (<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>,
1319: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1320: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1321: <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 1322: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1323: out of the system.
1324: <p>
1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1327: <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
1328: </strong></font><br>
1329:
1330: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1331: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1332: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1333: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1334: the IP filtering and address translation.
1335: <p>
1.247 jufi 1336: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1337:
1.131 louis 1338: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1339: <ul>
1.131 louis 1340:
1.247 jufi 1341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1342: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1343: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1344: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1345: </strong></font><br>
1346:
1347: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1348: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1349: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1350: <p>
1351:
1.247 jufi 1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1353: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1354: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1355: </strong></font><br>
1356:
1357: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1358: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1359: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1360: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1361: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1362: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1363: note of"</i>.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1367: <a
1.247 jufi 1368: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1369: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1370: </strong></font><br>
1371:
1372: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1373: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1374: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1375: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1376: <p>
1377:
1.247 jufi 1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1379: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1380: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1381: </strong></font><br>
1382:
1383: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1384: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1385: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1386: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1387: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1388: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1389: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1393: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1394: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1395: 2000
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1399: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1400: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1401: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1402: against current industry practices.
1403: <p>
1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1406: <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
1407: </strong></font><br>
1408:
1409: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1410: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1411: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1412: <p>
1413:
1.247 jufi 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1415: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1416: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1417: </strong></font><br>
1418:
1419: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1420: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1421: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1422: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1423: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1424: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1425: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1426: <p>
1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1429: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1430: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432:
1433: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1434: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1435: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1436: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1437: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1438: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1439: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1440: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1441: <p>
1.247 jufi 1442: </ul>
1.131 louis 1443:
1.118 louis 1444: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1445: <ul>
1.118 louis 1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1448: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1449: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1450: </strong></font><br>
1451:
1452: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1453: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1454: about time. The article mentions that
1455: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1456: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1457: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1458: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1459: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1460: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1461: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1462: <p>
1463:
1.247 jufi 1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1465: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1466: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1467: </strong></font><br>
1468:
1469: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1470: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1471: of OpenSSH.
1472: <p>
1473:
1.247 jufi 1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1475: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1476: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1477: </strong></font><br>
1478:
1479: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1480: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1481: bridging.
1482: <p>
1483:
1.247 jufi 1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1485: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1486: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1487: </strong></font><br>
1488:
1.121 deraadt 1489: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1490: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1491: <p>
1492:
1.247 jufi 1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1494: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1495: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1496: </strong></font><br>
1497:
1498: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1499: <p>
1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1502: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1503: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1504: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1505: </strong></font><br>
1506:
1.120 deraadt 1507: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1508: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1509: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1510: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1511: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1512: <p>
1513:
1.247 jufi 1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1515: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1516: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1517: </strong></font><br>
1518:
1.222 miod 1519: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1520: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1521: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1522: protocols and their quirks.
1523: <p>
1524:
1.247 jufi 1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1526: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1527: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1528: </strong></font><br>
1529:
1530: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1531: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1532: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1533: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1534: <p>
1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1537: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1538: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1539: </strong></font><br>
1540:
1541: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1542: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1543: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1544: <p>
1545:
1.247 jufi 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1547: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1548: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1549: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1550: </strong></font><br>
1551:
1552: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1553: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1554: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1555: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1556: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1557: <p>
1.247 jufi 1558: </ul>
1.118 louis 1559:
1.104 louis 1560: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1561: <ul>
1.104 louis 1562:
1.247 jufi 1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1564: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1565: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1566: </strong></font><br>
1567:
1568: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1569: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1570: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1571: be a bit dry.
1572: <p>
1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1575: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1576: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1577: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1578: </strong></font><br>
1579: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1580: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1581: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1582: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1583: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1584: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1585: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1586: <p>
1587:
1.247 jufi 1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1589: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1590: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1591: 2000
1.128 louis 1592: </strong></font><br>
1593:
1594: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1595: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1596: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1597: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1598: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1599: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1600: <p>
1601:
1.247 jufi 1602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1603: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1604: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1605: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1606:
1607: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1608: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1609: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1610: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1611: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1612: <p>
1.110 louis 1613:
1.247 jufi 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1615: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1616: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1617: </strong></font><br>
1618:
1619: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1620: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1621: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1622: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1623: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1624: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1625: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1626: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1627: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1628: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1629: <p>
1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1632: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1633: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1634:
1635: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1636: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1637: <p>
1.108 louis 1638:
1.247 jufi 1639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1640: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1641: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1642: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1643:
1644: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1645: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1646: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1647: <p>
1.106 louis 1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1650: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1651: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1652: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1653:
1654: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1655: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1656: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1657: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1658: <p>
1.107 louis 1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1661: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1662: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1663: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1664:
1665: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1666: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1667: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1668: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1669: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1670: <p>
1.105 louis 1671:
1.247 jufi 1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1673: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1674: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1675: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1676:
1.113 naddy 1677: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1678: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1679: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1680: <p>
1.104 louis 1681:
1.247 jufi 1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1683: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1684: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1685: </strong></font><br>
1686:
1687: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1688: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1689: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1690: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1691: <p>
1.247 jufi 1692: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1693:
1.85 louis 1694: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1695: <ul>
1.85 louis 1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1698: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1699: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1700: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1701:
1702: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1703: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1704: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1705: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1706: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1707: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1708: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1709: <p>
1.99 louis 1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1712: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1713: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1714: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1715:
1716: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1717: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1718: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1719: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1720: <p>
1.100 louis 1721:
1.247 jufi 1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1723: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1724: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1725: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1726:
1727: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1728: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1729: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1730: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1731: <p>
1.95 louis 1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1734: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1735: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1736: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1737:
1738: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1739: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1740: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1741: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1742: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1743: <p>
1.92 louis 1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1746: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1747: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1748: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1749:
1750: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1751: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1752: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1753: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1754: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1755: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1756: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1757: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1758: <p>
1.91 louis 1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1761: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1762: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1763: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1764:
1765: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1766: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1767: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1768: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1769: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1770: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1771: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1772: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1773: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1774: <p>
1.90 louis 1775:
1.247 jufi 1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1777: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1778: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1779: </strong></font><br>
1780: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1781: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1782: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1783: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1784: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1785: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1786: <p>
1787:
1.247 jufi 1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1789: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1790: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1791: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1792:
1.113 naddy 1793: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1794: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1795: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1796: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1797: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1798: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1799: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1800: <p>
1.87 louis 1801:
1.247 jufi 1802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1803: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1804: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1805: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1806:
1807: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1808: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1809: <p>
1.85 louis 1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1812: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1813: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1814: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1815:
1816: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1817: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1818: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1819: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1820: <p>
1.89 louis 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1823: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1824: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1825: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1826:
1827: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1828: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1829: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1830: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1831: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1832: </ul>
1.85 louis 1833:
1.78 deraadt 1834: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1835: <ul>
1.74 louis 1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1838: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1839: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1840: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1841: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1842:
1843: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1844: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1845: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1846: <p>
1.83 louis 1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1849: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1850: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1851: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1852:
1853: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1854: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1855: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1856: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1857: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1858: <p>
1.93 louis 1859:
1.247 jufi 1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1861: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1862: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1863: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1865:
1.83 louis 1866: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1867: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1868: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1869: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1870: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1871: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1872: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1873: <p>
1.82 aaron 1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1876: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1877: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1878: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1879:
1.83 louis 1880: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1881: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1882: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1883: <p>
1.80 louis 1884:
1.247 jufi 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1886: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1887: Bad Press</a>,
1888: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1889: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1890:
1891: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1892: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1893: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1894: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1895: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1896: <p>
1.247 jufi 1897: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1898:
1899: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1900: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1901:
1.247 jufi 1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1903: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1904: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1905: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1906: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1907:
1908: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1909: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1910: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1911: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1912: <p>
1.74 louis 1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1915: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1916: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1917: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1918:
1.219 horacio 1919: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1920: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1921: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1922: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1923: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1924: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1925: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1926: <p>
1.88 louis 1927:
1.247 jufi 1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1929: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1930: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1931: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1932:
1933: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1934: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1935: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1936: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1937: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1938: <p>
1.81 louis 1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1941: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1942: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1943: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1944:
1945: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1946: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1947: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1948: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1949: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1950: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1951: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1952: <p>
1.90 louis 1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1955: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1956: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1957: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1958:
1959: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1960: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1961: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1962: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1963: <p>
1.247 jufi 1964: </ul>
1.71 louis 1965:
1.69 deraadt 1966: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1967: <ul>
1.70 louis 1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1970: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1971: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1972: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1973:
1974: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1975: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1976: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1977: <p>
1.70 louis 1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1980: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1981: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1982: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 1983:
1984: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 1985: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 1986: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 1987: <p>
1.68 louis 1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1990: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
1991: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 1992: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 1993: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 1994:
1.111 jufi 1995: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
1996: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 1997: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 1998: "secure by default" installation.
1999: <p>
1.64 louis 2000:
1.247 jufi 2001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2002: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2003: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2007: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2008: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2009: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2010: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2011: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2012: <p>
1.66 louis 2013:
1.247 jufi 2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2015: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2016: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2017: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2018:
2019: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2020: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2021: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2022: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2023: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2024: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2025: <p>
1.83 louis 2026:
1.247 jufi 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2028: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2029: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2030: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2031:
2032: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2033: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2034: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2035: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2036: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2037: <p>
1.64 louis 2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2040: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2041: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2042: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2043:
2044: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2045: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2046: <p>
1.247 jufi 2047: </ul>
1.65 louis 2048:
1.69 deraadt 2049: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2050: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2051:
1.247 jufi 2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2053: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2054: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2055: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2056:
2057: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2058: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2059: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2060: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2061: <p>
1.88 louis 2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2064: <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 2065: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2066:
2067: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2068: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2069: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2070: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2071: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2072: <p>
1.60 louis 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2075: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2076: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2077: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2078: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2079:
2080: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2081: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2082: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2083: <p>
1.58 louis 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2086: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2088:
2089: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2090: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2091: <p>
1.53 louis 2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2094: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2095: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2096: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2097:
2098: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2099: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2100: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2101: <p>
1.99 louis 2102:
1.247 jufi 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2104: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2105: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2106:
2107: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2108: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2109: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2110: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2111: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2112:
1.247 jufi 2113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2114: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2115: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2116: </strong></font><br>
2117:
2118: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2119: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2120: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2121: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2122: <p>
2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2125: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2126: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2128:
2129: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2130: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2131: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2134: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2135: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2136:
2137: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2138: in
1.247 jufi 2139: <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 2140: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2141: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2142: <p>
1.53 louis 2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2145: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2146: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2147: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2148: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2149:
1.58 louis 2150: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2151: <p>
1.247 jufi 2152: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2153:
1.69 deraadt 2154: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2155: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2158: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2159: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2160: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2161: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2162:
1.58 louis 2163: Kurt Seifried
2164: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2165: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2166: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2167: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2170: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2171: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2173:
2174: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2175: <p>
1.96 louis 2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2178: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2179: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2180: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2181:
2182: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2183: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2185: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2186: <p>
1.247 jufi 2187: </ul>
1.86 louis 2188:
1.69 deraadt 2189: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2190: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2193: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2194: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2196:
2197: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2198: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2199: <p>
1.61 louis 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2202: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2203: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2204: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2205: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2206:
2207: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2208: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2209: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2210: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2211: right -- or at least strives to".
2212: <p>
1.48 louis 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2215: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2216: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2217: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2218: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2219: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2220: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2221: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2222: <p>
1.61 louis 2223:
1.247 jufi 2224: <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 2225: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2226: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2227:
2228: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2229: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2230: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2231: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2232: <p>
1.46 louis 2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2235: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2236: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2237: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2238:
2239: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2240: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2241: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2242:
1.247 jufi 2243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2244: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2245: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2246: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2247:
2248: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2249: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2250: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2251: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2252: <p>
1.247 jufi 2253: </ul>
1.70 louis 2254:
1.69 deraadt 2255: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2256: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2257:
1.247 jufi 2258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2259: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2260: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2261: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2262: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2263:
2264: Kurt Seifried
2265: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2266: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2267: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2268: <p>
1.44 philen 2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <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 2271: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2272: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2273:
2274: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2275: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <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 2278: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2279: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2280:
2281: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2282: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <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 2285: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2286: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2287:
2288: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2289: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2290: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2291: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2292: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <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 2295: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2296: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2297:
1.36 louis 2298: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2299: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2300:
1.247 jufi 2301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2302: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2303: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2304: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2305:
2306: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2307: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2308: </ul>
1.38 louis 2309:
1.69 deraadt 2310: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2311: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2312:
1.247 jufi 2313: <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 2314: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2315: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2316:
2317: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2318: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2319: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2320:
1.113 naddy 2321: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2322: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2323: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2324: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2325:
2326: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2327: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2328: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2329: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2330: <blockquote>
2331: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2332: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2333: <br>
2334: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2335: </code>
2336: </blockquote>
2337: <p>
2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2340: <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>
2341: <p>
2342:
2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2344: <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 2345: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2346:
2347: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2348: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2349: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2350: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2353: <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 2354: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2355:
2356: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2357: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2358: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2359: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2360: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2361: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2362: <p>
1.19 louis 2363:
1.113 naddy 2364: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2365: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2366: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2367:
2368: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2369: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2370: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2371: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2372: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2373: <p>
1.16 louis 2374:
1.247 jufi 2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2376: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2377: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2378: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2379:
1.57 louis 2380: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2381: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2382: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2383: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2384:
1.247 jufi 2385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2386: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2387: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2388: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2389:
1.113 naddy 2390: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2393: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2394: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2395: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2396:
1.23 louis 2397: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2398: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2399: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2400: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2401: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2402: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2405: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2406: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2407: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2408:
1.199 pvalchev 2409: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2410: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2411: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2412: installation.
1.113 naddy 2413: <p>
1.47 louis 2414:
1.247 jufi 2415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2416: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2417: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2418: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2419:
2420: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2421: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2422: </ul>
1.57 louis 2423:
1.69 deraadt 2424: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2425: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2428: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2429: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2430: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2431:
2432: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2433: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2434: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.12 louis 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2438: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2439: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2440: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2441:
2442: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2443: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2444: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2445: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2446: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2447: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2448: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2449: <p>
1.247 jufi 2450: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2451:
1.69 deraadt 2452: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2453: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2456: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2457: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2458:
2459: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2460: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2461: available."
1.113 naddy 2462: <p>
1.247 jufi 2463: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2464:
1.69 deraadt 2465: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2466: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2469: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2470: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2471:
2472: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2473: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2474: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2475: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2476: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2477: <p>
1.33 louis 2478:
1.247 jufi 2479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2480: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2481: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2482: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2483:
1.113 naddy 2484: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2485: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2486: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2487: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2488: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2489: <p>
1.247 jufi 2490: </ul>
1.57 louis 2491:
1.69 deraadt 2492: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2493: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2496: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2497: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2498: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2499:
2500: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2501: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2502: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2505: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2506: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2507: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2508: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2509:
2510: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2511: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2512:
1.247 jufi 2513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2514: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2515:
1.113 naddy 2516: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2519: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2520: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2521: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2522:
2523: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2524: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2525: </ul>
1.23 louis 2526:
1.69 deraadt 2527: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2528: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2531: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2532: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2533:
2534: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2535: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2536: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2537:
1.247 jufi 2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2539: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2540: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2541: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2542:
2543: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2544: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2545: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2546: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2547: </ul>
1.57 louis 2548:
1.69 deraadt 2549: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2550: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2553: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2554: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2555: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2556:
2557: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2558: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2559: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2560: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2561: <p>
1.15 louis 2562:
1.247 jufi 2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2564: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2565: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2566: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2567:
2568: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2569: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2570: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2571: columns."
1.113 naddy 2572: <p>
1.247 jufi 2573: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2574:
1.69 deraadt 2575: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2576: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2579: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2580: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2581: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2582:
2583: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2584: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2585:
1.113 naddy 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2587: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2588: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2589:
2590: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2591: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2592: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2593: </ul>
1.57 louis 2594:
1.69 deraadt 2595: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2596: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2597:
1.113 naddy 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2599: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2600: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2602:
1.222 miod 2603: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2604: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2605: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2606: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2607: <p>
1.247 jufi 2608: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2609:
1.69 deraadt 2610: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2611: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2614: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2615: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2616:
1.69 deraadt 2617: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2618: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2619: <p>
1.247 jufi 2620: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2621:
1.69 deraadt 2622: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2623: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2626: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2627: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2628: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2629:
2630: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2631: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2632: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2635: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2636: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2637: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2638: <p>
1.247 jufi 2639: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2640:
1.69 deraadt 2641: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2642: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2645: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2646: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2647: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2648: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2649: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2650:
2651: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2652: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2653: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2654: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2655: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2656: <p>
1.247 jufi 2657: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2658:
2659: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2660: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2661:
1.247 jufi 2662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2663: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2664: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2665:
1.69 deraadt 2666: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2667: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2668: <p>
1.112 naddy 2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2671: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2672:
1.113 naddy 2673: <hr>
2674: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2675: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2676:
1.200 niklas 2677: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <ul>
2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2681: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2682: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2683:
2684: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2685: <p>
2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2688:
2689: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <ul>
2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2693: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2694: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2695:
2696: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2697: <p>
2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2700: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2701: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2702:
2703: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2704: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2705: <p>
2706:
1.247 jufi 2707: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2708:
2709: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <ul>
2712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2713: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2714: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2715:
2716: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2717: <p>
2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2720:
1.102 niklas 2721: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2722:
1.247 jufi 2723: <ul>
2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2725: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2726: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2727:
2728: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2729: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2730: <p>
1.102 niklas 2731:
1.247 jufi 2732: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2733:
1.84 niklas 2734: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <ul>
2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2738: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2739: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2740:
2741: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2742: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2743: <p>
1.84 niklas 2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2746:
1.69 deraadt 2747: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2748:
1.247 jufi 2749: <ul>
2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2751: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2752: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2753:
1.222 miod 2754: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2755: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2756: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2757: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2760: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2761: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2762: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2763: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2764:
1.20 louis 2765: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2766: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2767: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2768: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2769: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2770:
1.247 jufi 2771: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2772:
1.113 naddy 2773: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2774: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2775: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2776:
2777:
2778: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2779: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2782: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2783: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2784:
2785: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2786: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2787: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2788:
2789: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2790: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2793:
2794:
1.170 louis 2795: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2796: <ul>
1.170 louis 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2799: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2800: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2801: </strong></font><br>
2802:
2803: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2804: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2805: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2806: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2807: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2808: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2809: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2810: <p>
1.247 jufi 2811: </ul>
1.170 louis 2812:
1.69 deraadt 2813: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2814: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2817: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2818: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2819: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2820:
2821: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2822: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2823: translating and reprinting articles from
2824: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2825: <p>
1.247 jufi 2826: </ul>
1.20 louis 2827:
1.113 naddy 2828: <hr>
2829: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2830: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2831:
1.246 jufi 2832: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2833: <ul>
2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2835: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2836: December 04, 2002
2837: </strong></font><br>
2838: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2839: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2840: <p>
1.247 jufi 2841: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2842:
1.151 louis 2843: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2844: <ul>
1.151 louis 2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2847: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2848: </strong></font><br>
2849:
2850: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2851: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2852: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2853: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2854: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2855: <p>
1.247 jufi 2856: </ul>
1.151 louis 2857:
1.72 louis 2858: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2859: <ul>
1.72 louis 2860:
1.247 jufi 2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2862: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2863: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2864: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2865:
1.101 jufi 2866: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2867: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2868: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2869: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2870: Giving way to
2871: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2872: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2873: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2874: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2875: <p>
1.247 jufi 2876: </ul>
1.72 louis 2877:
1.69 deraadt 2878: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2879: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2882: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2883: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2885:
2886: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2889:
1.50 louis 2890:
1.113 naddy 2891: <hr>
2892: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2893: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2894:
1.69 deraadt 2895: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2896: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2897:
1.247 jufi 2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2899: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2900: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2901: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2902:
2903: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2904: <p>
1.247 jufi 2905: </ul>
1.62 form 2906:
1.69 deraadt 2907: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2908: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2911: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2912: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2913: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2914:
1.59 form 2915: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2916: <p>
1.112 naddy 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2919:
1.113 naddy 2920: <hr>
2921: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2922: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2923: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2924:
1.247 jufi 2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2926: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2927: Radio, August 2, 2000
2928: </strong></font><br>
2929:
2930: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2931: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2932: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2933: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2934: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2935: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2936: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2937: <p>
2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2940: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2941: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2942: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2943: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2944:
2945: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2946: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2947: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2948: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2949: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2950: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2951: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2952: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2953: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2954: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2955: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2956: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2957: <p>
1.247 jufi 2958: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2959:
1.113 naddy 2960: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2961: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2962: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2963:
2964: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2965: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2968: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2969: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2970: </strong></font><br>
2971:
2972: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2973: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2974: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2975: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2976: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2977: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2978: A
1.216 horacio 2979: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2980: <p>
1.247 jufi 2981: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2982:
1.252 miod 2983: <hr>
2984: <a name=fr></a>
2985: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
2986:
2987: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
2988: <ul>
2989:
2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2991: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
2992: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
2993: </strong></font><br>
2994:
2995: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
2996: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
2997: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
2998: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
2999: <p>
3000: </ul>
3001:
1.216 horacio 3002:
3003: <hr>
3004: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3005: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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