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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>
1.262 ! beck 39: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
! 40: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
! 41: Associated Press, April 18th,
! 42: </strong></font><br>
! 43: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
! 44: DARPA funding cancellation. This has been picked up by
! 45: many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories
! 46: including:
! 47: <UL>
! 48: <LI><A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
! 49: Seattle Post Intelligencer</A>
! 50: <LI><A HREF="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/17/ap/HiTech/apnews42742-03.txt">
! 51: The Porterville Recorder, CA</A> [Pulled]
! 52: <LI><A HREF="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
! 53: Lakeland Leger</A>
! 54: <LI><A HREF="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
! 55: Times Daily, AL</A>
! 56: <LI><A HREF="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
! 57: Boston.com, MA</A>
! 58: <LI><A HREF="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
! 59: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL</A>
! 60: </UL>
! 61: <p>
! 62:
! 63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 64: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/3<br>
1.261 ian 65: John Lasser of SecurityFocus
66: talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
67: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
68: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
72: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
73: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
74: The Register, April 18th.
75: </strong></font><br>
76: Another report on the DARPA funding.
77: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
78: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
79: <p>
80:
81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 82: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
83: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
84: news.com.com, April 17th.
85: </strong></font><br>
86: (also online at
87: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
88: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
89: <br>
90: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
91: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
92: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
93: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
94: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
95: Goes on to say:
96: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
97: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
98: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
99: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
100: <p>
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
102: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
103: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
104: SlashDot, April 17th.
105: </strong></font><br>
106: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding canellation.
107: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
108: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
109: without notice or justification.
110: <p>
111:
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
113: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
114: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
115: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
116: </strong></font><br>
117: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
118: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
119: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
120: effective today, without any warning..."
121: <p>
1.257 ian 122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 124: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
125: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 126: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 127: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 128: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
129: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
130: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
131: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
132: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 133: <p>
134:
135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 136: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
137: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
138: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
139: </strong></font><br>
140: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
141: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
142: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
143: quoting two of them:
144: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
145: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
146: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
147: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
148: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
149: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
150: <p>
151:
1.255 ian 152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 153: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
154: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
155: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
156: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 157: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 158: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
159: security experts for more than three decades."
160: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
161: <p>
1.261 ian 162:
1.254 drahn 163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 164: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
165: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
166: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
167: </strong></font><br>
168: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
169: from US DARPA.
170: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
171: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
172: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
173: the BSD license.
174: <p>
175: </ul>
176:
1.251 ian 177: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
178: <ul>
179:
180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
181: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
182: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
183: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
184: </strong></font><br>
185: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
186: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
187: Mentions
188: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
189: and
190: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
191: programs.
192: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
193: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
194: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
195: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
196: <p>
1.260 ian 197:
198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
199: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
200: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
201: </strong></font><br>
202: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
203: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
204: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
205: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
206: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
207: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
208: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
209: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
210: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
211: put into service."
212: <p>
213: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
214: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
215: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
216: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
217: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
218: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
219: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
220: computers with security features."
221: <p>
1.251 ian 222: </ul>
223:
1.249 jufi 224: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
225: <ul>
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
227: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
228: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
229: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
230: </strong></font><br>
231: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
232: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
233: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
234: <p>
235: </ul>
236:
1.246 jufi 237: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 238: <ul>
1.246 jufi 239:
1.247 jufi 240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 241: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
242: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
243: </strong></font><br>
244: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
245: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
246: <p>
247:
1.247 jufi 248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 249: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
250: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
251: </strong></font><br>
252: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
253: in their annual OpenHack security test.
254: <p>
1.247 jufi 255: </ul>
1.246 jufi 256:
1.244 jufi 257: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 258: <ul>
1.246 jufi 259:
1.247 jufi 260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 261: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
262: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
263: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
264: <br>
265: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
266: </strong></font><br>
267: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
268: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
269: md5 digests.
270: <p>
271:
1.247 jufi 272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 273: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 274: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 275: </strong></font><br>
276: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
277: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
278: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
279: right the first time."
280: <p>
1.247 jufi 281: </ul>
1.244 jufi 282:
283:
284: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 285: <ul>
1.244 jufi 286:
1.247 jufi 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 288: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
289: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
290: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
291: </strong></font><br>
292: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
293: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
294: part 6</a>.
295: <p>
296:
1.247 jufi 297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 298: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
299: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
302: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
303: <p>
1.247 jufi 304: </ul>
1.242 jufi 305:
306: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 307: <ul>
1.242 jufi 308:
1.247 jufi 309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 310: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
311: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
312: </strong></font><br>
313: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
314: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
315: <p>
316:
1.247 jufi 317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 318: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
319: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
320: </strong></font><br>
321: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
322: this time using pf.
323: <p>
1.247 jufi 324: </ul>
1.242 jufi 325:
326: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 327: <ul>
1.242 jufi 328:
1.247 jufi 329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 330: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
331: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
332: </strong></font><br>
333: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
334: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
335: their rotation.
336: <p>
337:
1.247 jufi 338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
340: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
341: </strong></font><br>
342: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
343: <p>
1.247 jufi 344: </ul>
1.242 jufi 345:
1.239 jufi 346: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 347: <ul>
1.239 jufi 348:
1.247 jufi 349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 350: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
351: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
352: </strong></font><br>
353: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
354: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
355: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
356: <p>
357:
1.247 jufi 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 359: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
360: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
361: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 362: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
363: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
364: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 365: <p>
1.247 jufi 366: </ul>
1.239 jufi 367:
1.235 lebel 368: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 369: <ul>
1.235 lebel 370:
1.239 jufi 371:
1.247 jufi 372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 373: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
374: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
375: </strong></font><br>
376: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
377: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
378: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
379: <p>
1.247 jufi 380: </ul>
1.235 lebel 381:
1.228 horacio 382: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 383: <ul>
1.228 horacio 384:
1.247 jufi 385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 386: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
387: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
388: </strong></font><br>
389: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
390: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
391: <p>
392:
1.247 jufi 393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 394: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
395: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
396: </strong></font><br>
397: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
398: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
399: <p>
400:
1.247 jufi 401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 402: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
403: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
404: </strong></font><br>
405: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
406: on the desktop of his parents.
407: <p>
408:
1.247 jufi 409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 410: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 411: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 412: </strong></font><br>
413: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
414: using IPFilter.
415:
416: <p>
417:
1.247 jufi 418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 419: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
420: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
421: </strong></font><br>
422: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
423: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
424: perspectives of the four OS.
425: <br>
426: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 427: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 428: <p>
429:
1.247 jufi 430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 431: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
432: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
433: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
434: </strong></font><br>
435:
436: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
437: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
438: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
439: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
440: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
441: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
442: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
443: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
444: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
445: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
446: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
447: security conscious team beyond doubt.
448: <p>
1.247 jufi 449: </ul>
1.228 horacio 450:
1.225 horacio 451: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 452: <ul>
1.225 horacio 453:
1.247 jufi 454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 455: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
456: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 457: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 458: </strong></font><br>
459:
460: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
461: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
462: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 463: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 464: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
465: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
466: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
467: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
468: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 469: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 470: of choice.
471: <p>
1.247 jufi 472: </ul>
1.225 horacio 473:
474: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 475: <ul>
1.225 horacio 476:
1.247 jufi 477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 478: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
479: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
480: </strong></font><br>
481:
482: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
483: <p>
484:
1.247 jufi 485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 486: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 487: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 488: </strong></font><br>
489:
490: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
491: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
492: <p>
1.247 jufi 493: </ul>
1.225 horacio 494:
1.218 horacio 495: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 496: <ul>
1.218 horacio 497:
1.247 jufi 498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 499: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
500: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
501: </strong></font><br>
502:
503: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
504: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
505: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
506: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
507: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
508: subjects. Worth a read.
509: <p>
510:
511:
1.247 jufi 512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 513: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 514: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 515: </strong></font><br>
516:
517: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
518: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
519: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
520: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
521: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
522: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
523: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
524: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
525: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 526: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 527: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
528: on other operating systems.<br>
529: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
530: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
531: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
532: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
533: <p>
534:
1.247 jufi 535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 536: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
537: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
538: </strong></font><br>
539:
540: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
541: covering the level of software integration into the core
542: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
543: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
544: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
545: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
546: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
547: <p>
548:
1.247 jufi 549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 550: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
551: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
552: </strong></font><br>
553:
554: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
555: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
556: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
557: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
558: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
559: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
560: <p>
1.247 jufi 561: </ul>
1.221 horacio 562:
1.210 jufi 563: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 564: <ul>
1.215 horacio 565:
1.247 jufi 566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 567: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
568: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
569: </strong></font><br>
570:
571: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
572: source software in response to an article which claimed that
573: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
574: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
575: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
576: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
577: <p>
578:
1.247 jufi 579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 580: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 581: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
582: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 583:
1.224 horacio 584: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
585: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
586: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
587: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
588: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
589: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 590: <p>
1.247 jufi 591: </ul>
1.215 horacio 592:
593: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 594: <ul>
1.215 horacio 595:
1.247 jufi 596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 597: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
598: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
599: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
600: </strong></font><br>
601:
602: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
603: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 604: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 605: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
606: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
607: investment</em>.<br>
608: The implementation details can be seen on their
609: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
610: <p>
611:
1.247 jufi 612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 613: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
614: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
615: </strong></font><br>
616:
617: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
618: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
619: security and says that even secured operating systems running
620: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
621: to time.<br>
622: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
623: system and just the most secure system.
624: <p>
625:
1.247 jufi 626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 627: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
628: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
629: </strong></font><br>
630:
631: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
632: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
633: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
634: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
635: choice:<br>
636: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
637: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
638: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
639: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
640: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
641: network security devices and as such must be well
642: armored."</em><br>
643: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
644: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
645: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
646: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
647: <br>
648: Bravo!
649: <p>
1.247 jufi 650: </ul>
1.210 jufi 651:
1.207 ian 652: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 653: <ul>
1.215 horacio 654:
1.247 jufi 655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 656: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
657: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
658: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 659:
1.207 ian 660: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
661: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 662: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 663: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
664: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
665: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 666: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 667: <p>
1.247 jufi 668: </ul>
1.207 ian 669:
1.194 jufi 670: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 671: <ul>
1.194 jufi 672:
1.247 jufi 673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 674: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
675: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
676: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 677:
1.240 miod 678: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 679: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
680: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
681: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
682: <p>
683:
1.247 jufi 684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 685: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 686: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
687: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
688: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 689:
1.240 miod 690: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 691: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 692: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
693: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
694: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 695: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 696: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
697: <br>
698: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
699: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
700: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
701: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
702: <p>
703:
1.247 jufi 704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 705: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
706: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 707: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 708: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 709:
1.194 jufi 710: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
711: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
712: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
713: <br>
714: The new
715: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 716: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 717: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
718: <p>
1.247 jufi 719: </ul>
1.194 jufi 720:
1.190 horacio 721: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 722: <ul>
1.190 horacio 723:
1.247 jufi 724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 725:
726: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
727: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
728:
729: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
730: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
731:
732: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
733: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
734:
1.212 horacio 735: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
736: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 737: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
738:
1.211 horacio 739: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
740: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 741: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
742:
1.247 jufi 743: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 744: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
745:
1.247 jufi 746: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 747: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
748:
1.212 horacio 749: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
750: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 751: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
752:
753: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
754: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
755:
756: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
757: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
758:
759: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
760: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
761:
762: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 763: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 764:
1.192 jufi 765: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
766: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 767: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 768:
1.193 deraadt 769: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
770: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 771: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 772:
1.247 jufi 773: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 774: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
775:
1.247 jufi 776: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 777: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
778: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
779:
1.213 horacio 780: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 781: 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 782: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
783:
1.190 horacio 784: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 785: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
786: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
787: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
788: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
789: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
790: <p>
1.190 horacio 791:
1.247 jufi 792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 793: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
794: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
795: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 796: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 797:
1.195 jufi 798: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 799: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
800: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
801: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 802: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
803: <p>
804:
1.247 jufi 805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 806: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 807: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
808: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
809: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 810:
1.191 jufi 811: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
812: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
813: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
814: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 815: <p>
1.247 jufi 816: </ul>
1.190 horacio 817:
1.191 jufi 818:
1.186 jufi 819: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 820: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 821:
1.247 jufi 822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 823: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 824: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
825: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 826: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 827:
1.188 jufi 828: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 829: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 830: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 831: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
832: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 833: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 834: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 835: <p>
836:
1.191 jufi 837:
1.247 jufi 838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 839: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
840: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
841: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 842: </strong></font><br>
843:
844: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
845: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
846: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
847: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
848: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
849: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
850: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
851: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
852: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
853: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
854: familiar?
855: <p>
1.247 jufi 856: </ul>
1.191 jufi 857:
1.178 louis 858: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 859: <ul>
1.178 louis 860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 862: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
863: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 864: </strong></font><br>
865:
866: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
867: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
868: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
869: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
870: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
871: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
872: <p>
873:
1.247 jufi 874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 875: <a
1.182 louis 876: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
877: </strong></font><br>
878:
879: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
880: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
881: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
882: <p>
883:
1.247 jufi 884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 885: <a
1.179 louis 886: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
887: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
888: </strong></font><br>
889:
890: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
891: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
892: <p>
1.247 jufi 893: </ul>
1.179 louis 894:
1.174 louis 895:
1.175 louis 896: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 897: <ul>
1.175 louis 898:
1.247 jufi 899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 900: <a
1.179 louis 901: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
902: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
903: </strong></font><br>
904:
905: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
906: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
907: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
908: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
909: <p>
910:
1.247 jufi 911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 912: <a
1.183 ian 913: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 914: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
915: </strong></font><br>
916:
917: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 918: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 919: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
920: <p>
1.247 jufi 921: </ul>
1.175 louis 922:
1.176 louis 923:
1.172 mickey 924: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 925: <ul>
1.172 mickey 926:
1.247 jufi 927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 928: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 929: </strong></font><br>
930:
931: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
932: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
933: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 934: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 935: <p>
936:
1.247 jufi 937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 938: <a
1.174 louis 939: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
940: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
941: </strong></font><br>
942:
943: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
944: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
945: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
946: <p>
947:
1.247 jufi 948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 949: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
950: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
951: </strong></font><br>
952:
953: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
954: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
955: <p>
956:
1.247 jufi 957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 958: <a
959: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
960: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
961: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
962: </strong></font><br>
963:
964: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
965: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
966: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
967: our own Theo de Raadt.
968: <p>
969:
1.247 jufi 970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 971: <a
972: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
973: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
974: </strong></font><br>
975:
976: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
977: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
978: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
979: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
980: shut down.]
981: <p>
982:
1.247 jufi 983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 984: <a
1.226 horacio 985: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
986: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 987: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 988: </strong></font><br>
989:
990: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
991: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
992: <p>
1.247 jufi 993: </ul>
1.172 mickey 994:
1.161 louis 995: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 996: <ul>
1.161 louis 997:
1.247 jufi 998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 999: <a
1000: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
1001: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
1002: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1003: </strong></font><br>
1004:
1005: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1006: by John Wolley
1007: <p>
1008:
1.247 jufi 1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1010: <a
1011: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
1012: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
1013: </strong></font><br>
1014:
1015: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1016: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1017: OpenBSD).
1018: <p>
1019:
1.247 jufi 1020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1021: <a
1.247 jufi 1022: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1023: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1024: </strong></font><br>
1025:
1026: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1027: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1028: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1029: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1030: and hindsight.
1031: <p>
1032:
1.247 jufi 1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1034: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1035: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1036: </strong></font><br>
1037:
1038: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1039: <p>
1040:
1.247 jufi 1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1042: <a
1.168 provos 1043: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1044: December 7, 2000
1045: </strong></font><br>
1046:
1047: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1048: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1049: us explain.
1050: <p>
1051:
1.247 jufi 1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1053: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1054: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1055: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1056: December 6, 2000
1057: </strong></font><br>
1058:
1059: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1060: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1061: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1062: <p>
1063:
1.247 jufi 1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1065: <a
1.226 horacio 1066: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1067: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1068: </strong></font><br>
1069:
1070: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1071: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1072: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1073: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1074: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1075: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1076: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1077: <p>
1.162 millert 1078:
1.247 jufi 1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1080: <a
1.161 louis 1081: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1082: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1083: </strong></font><br>
1084:
1085: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1086: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1087: <p>
1088:
1.247 jufi 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1090: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1091: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1092: </strong></font><br>
1093:
1094: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1095: <p>
1096:
1097:
1.247 jufi 1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1099: <a
1.226 horacio 1100: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1101: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1102: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1103: </strong></font><br>
1104:
1105: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1106: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1107: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1108: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1109: <p>
1.247 jufi 1110: </ul>
1.169 louis 1111:
1.158 louis 1112: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1113: <ul>
1.147 louis 1114:
1.247 jufi 1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1116: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1117: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1118: </strong></font><br>
1119:
1120: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1121: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1122: <p>
1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1125: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1126: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1127: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1128: </strong></font><br>
1129: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1130: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1131: <p>
1132:
1.247 jufi 1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1134: <a
1135: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1136: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1137: </strong></font><br>
1138:
1139: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1140: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1141: <p>
1142:
1.247 jufi 1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1144: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1145: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1146: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1147:
1.213 horacio 1148: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1149: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1150: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1151: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1152: <p>
1.215 horacio 1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1155: <a
1156: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1157: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1158: </strong></font><br>
1159:
1160: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1161: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1162: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1163: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1164: much of the attitude too).
1165: <p>
1.161 louis 1166:
1.247 jufi 1167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1168: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1169: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1170: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1171:
1.157 louis 1172: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1173: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1174: <p>
1.247 jufi 1175: </ul>
1.157 louis 1176:
1177: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1178: <ul>
1.157 louis 1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1181: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1182: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1186: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1187: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1188: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1189: <p>
1190:
1.247 jufi 1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1192: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1193: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1194: </strong></font><br>
1195:
1196: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1197: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1198: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1199: it because they love coding...
1200: <p>
1201:
1.247 jufi 1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1203: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1204: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1205: </strong></font><br>
1206:
1207: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1208: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1209: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1210: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1211: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1212: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1213: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1214: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1215: <p>
1216:
1.247 jufi 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1218: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1219: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1220: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1221: </strong></font><br>
1222:
1223: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1224: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1225: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1226: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1227: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1228: the pizza.
1229: <p>
1230:
1.247 jufi 1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1232: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1233: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1234: </strong></font><br>
1235:
1236: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1237: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1238: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1239: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1240: problems.
1241: <p>
1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1244: <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 1245: </strong></font><br>
1246:
1.222 miod 1247: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1248: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1249: - whether they like it or not.
1250: <p>
1251:
1.247 jufi 1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1253: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1254: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1258: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1259: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1260: <p>
1.148 aaron 1261:
1.247 jufi 1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1263: <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 1264: </strong></font><br>
1265:
1266: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1267: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1268: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1269: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1270: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1271: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1272: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1273: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1274: <p>
1275:
1.247 jufi 1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1277: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1278: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1279: </strong></font><br>
1280:
1281: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1282: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1283: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1284: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1285: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1286: <p>
1.247 jufi 1287: </ul>
1.147 louis 1288:
1.138 louis 1289: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1290: <ul>
1.138 louis 1291:
1.247 jufi 1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1293: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1294: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1295: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1296: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1297: </strong></font><br>
1298:
1.227 horacio 1299: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1300: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1301: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1302: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1303: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1304: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1305: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1306: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1307: <p>
1308:
1.247 jufi 1309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1310: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1311: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1312: </strong></font><br>
1313:
1314: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1315: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1316: groups, and even Linux.
1317: <p>
1318:
1.247 jufi 1319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1320: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1321: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1322: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1323: </strong></font><br>
1324:
1325: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1326: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1327: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1328: library after installing the OS.
1329: <p>
1330:
1.247 jufi 1331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1332: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1333: Sys Admin, September 2000
1334: </strong></font><br>
1335:
1336: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1337: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1338: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1339: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1340: (<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>,
1341: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1342: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1343: <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 1344: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1345: out of the system.
1346: <p>
1347:
1.247 jufi 1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1349: <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
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1353: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1354: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1355: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1356: the IP filtering and address translation.
1357: <p>
1.247 jufi 1358: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1359:
1.131 louis 1360: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1361: <ul>
1.131 louis 1362:
1.247 jufi 1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1364: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1365: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1366: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1367: </strong></font><br>
1368:
1369: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1370: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1371: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1372: <p>
1373:
1.247 jufi 1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1375: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1376: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1377: </strong></font><br>
1378:
1379: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1380: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1381: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1382: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1383: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1384: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1385: note of"</i>.
1386: <p>
1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1389: <a
1.247 jufi 1390: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1391: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1392: </strong></font><br>
1393:
1394: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1395: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1396: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1397: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1398: <p>
1399:
1.247 jufi 1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1401: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1402: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1403: </strong></font><br>
1404:
1405: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1406: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1407: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1408: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1409: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1410: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1411: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1412: <p>
1413:
1.247 jufi 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1415: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1416: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1417: 2000
1418: </strong></font><br>
1419:
1420: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1421: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1422: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1423: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1424: against current industry practices.
1425: <p>
1426:
1.247 jufi 1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1428: <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
1429: </strong></font><br>
1430:
1431: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1432: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1433: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1434: <p>
1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1437: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1438: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1439: </strong></font><br>
1440:
1441: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1442: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1443: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1444: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1445: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1446: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1447: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1448: <p>
1449:
1.247 jufi 1450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1451: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1452: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1453: </strong></font><br>
1454:
1455: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1456: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1457: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1458: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1459: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1460: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1461: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1462: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1463: <p>
1.247 jufi 1464: </ul>
1.131 louis 1465:
1.118 louis 1466: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1467: <ul>
1.118 louis 1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1470: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1471: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1474: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1475: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1476: about time. The article mentions that
1477: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1478: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1479: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1480: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1481: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1482: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1483: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1484: <p>
1485:
1.247 jufi 1486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1487: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1488: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1489: </strong></font><br>
1490:
1491: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1492: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1493: of OpenSSH.
1494: <p>
1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1497: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1498: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1499: </strong></font><br>
1500:
1501: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1502: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1503: bridging.
1504: <p>
1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1507: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1508: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1509: </strong></font><br>
1510:
1.121 deraadt 1511: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1512: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1513: <p>
1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1516: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1517: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1518: </strong></font><br>
1519:
1520: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1521: <p>
1522:
1.247 jufi 1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1524: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1525: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1526: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1527: </strong></font><br>
1528:
1.120 deraadt 1529: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1530: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1531: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1532: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1533: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1534: <p>
1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1537: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1538: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1539: </strong></font><br>
1540:
1.222 miod 1541: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1542: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1543: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1544: protocols and their quirks.
1545: <p>
1546:
1.247 jufi 1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1548: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1549: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1550: </strong></font><br>
1551:
1552: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1553: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1554: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1555: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1556: <p>
1557:
1.247 jufi 1558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1559: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1560: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1561: </strong></font><br>
1562:
1563: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1564: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1565: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1566: <p>
1567:
1.247 jufi 1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1569: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1570: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1571: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573:
1574: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1575: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1576: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1577: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1578: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1579: <p>
1.247 jufi 1580: </ul>
1.118 louis 1581:
1.104 louis 1582: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1583: <ul>
1.104 louis 1584:
1.247 jufi 1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1586: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1587: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1588: </strong></font><br>
1589:
1590: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1591: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1592: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1593: be a bit dry.
1594: <p>
1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1597: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1598: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1599: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1600: </strong></font><br>
1601: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1602: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1603: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1604: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1605: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1606: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1607: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1608: <p>
1609:
1.247 jufi 1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1611: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1612: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1613: 2000
1.128 louis 1614: </strong></font><br>
1615:
1616: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1617: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1618: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1619: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1620: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1621: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1622: <p>
1623:
1.247 jufi 1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1625: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1626: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1627: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1628:
1629: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1630: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1631: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1632: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1633: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1634: <p>
1.110 louis 1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1637: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1638: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1639: </strong></font><br>
1640:
1641: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1642: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1643: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1644: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1645: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1646: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1647: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1648: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1649: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1650: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1651: <p>
1652:
1.247 jufi 1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1654: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1655: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1656:
1657: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1658: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1659: <p>
1.108 louis 1660:
1.247 jufi 1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1662: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1663: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1664: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1665:
1666: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1667: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1668: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1669: <p>
1.106 louis 1670:
1.247 jufi 1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1672: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1673: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1674: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1675:
1676: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1677: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1678: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1679: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1680: <p>
1.107 louis 1681:
1.247 jufi 1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1683: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1684: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1685: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1686:
1687: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1688: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1689: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1690: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1691: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1692: <p>
1.105 louis 1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1695: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1696: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1697: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1698:
1.113 naddy 1699: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1700: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1701: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1702: <p>
1.104 louis 1703:
1.247 jufi 1704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1705: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1706: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1707: </strong></font><br>
1708:
1709: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1710: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1711: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1712: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1713: <p>
1.247 jufi 1714: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1715:
1.85 louis 1716: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1717: <ul>
1.85 louis 1718:
1.247 jufi 1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1720: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1721: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1722: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1723:
1724: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1725: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1726: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1727: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1728: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1729: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1730: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1731: <p>
1.99 louis 1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1734: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1735: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1736: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1737:
1738: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1739: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1740: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1741: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1742: <p>
1.100 louis 1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1745: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1746: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1747: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1748:
1749: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1750: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1751: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1752: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1753: <p>
1.95 louis 1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1756: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1757: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1758: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1759:
1760: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1761: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1762: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1763: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1764: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1765: <p>
1.92 louis 1766:
1.247 jufi 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1768: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1769: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1770: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1771:
1772: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1773: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1774: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1775: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1776: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1777: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1778: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1779: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1780: <p>
1.91 louis 1781:
1.247 jufi 1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1783: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1784: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1785: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1786:
1787: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1788: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1789: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1790: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1791: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1792: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1793: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1794: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1795: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1796: <p>
1.90 louis 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1799: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1800: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1801: </strong></font><br>
1802: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1803: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1804: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1805: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1806: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1807: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1808: <p>
1809:
1.247 jufi 1810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1811: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1812: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1813: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1814:
1.113 naddy 1815: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1816: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1817: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1818: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1819: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1820: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1821: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1822: <p>
1.87 louis 1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1825: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1826: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1827: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1828:
1829: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1830: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1831: <p>
1.85 louis 1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1834: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1835: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1836: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1837:
1838: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1839: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1840: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1841: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1842: <p>
1.89 louis 1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1845: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1846: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1847: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1848:
1849: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1850: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1851: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1852: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1853: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1854: </ul>
1.85 louis 1855:
1.78 deraadt 1856: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1857: <ul>
1.74 louis 1858:
1.247 jufi 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1860: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1861: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1862: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1863: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1864:
1865: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1866: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1867: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1868: <p>
1.83 louis 1869:
1.247 jufi 1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1871: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1872: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1873: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1874:
1875: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1876: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1877: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1878: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1879: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1880: <p>
1.93 louis 1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1883: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1884: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1885: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1886: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1887:
1.83 louis 1888: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1889: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1890: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1891: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1892: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1893: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1894: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1895: <p>
1.82 aaron 1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1898: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1899: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1900: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1901:
1.83 louis 1902: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1903: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1904: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1905: <p>
1.80 louis 1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1908: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1909: Bad Press</a>,
1910: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1911: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1912:
1913: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1914: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1915: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1916: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1917: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.247 jufi 1919: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1920:
1921: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1922: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1923:
1.247 jufi 1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1925: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1926: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1927: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1928: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1929:
1930: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1931: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1932: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1933: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1934: <p>
1.74 louis 1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1937: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1938: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1939: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1940:
1.219 horacio 1941: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1942: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1943: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1944: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1945: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1946: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1947: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1948: <p>
1.88 louis 1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1951: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1952: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1953: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1954:
1955: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1956: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1957: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1958: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1959: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1960: <p>
1.81 louis 1961:
1.247 jufi 1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1963: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1964: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1965: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1966:
1967: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1968: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1969: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1970: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1971: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1972: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1973: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1974: <p>
1.90 louis 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1977: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1978: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1979: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1980:
1981: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1982: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1983: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1984: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1985: <p>
1.247 jufi 1986: </ul>
1.71 louis 1987:
1.69 deraadt 1988: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1989: <ul>
1.70 louis 1990:
1.247 jufi 1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1992: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1993: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1994: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1995:
1996: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1997: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1998: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1999: <p>
1.70 louis 2000:
1.247 jufi 2001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2002: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2003: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2005:
2006: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2007: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2008: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2009: <p>
1.68 louis 2010:
1.247 jufi 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2012: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2013: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2014: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2015: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2016:
1.111 jufi 2017: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2018: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2019: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2020: "secure by default" installation.
2021: <p>
1.64 louis 2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2024: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2025: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2026: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2027:
1.113 naddy 2028: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2029: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2030: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2031: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2032: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2033: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.66 louis 2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2037: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2038: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2039: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2040:
2041: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2042: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2043: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2044: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2045: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2046: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2047: <p>
1.83 louis 2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2050: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2051: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2052: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2053:
2054: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2055: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2056: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2057: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2058: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2059: <p>
1.64 louis 2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2062: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2063: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2065:
2066: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2067: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2068: <p>
1.247 jufi 2069: </ul>
1.65 louis 2070:
1.69 deraadt 2071: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2072: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2075: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2076: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2078:
2079: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2080: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2081: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2082: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2083: <p>
1.88 louis 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2086: <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 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2088:
2089: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2090: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2091: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2092: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2093: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2094: <p>
1.60 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2097: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2098: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2099: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2101:
2102: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2103: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2104: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2105: <p>
1.58 louis 2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2108: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2109: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2110:
2111: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2112: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2113: <p>
1.53 louis 2114:
1.247 jufi 2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2116: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2117: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2118: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2119:
2120: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2121: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2122: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2123: <p>
1.99 louis 2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2126: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2127: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2128:
2129: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2130: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2131: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2132: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2133: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2136: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2137: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2138: </strong></font><br>
2139:
2140: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2141: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2142: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2143: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2144: <p>
2145:
1.247 jufi 2146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2147: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2148: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2149: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2150:
2151: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2152: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2153: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2156: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2157: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2158:
2159: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2160: in
1.247 jufi 2161: <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 2162: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2163: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2164: <p>
1.53 louis 2165:
1.247 jufi 2166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2167: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2168: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2169: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2170: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2171:
1.58 louis 2172: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2173: <p>
1.247 jufi 2174: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2175:
1.69 deraadt 2176: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2177: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2178:
1.247 jufi 2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2180: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2181: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2182: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2184:
1.58 louis 2185: Kurt Seifried
2186: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2187: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2188: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2189: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2192: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2193: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2194: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2195:
2196: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2197: <p>
1.96 louis 2198:
1.247 jufi 2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2200: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2201: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2202: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2203:
2204: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2205: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2206: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2207: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2208: <p>
1.247 jufi 2209: </ul>
1.86 louis 2210:
1.69 deraadt 2211: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2212: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2215: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2216: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2217: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2218:
2219: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2220: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2221: <p>
1.61 louis 2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2224: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2225: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2226: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2227: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2228:
2229: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2230: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2231: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2232: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2233: right -- or at least strives to".
2234: <p>
1.48 louis 2235:
1.247 jufi 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2237: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2238: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2239: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2240: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2241: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2242: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2243: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2244: <p>
1.61 louis 2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <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 2247: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2248: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2249:
2250: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2251: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2252: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2253: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2254: <p>
1.46 louis 2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2257: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2258: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2259: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2260:
2261: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2262: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2263: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2266: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2267: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2269:
2270: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2271: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2272: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2273: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2274: <p>
1.247 jufi 2275: </ul>
1.70 louis 2276:
1.69 deraadt 2277: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2278: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2281: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2282: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2283: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2284: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2285:
2286: Kurt Seifried
2287: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2288: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2289: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2290: <p>
1.44 philen 2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <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 2293: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2294: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2295:
2296: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2297: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <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 2300: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2301: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2302:
2303: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2304: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <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 2307: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2308: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2309:
2310: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2311: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2312: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2313: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2314: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <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 2317: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2318: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2319:
1.36 louis 2320: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2321: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2324: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2325: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2326: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2327:
2328: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2329: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2330: </ul>
1.38 louis 2331:
1.69 deraadt 2332: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2333: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2334:
1.247 jufi 2335: <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 2336: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2337: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2338:
2339: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2340: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2341: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2342:
1.113 naddy 2343: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2344: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2345: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2346: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2347:
2348: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2349: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2350: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2351: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2352: <blockquote>
2353: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2354: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2355: <br>
2356: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2357: </code>
2358: </blockquote>
2359: <p>
2360:
1.247 jufi 2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2362: <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>
2363: <p>
2364:
2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2366: <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 2367: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2368:
2369: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2370: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2371: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2372: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2375: <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 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2377:
2378: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2379: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2380: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2381: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2382: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2383: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2384: <p>
1.19 louis 2385:
1.113 naddy 2386: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2387: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2388: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2389:
2390: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2391: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2392: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2393: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2394: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2395: <p>
1.16 louis 2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2398: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2399: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2401:
1.57 louis 2402: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2403: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2404: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2405: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2406:
1.247 jufi 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2408: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2409: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2410: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2411:
1.113 naddy 2412: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2413:
1.247 jufi 2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2415: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2416: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2417: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2418:
1.23 louis 2419: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2420: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2421: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2422: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2423: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2424: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2427: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2428: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2430:
1.199 pvalchev 2431: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2432: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2433: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2434: installation.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.47 louis 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2438: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2439: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2440: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2441:
2442: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2443: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2444: </ul>
1.57 louis 2445:
1.69 deraadt 2446: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2447: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2450: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2451: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2452: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2453:
2454: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2455: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2456: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2457: <p>
1.12 louis 2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2460: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2461: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2462: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2463:
2464: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2465: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2466: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2467: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2468: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2469: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2470: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2471: <p>
1.247 jufi 2472: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2473:
1.69 deraadt 2474: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2475: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2476:
1.247 jufi 2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2478: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2479: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2480:
2481: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2482: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2483: available."
1.113 naddy 2484: <p>
1.247 jufi 2485: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2486:
1.69 deraadt 2487: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2488: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2489:
1.247 jufi 2490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2491: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2492: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2493:
2494: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2495: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2496: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2497: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2498: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2499: <p>
1.33 louis 2500:
1.247 jufi 2501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2502: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2503: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2504: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2505:
1.113 naddy 2506: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2507: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2508: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2509: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2510: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.57 louis 2513:
1.69 deraadt 2514: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2518: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2519: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2520: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2521:
2522: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2523: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2524: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2527: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2528: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2529: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2530: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2531:
2532: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2533: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2536: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2537:
1.113 naddy 2538: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2541: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2542: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2543: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2544:
2545: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2546: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2547: </ul>
1.23 louis 2548:
1.69 deraadt 2549: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2550: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2553: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2554: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2555:
2556: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2557: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2558: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2561: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2562: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2564:
2565: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2566: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2567: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2568: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2569: </ul>
1.57 louis 2570:
1.69 deraadt 2571: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2572: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2575: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2576: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2577: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2578:
2579: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2580: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2581: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2582: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2583: <p>
1.15 louis 2584:
1.247 jufi 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2586: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2587: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2588: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2589:
2590: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2591: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2592: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2593: columns."
1.113 naddy 2594: <p>
1.247 jufi 2595: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2596:
1.69 deraadt 2597: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2598: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2601: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2602: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2603: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2604:
2605: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2606: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2607:
1.113 naddy 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2609: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2610: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2611:
2612: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2613: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2614: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2615: </ul>
1.57 louis 2616:
1.69 deraadt 2617: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2618: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2619:
1.113 naddy 2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2621: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2622: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2623: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2624:
1.222 miod 2625: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2626: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2627: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2628: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2629: <p>
1.247 jufi 2630: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2631:
1.69 deraadt 2632: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2633: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2636: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2637: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2638:
1.69 deraadt 2639: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2640: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2641: <p>
1.247 jufi 2642: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2643:
1.69 deraadt 2644: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2645: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2646:
1.247 jufi 2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2648: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2649: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2650: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2651:
2652: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2653: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2654: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2657: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2658: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2659: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2660: <p>
1.247 jufi 2661: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2662:
1.69 deraadt 2663: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2664: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2665:
1.247 jufi 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2667: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2668: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2669: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2670: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2671: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2672:
2673: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2674: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2675: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2676: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2677: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2678: <p>
1.247 jufi 2679: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2680:
2681: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2682: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2685: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2686: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2687:
1.69 deraadt 2688: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2689: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2690: <p>
1.112 naddy 2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2693: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2694:
1.113 naddy 2695: <hr>
2696: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2697: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2698:
1.200 niklas 2699: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: <ul>
2702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2703: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2704: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2705:
2706: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2707: <p>
2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2710:
2711: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <ul>
2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2715: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2716: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2717:
2718: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2719: <p>
2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2722: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2723: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2724:
2725: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2726: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2727: <p>
2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2730:
2731: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <ul>
2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2735: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2736: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2737:
2738: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2739: <p>
2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2742:
1.102 niklas 2743: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <ul>
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2747: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2748: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2749:
2750: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2751: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2752: <p>
1.102 niklas 2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2755:
1.84 niklas 2756: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <ul>
2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2760: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2761: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2762:
2763: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2764: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2765: <p>
1.84 niklas 2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2768:
1.69 deraadt 2769: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2770:
1.247 jufi 2771: <ul>
2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2773: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2774: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2775:
1.222 miod 2776: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2777: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2778: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2779: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2782: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2783: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2784: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2785: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2786:
1.20 louis 2787: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2788: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2789: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2790: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2794:
1.113 naddy 2795: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2796: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2797: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2798:
2799:
2800: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2801: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2804: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2805: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2806:
2807: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2808: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2809: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2810:
2811: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2812: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2813:
1.247 jufi 2814: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2815:
2816:
1.170 louis 2817: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2818: <ul>
1.170 louis 2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2821: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2822: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2823: </strong></font><br>
2824:
2825: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2826: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2827: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2828: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2829: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2830: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2831: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2832: <p>
1.247 jufi 2833: </ul>
1.170 louis 2834:
1.69 deraadt 2835: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2836: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2837:
1.247 jufi 2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2839: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2840: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2842:
2843: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2844: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2845: translating and reprinting articles from
2846: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2847: <p>
1.247 jufi 2848: </ul>
1.20 louis 2849:
1.113 naddy 2850: <hr>
2851: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2852: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2853:
1.246 jufi 2854: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2855: <ul>
2856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2857: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2858: December 04, 2002
2859: </strong></font><br>
2860: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2861: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2862: <p>
1.247 jufi 2863: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2864:
1.151 louis 2865: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2866: <ul>
1.151 louis 2867:
1.247 jufi 2868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2869: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2870: </strong></font><br>
2871:
2872: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2873: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2874: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2875: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2876: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2877: <p>
1.247 jufi 2878: </ul>
1.151 louis 2879:
1.72 louis 2880: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2881: <ul>
1.72 louis 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2884: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2885: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2886: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2887:
1.101 jufi 2888: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2889: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2890: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2891: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2892: Giving way to
2893: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2894: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2895: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2896: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2897: <p>
1.247 jufi 2898: </ul>
1.72 louis 2899:
1.69 deraadt 2900: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2901: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2904: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2905: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2906: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2907:
2908: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2909: <p>
1.247 jufi 2910: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2911:
1.50 louis 2912:
1.113 naddy 2913: <hr>
2914: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2915: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2916:
1.69 deraadt 2917: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2918: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2921: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2922: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2923: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2924:
2925: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2926: <p>
1.247 jufi 2927: </ul>
1.62 form 2928:
1.69 deraadt 2929: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2930: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2933: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2934: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2935: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2936:
1.59 form 2937: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2938: <p>
1.112 naddy 2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2941:
1.113 naddy 2942: <hr>
2943: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2944: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2945: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2948: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2949: Radio, August 2, 2000
2950: </strong></font><br>
2951:
2952: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2953: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2954: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2955: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2956: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2957: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2958: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2959: <p>
2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2962: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2963: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2964: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2965: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2966:
2967: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2968: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2969: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2970: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2971: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2972: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2973: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2974: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2975: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2976: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2977: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2978: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2979: <p>
1.247 jufi 2980: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2981:
1.113 naddy 2982: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2983: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2984: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2985:
2986: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2987: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2988:
1.247 jufi 2989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2990: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2991: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2992: </strong></font><br>
2993:
2994: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2995: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2996: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2997: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2998: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2999: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3000: A
1.216 horacio 3001: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3002: <p>
1.247 jufi 3003: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3004:
1.252 miod 3005: <hr>
3006: <a name=fr></a>
3007: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3008:
3009: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3010: <ul>
3011:
3012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3013: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3014: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3018: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3019: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3020: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3021: <p>
3022: </ul>
3023:
1.216 horacio 3024:
3025: <hr>
3026: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3027: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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