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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:
1.263 ! deraadt 47: <ul>
! 48: <li><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">Seattle Post Intelligencer</a>
! 49: <li><a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/17/ap/HiTech/apnews42742-03.txt">The Porterville Recorder, CA</a> [Pulled]
! 50: <li><a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Lakeland Leger</a>
! 51: <li><a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Times Daily, AL</a>
! 52: <li><a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">Boston.com, MA</a><li><a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL</a>
! 53: </ul>
1.262 beck 54: <p>
55:
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 ! deraadt 57: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
! 58: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
! 59: John Lasser of SecurityFocus, April 18.</a>
! 60: </strong></font><br>
1.261 ian 61: talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
62: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
63: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
64: <p>
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
67: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
68: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
69: The Register, April 18th.
70: </strong></font><br>
71: Another report on the DARPA funding.
72: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
73: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
74: <p>
75:
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 77: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
78: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
79: news.com.com, April 17th.
80: </strong></font><br>
81: (also online at
82: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
83: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
84: <br>
85: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
86: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
87: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
88: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
89: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
90: Goes on to say:
91: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
92: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
93: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
94: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
95: <p>
96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
97: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
98: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
99: SlashDot, April 17th.
100: </strong></font><br>
101: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding canellation.
102: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
103: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
104: without notice or justification.
105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
108: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
109: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
110: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
111: </strong></font><br>
112: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
113: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
114: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
115: effective today, without any warning..."
116: <p>
1.257 ian 117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 119: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
120: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 121: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 122: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 123: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
124: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
125: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
126: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
127: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 128: <p>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 131: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
132: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
133: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
134: </strong></font><br>
135: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
136: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
137: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
138: quoting two of them:
139: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
140: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
141: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
142: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
143: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
144: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
145: <p>
146:
1.255 ian 147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 148: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
149: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
150: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
151: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 152: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 153: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
154: security experts for more than three decades."
155: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
156: <p>
1.261 ian 157:
1.254 drahn 158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 159: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
160: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
161: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
162: </strong></font><br>
163: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
164: from US DARPA.
165: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
166: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
167: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
168: the BSD license.
169: <p>
170: </ul>
171:
1.251 ian 172: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
173: <ul>
174:
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
176: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
177: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
178: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
179: </strong></font><br>
180: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
181: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
182: Mentions
183: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
184: and
185: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
186: programs.
187: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
188: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
189: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
190: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
191: <p>
1.260 ian 192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
194: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
195: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
196: </strong></font><br>
197: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
198: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
199: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
200: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
201: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
202: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
203: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
204: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
205: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
206: put into service."
207: <p>
208: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
209: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
210: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
211: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
212: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
213: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
214: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
215: computers with security features."
216: <p>
1.251 ian 217: </ul>
218:
1.249 jufi 219: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
220: <ul>
221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
222: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
223: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
224: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
225: </strong></font><br>
226: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
227: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
228: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
229: <p>
230: </ul>
231:
1.246 jufi 232: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 233: <ul>
1.246 jufi 234:
1.247 jufi 235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 236: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
237: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
238: </strong></font><br>
239: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
240: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
241: <p>
242:
1.247 jufi 243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 244: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
245: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
246: </strong></font><br>
247: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
248: in their annual OpenHack security test.
249: <p>
1.247 jufi 250: </ul>
1.246 jufi 251:
1.244 jufi 252: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 253: <ul>
1.246 jufi 254:
1.247 jufi 255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 256: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
257: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
258: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
259: <br>
260: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
261: </strong></font><br>
262: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
263: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
264: md5 digests.
265: <p>
266:
1.247 jufi 267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 268: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 269: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 270: </strong></font><br>
271: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
272: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
273: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
274: right the first time."
275: <p>
1.247 jufi 276: </ul>
1.244 jufi 277:
278:
279: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 280: <ul>
1.244 jufi 281:
1.247 jufi 282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 283: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
284: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
285: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
286: </strong></font><br>
287: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
288: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
289: part 6</a>.
290: <p>
291:
1.247 jufi 292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 293: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
294: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
295: </strong></font><br>
296: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
297: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
298: <p>
1.247 jufi 299: </ul>
1.242 jufi 300:
301: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 302: <ul>
1.242 jufi 303:
1.247 jufi 304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 305: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
306: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
307: </strong></font><br>
308: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
309: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
310: <p>
311:
1.247 jufi 312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 313: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
314: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
315: </strong></font><br>
316: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
317: this time using pf.
318: <p>
1.247 jufi 319: </ul>
1.242 jufi 320:
321: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 322: <ul>
1.242 jufi 323:
1.247 jufi 324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 325: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
326: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
327: </strong></font><br>
328: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
329: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
330: their rotation.
331: <p>
332:
1.247 jufi 333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 334: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
335: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
336: </strong></font><br>
337: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
338: <p>
1.247 jufi 339: </ul>
1.242 jufi 340:
1.239 jufi 341: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 342: <ul>
1.239 jufi 343:
1.247 jufi 344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 345: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
346: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
347: </strong></font><br>
348: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
349: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
350: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
351: <p>
352:
1.247 jufi 353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 354: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
355: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
356: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 357: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
358: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
359: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 360: <p>
1.247 jufi 361: </ul>
1.239 jufi 362:
1.235 lebel 363: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 364: <ul>
1.235 lebel 365:
1.239 jufi 366:
1.247 jufi 367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 368: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
369: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
370: </strong></font><br>
371: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
372: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
373: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
374: <p>
1.247 jufi 375: </ul>
1.235 lebel 376:
1.228 horacio 377: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 378: <ul>
1.228 horacio 379:
1.247 jufi 380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 381: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
382: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
383: </strong></font><br>
384: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
385: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
386: <p>
387:
1.247 jufi 388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 389: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
390: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
391: </strong></font><br>
392: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
393: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
394: <p>
395:
1.247 jufi 396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 397: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
398: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
399: </strong></font><br>
400: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
401: on the desktop of his parents.
402: <p>
403:
1.247 jufi 404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 405: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 406: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 407: </strong></font><br>
408: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
409: using IPFilter.
410:
411: <p>
412:
1.247 jufi 413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 414: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
415: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
416: </strong></font><br>
417: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
418: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
419: perspectives of the four OS.
420: <br>
421: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 422: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 423: <p>
424:
1.247 jufi 425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 426: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
427: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
428: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
429: </strong></font><br>
430:
431: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
432: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
433: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
434: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
435: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
436: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
437: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
438: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
439: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
440: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
441: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
442: security conscious team beyond doubt.
443: <p>
1.247 jufi 444: </ul>
1.228 horacio 445:
1.225 horacio 446: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 447: <ul>
1.225 horacio 448:
1.247 jufi 449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 450: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
451: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 452: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 453: </strong></font><br>
454:
455: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
456: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
457: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 458: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 459: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
460: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
461: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
462: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
463: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 464: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 465: of choice.
466: <p>
1.247 jufi 467: </ul>
1.225 horacio 468:
469: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 470: <ul>
1.225 horacio 471:
1.247 jufi 472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 473: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
474: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
475: </strong></font><br>
476:
477: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
478: <p>
479:
1.247 jufi 480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 481: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 482: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 483: </strong></font><br>
484:
485: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
486: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
487: <p>
1.247 jufi 488: </ul>
1.225 horacio 489:
1.218 horacio 490: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 491: <ul>
1.218 horacio 492:
1.247 jufi 493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 494: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
495: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
496: </strong></font><br>
497:
498: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
499: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
500: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
501: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
502: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
503: subjects. Worth a read.
504: <p>
505:
506:
1.247 jufi 507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 508: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 509: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 510: </strong></font><br>
511:
512: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
513: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
514: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
515: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
516: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
517: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
518: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
519: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
520: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 521: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 522: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
523: on other operating systems.<br>
524: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
525: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
526: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
527: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
528: <p>
529:
1.247 jufi 530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 531: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
532: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
533: </strong></font><br>
534:
535: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
536: covering the level of software integration into the core
537: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
538: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
539: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
540: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
541: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
542: <p>
543:
1.247 jufi 544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 545: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
546: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
550: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
551: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
552: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
553: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
554: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
555: <p>
1.247 jufi 556: </ul>
1.221 horacio 557:
1.210 jufi 558: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 559: <ul>
1.215 horacio 560:
1.247 jufi 561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 562: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
563: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
564: </strong></font><br>
565:
566: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
567: source software in response to an article which claimed that
568: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
569: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
570: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
571: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
572: <p>
573:
1.247 jufi 574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 575: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 576: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
577: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 578:
1.224 horacio 579: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
580: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
581: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
582: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
583: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
584: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 585: <p>
1.247 jufi 586: </ul>
1.215 horacio 587:
588: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 589: <ul>
1.215 horacio 590:
1.247 jufi 591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 592: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
593: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
594: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
595: </strong></font><br>
596:
597: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
598: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 599: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 600: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
601: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
602: investment</em>.<br>
603: The implementation details can be seen on their
604: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
605: <p>
606:
1.247 jufi 607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 608: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
609: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
610: </strong></font><br>
611:
612: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
613: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
614: security and says that even secured operating systems running
615: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
616: to time.<br>
617: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
618: system and just the most secure system.
619: <p>
620:
1.247 jufi 621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 622: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
623: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
624: </strong></font><br>
625:
626: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
627: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
628: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
629: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
630: choice:<br>
631: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
632: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
633: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
634: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
635: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
636: network security devices and as such must be well
637: armored."</em><br>
638: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
639: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
640: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
641: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
642: <br>
643: Bravo!
644: <p>
1.247 jufi 645: </ul>
1.210 jufi 646:
1.207 ian 647: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 648: <ul>
1.215 horacio 649:
1.247 jufi 650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 651: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
652: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
653: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 654:
1.207 ian 655: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
656: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 657: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 658: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
659: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
660: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 661: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 662: <p>
1.247 jufi 663: </ul>
1.207 ian 664:
1.194 jufi 665: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 666: <ul>
1.194 jufi 667:
1.247 jufi 668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 669: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
670: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
671: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 672:
1.240 miod 673: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 674: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
675: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
676: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
677: <p>
678:
1.247 jufi 679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 680: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 681: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
682: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
683: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 684:
1.240 miod 685: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 686: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 687: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
688: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
689: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 690: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 691: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
692: <br>
693: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
694: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
695: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
696: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
697: <p>
698:
1.247 jufi 699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 700: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
701: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 702: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 703: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 704:
1.194 jufi 705: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
706: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
707: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
708: <br>
709: The new
710: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 711: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 712: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
713: <p>
1.247 jufi 714: </ul>
1.194 jufi 715:
1.190 horacio 716: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 717: <ul>
1.190 horacio 718:
1.247 jufi 719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 720:
721: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
722: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
723:
724: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
725: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
726:
727: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
728: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
729:
1.212 horacio 730: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
731: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 732: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
733:
1.211 horacio 734: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
735: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 736: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
737:
1.247 jufi 738: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 739: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
740:
1.247 jufi 741: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 742: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
743:
1.212 horacio 744: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
745: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 746: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
747:
748: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
749: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
750:
751: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
752: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
753:
754: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
755: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
756:
757: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 758: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 759:
1.192 jufi 760: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
761: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 762: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 763:
1.193 deraadt 764: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
765: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 766: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 767:
1.247 jufi 768: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 769: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
770:
1.247 jufi 771: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 772: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
773: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
774:
1.213 horacio 775: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 776: 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 777: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
778:
1.190 horacio 779: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 780: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
781: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
782: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
783: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
784: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
785: <p>
1.190 horacio 786:
1.247 jufi 787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 788: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
789: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
790: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 791: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 792:
1.195 jufi 793: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 794: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
795: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
796: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 797: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
798: <p>
799:
1.247 jufi 800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 801: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 802: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
803: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
804: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 805:
1.191 jufi 806: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
807: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
808: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
809: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 810: <p>
1.247 jufi 811: </ul>
1.190 horacio 812:
1.191 jufi 813:
1.186 jufi 814: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 815: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 816:
1.247 jufi 817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 818: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 819: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
820: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 821: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 822:
1.188 jufi 823: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 824: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 825: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 826: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
827: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 828: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 829: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 830: <p>
831:
1.191 jufi 832:
1.247 jufi 833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 834: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
835: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
836: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 837: </strong></font><br>
838:
839: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
840: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
841: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
842: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
843: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
844: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
845: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
846: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
847: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
848: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
849: familiar?
850: <p>
1.247 jufi 851: </ul>
1.191 jufi 852:
1.178 louis 853: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 854: <ul>
1.178 louis 855:
1.247 jufi 856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 857: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
858: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 859: </strong></font><br>
860:
861: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
862: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
863: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
864: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
865: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
866: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
867: <p>
868:
1.247 jufi 869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 870: <a
1.182 louis 871: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
872: </strong></font><br>
873:
874: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
875: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
876: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
877: <p>
878:
1.247 jufi 879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 880: <a
1.179 louis 881: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
882: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
883: </strong></font><br>
884:
885: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
886: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
887: <p>
1.247 jufi 888: </ul>
1.179 louis 889:
1.174 louis 890:
1.175 louis 891: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 892: <ul>
1.175 louis 893:
1.247 jufi 894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 895: <a
1.179 louis 896: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
897: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
898: </strong></font><br>
899:
900: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
901: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
902: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
903: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
904: <p>
905:
1.247 jufi 906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 907: <a
1.183 ian 908: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 909: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
910: </strong></font><br>
911:
912: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 913: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 914: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
915: <p>
1.247 jufi 916: </ul>
1.175 louis 917:
1.176 louis 918:
1.172 mickey 919: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 920: <ul>
1.172 mickey 921:
1.247 jufi 922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 923: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 924: </strong></font><br>
925:
926: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
927: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
928: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 929: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 930: <p>
931:
1.247 jufi 932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 933: <a
1.174 louis 934: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
935: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
936: </strong></font><br>
937:
938: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
939: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
940: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
941: <p>
942:
1.247 jufi 943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 944: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
945: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
946: </strong></font><br>
947:
948: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
949: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
950: <p>
951:
1.247 jufi 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 953: <a
954: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
955: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
956: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
957: </strong></font><br>
958:
959: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
960: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
961: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
962: our own Theo de Raadt.
963: <p>
964:
1.247 jufi 965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 966: <a
967: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
968: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
969: </strong></font><br>
970:
971: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
972: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
973: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
974: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
975: shut down.]
976: <p>
977:
1.247 jufi 978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 979: <a
1.226 horacio 980: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
981: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 982: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 983: </strong></font><br>
984:
985: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
986: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
987: <p>
1.247 jufi 988: </ul>
1.172 mickey 989:
1.161 louis 990: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 991: <ul>
1.161 louis 992:
1.247 jufi 993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 994: <a
995: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
996: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
997: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
998: </strong></font><br>
999:
1000: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1001: by John Wolley
1002: <p>
1003:
1.247 jufi 1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1005: <a
1006: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
1007: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
1008: </strong></font><br>
1009:
1010: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1011: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1012: OpenBSD).
1013: <p>
1014:
1.247 jufi 1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1016: <a
1.247 jufi 1017: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1018: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1019: </strong></font><br>
1020:
1021: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1022: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1023: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1024: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1025: and hindsight.
1026: <p>
1027:
1.247 jufi 1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1029: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1030: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1031: </strong></font><br>
1032:
1033: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1034: <p>
1035:
1.247 jufi 1036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1037: <a
1.168 provos 1038: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1039: December 7, 2000
1040: </strong></font><br>
1041:
1042: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1043: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1044: us explain.
1045: <p>
1046:
1.247 jufi 1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1048: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1049: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1050: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1051: December 6, 2000
1052: </strong></font><br>
1053:
1054: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1055: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1056: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1057: <p>
1058:
1.247 jufi 1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1060: <a
1.226 horacio 1061: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1062: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1063: </strong></font><br>
1064:
1065: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1066: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1067: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1068: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1069: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1070: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1071: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1072: <p>
1.162 millert 1073:
1.247 jufi 1074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1075: <a
1.161 louis 1076: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1077: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1078: </strong></font><br>
1079:
1080: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1081: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1082: <p>
1083:
1.247 jufi 1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1085: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1086: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1087: </strong></font><br>
1088:
1089: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1090: <p>
1091:
1092:
1.247 jufi 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1094: <a
1.226 horacio 1095: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1096: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1097: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1098: </strong></font><br>
1099:
1100: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1101: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1102: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1103: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1104: <p>
1.247 jufi 1105: </ul>
1.169 louis 1106:
1.158 louis 1107: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1108: <ul>
1.147 louis 1109:
1.247 jufi 1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1111: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1112: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1113: </strong></font><br>
1114:
1115: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1116: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1117: <p>
1118:
1.247 jufi 1119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1120: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1121: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1122: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1123: </strong></font><br>
1124: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1125: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1126: <p>
1127:
1.247 jufi 1128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1129: <a
1130: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1131: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1132: </strong></font><br>
1133:
1134: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1135: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1136: <p>
1137:
1.247 jufi 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1139: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1140: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1141: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1142:
1.213 horacio 1143: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1144: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1145: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1146: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1147: <p>
1.215 horacio 1148:
1.247 jufi 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1150: <a
1151: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1152: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1153: </strong></font><br>
1154:
1155: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1156: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1157: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1158: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1159: much of the attitude too).
1160: <p>
1.161 louis 1161:
1.247 jufi 1162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1163: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1164: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1165: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1166:
1.157 louis 1167: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1168: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1169: <p>
1.247 jufi 1170: </ul>
1.157 louis 1171:
1172: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1173: <ul>
1.157 louis 1174:
1.247 jufi 1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1176: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1177: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1178: </strong></font><br>
1179:
1180: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1181: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1182: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1183: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1184: <p>
1185:
1.247 jufi 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1187: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1188: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1189: </strong></font><br>
1190:
1191: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1192: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1193: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1194: it because they love coding...
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1198: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1199: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201:
1202: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1203: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1204: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1205: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1206: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1207: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1208: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1209: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1210: <p>
1211:
1.247 jufi 1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1213: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1214: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1215: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1216: </strong></font><br>
1217:
1218: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1219: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1220: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1221: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1222: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1223: the pizza.
1224: <p>
1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1227: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1228: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1229: </strong></font><br>
1230:
1231: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1232: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1233: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1234: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1235: problems.
1236: <p>
1237:
1.247 jufi 1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1239: <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 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241:
1.222 miod 1242: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1243: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1244: - whether they like it or not.
1245: <p>
1246:
1.247 jufi 1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1248: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1249: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1250: </strong></font><br>
1251:
1252: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1253: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1254: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1255: <p>
1.148 aaron 1256:
1.247 jufi 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1258: <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 1259: </strong></font><br>
1260:
1261: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1262: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1263: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1264: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1265: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1266: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1267: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1268: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1269: <p>
1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1272: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1273: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1274: </strong></font><br>
1275:
1276: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1277: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1278: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1279: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1280: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1281: <p>
1.247 jufi 1282: </ul>
1.147 louis 1283:
1.138 louis 1284: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1285: <ul>
1.138 louis 1286:
1.247 jufi 1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1288: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1289: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1290: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1291: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1292: </strong></font><br>
1293:
1.227 horacio 1294: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1295: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1296: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1297: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1298: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1299: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1300: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1301: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1302: <p>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1305: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1306: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1307: </strong></font><br>
1308:
1309: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1310: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1311: groups, and even Linux.
1312: <p>
1313:
1.247 jufi 1314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1315: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1316: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1317: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1318: </strong></font><br>
1319:
1320: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1321: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1322: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1323: library after installing the OS.
1324: <p>
1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1327: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1328: Sys Admin, September 2000
1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1332: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1333: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1334: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1335: (<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>,
1336: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1337: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1338: <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 1339: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1340: out of the system.
1341: <p>
1342:
1.247 jufi 1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1344: <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
1345: </strong></font><br>
1346:
1347: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1348: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1349: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1350: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1351: the IP filtering and address translation.
1352: <p>
1.247 jufi 1353: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1354:
1.131 louis 1355: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1356: <ul>
1.131 louis 1357:
1.247 jufi 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1359: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1360: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1361: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1362: </strong></font><br>
1363:
1364: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1365: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1366: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1367: <p>
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1370: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1371: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1372: </strong></font><br>
1373:
1374: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1375: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1376: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1377: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1378: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1379: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1380: note of"</i>.
1381: <p>
1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1384: <a
1.247 jufi 1385: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1386: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1387: </strong></font><br>
1388:
1389: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1390: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1391: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1392: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1393: <p>
1394:
1.247 jufi 1395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1396: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1397: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1398: </strong></font><br>
1399:
1400: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1401: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1402: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1403: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1404: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1405: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1406: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1407: <p>
1408:
1.247 jufi 1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1410: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1411: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1412: 2000
1413: </strong></font><br>
1414:
1415: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1416: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1417: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1418: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1419: against current industry practices.
1420: <p>
1421:
1.247 jufi 1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1423: <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
1424: </strong></font><br>
1425:
1426: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1427: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1428: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1429: <p>
1430:
1.247 jufi 1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1432: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1433: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1434: </strong></font><br>
1435:
1436: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1437: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1438: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1439: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1440: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1441: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1442: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1443: <p>
1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1446: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1447: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1448: </strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1451: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1452: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1453: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1454: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1455: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1456: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1457: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1458: <p>
1.247 jufi 1459: </ul>
1.131 louis 1460:
1.118 louis 1461: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1462: <ul>
1.118 louis 1463:
1.247 jufi 1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1465: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1466: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1467: </strong></font><br>
1468:
1469: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1470: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1471: about time. The article mentions that
1472: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1473: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1474: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1475: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1476: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1477: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1478: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1479: <p>
1480:
1.247 jufi 1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1482: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1483: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1484: </strong></font><br>
1485:
1486: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1487: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1488: of OpenSSH.
1489: <p>
1490:
1.247 jufi 1491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1492: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1493: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1494: </strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1497: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1498: bridging.
1499: <p>
1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1502: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1503: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1504: </strong></font><br>
1505:
1.121 deraadt 1506: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1507: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1508: <p>
1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1511: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1512: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1513: </strong></font><br>
1514:
1515: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1516: <p>
1517:
1.247 jufi 1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1519: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1520: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1521: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1522: </strong></font><br>
1523:
1.120 deraadt 1524: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1525: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1526: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1527: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1528: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1529: <p>
1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1532: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1533: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1534: </strong></font><br>
1535:
1.222 miod 1536: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1537: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1538: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1539: protocols and their quirks.
1540: <p>
1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1543: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1544: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1545: </strong></font><br>
1546:
1547: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1548: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1549: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1550: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1551: <p>
1552:
1.247 jufi 1553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1554: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1555: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1556: </strong></font><br>
1557:
1558: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1559: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1560: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1561: <p>
1562:
1.247 jufi 1563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1564: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1565: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1566: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1567: </strong></font><br>
1568:
1569: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1570: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1571: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1572: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1573: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1574: <p>
1.247 jufi 1575: </ul>
1.118 louis 1576:
1.104 louis 1577: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1578: <ul>
1.104 louis 1579:
1.247 jufi 1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1581: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1582: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1583: </strong></font><br>
1584:
1585: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1586: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1587: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1588: be a bit dry.
1589: <p>
1590:
1.247 jufi 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1592: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1593: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1594: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1595: </strong></font><br>
1596: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1597: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1598: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1599: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1600: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1601: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1602: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1603: <p>
1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1606: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1607: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1608: 2000
1.128 louis 1609: </strong></font><br>
1610:
1611: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1612: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1613: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1614: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1615: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1616: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1617: <p>
1618:
1.247 jufi 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1620: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1621: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1622: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1623:
1624: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1625: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1626: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1627: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1628: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1629: <p>
1.110 louis 1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1632: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1633: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1634: </strong></font><br>
1635:
1636: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1637: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1638: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1639: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1640: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1641: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1642: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1643: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1644: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1645: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1646: <p>
1647:
1.247 jufi 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1649: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1650: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1651:
1652: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1653: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1654: <p>
1.108 louis 1655:
1.247 jufi 1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1657: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1658: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1659: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1660:
1661: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1662: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1663: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1664: <p>
1.106 louis 1665:
1.247 jufi 1666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1667: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1668: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1669: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1670:
1671: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1672: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1673: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1674: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1675: <p>
1.107 louis 1676:
1.247 jufi 1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1678: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1679: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1681:
1682: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1683: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1684: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1685: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1686: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1687: <p>
1.105 louis 1688:
1.247 jufi 1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1690: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1691: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1692: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1693:
1.113 naddy 1694: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1695: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1696: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1697: <p>
1.104 louis 1698:
1.247 jufi 1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1700: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1701: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1702: </strong></font><br>
1703:
1704: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1705: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1706: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1707: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1708: <p>
1.247 jufi 1709: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1710:
1.85 louis 1711: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1712: <ul>
1.85 louis 1713:
1.247 jufi 1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1715: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1716: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1717: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1718:
1719: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1720: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1721: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1722: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1723: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1724: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1725: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1726: <p>
1.99 louis 1727:
1.247 jufi 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1729: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1730: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1731: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1732:
1733: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1734: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1735: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1736: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1737: <p>
1.100 louis 1738:
1.247 jufi 1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1740: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1741: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1742: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1743:
1744: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1745: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1746: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1747: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1748: <p>
1.95 louis 1749:
1.247 jufi 1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1751: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1752: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1753: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1754:
1755: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1756: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1757: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1758: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1759: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1760: <p>
1.92 louis 1761:
1.247 jufi 1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1763: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1764: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1765: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1766:
1767: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1768: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1769: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1770: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1771: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1772: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1773: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1774: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1775: <p>
1.91 louis 1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1778: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1779: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1780: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1781:
1782: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1783: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1784: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1785: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1786: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1787: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1788: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1789: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1790: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1791: <p>
1.90 louis 1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1794: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1795: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1796: </strong></font><br>
1797: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1798: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1799: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1800: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1801: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1802: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1803: <p>
1804:
1.247 jufi 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1806: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1807: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1808: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1809:
1.113 naddy 1810: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1811: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1812: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1813: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1814: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1815: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1816: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1817: <p>
1.87 louis 1818:
1.247 jufi 1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1820: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1821: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1822: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1823:
1824: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1825: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1826: <p>
1.85 louis 1827:
1.247 jufi 1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1829: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1830: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1832:
1833: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1834: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1835: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1836: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1837: <p>
1.89 louis 1838:
1.247 jufi 1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1840: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1841: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1842: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1843:
1844: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1845: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1846: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1847: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1848: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1849: </ul>
1.85 louis 1850:
1.78 deraadt 1851: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1852: <ul>
1.74 louis 1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1855: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1856: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1857: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1858: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1859:
1860: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1861: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1862: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1863: <p>
1.83 louis 1864:
1.247 jufi 1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1866: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1867: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1868: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1869:
1870: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1871: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1872: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1873: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1874: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1875: <p>
1.93 louis 1876:
1.247 jufi 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1878: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1879: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1880: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1881: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1882:
1.83 louis 1883: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1884: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1885: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1886: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1887: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1888: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1889: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1890: <p>
1.82 aaron 1891:
1.247 jufi 1892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1893: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1894: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1895: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1896:
1.83 louis 1897: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1898: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1899: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1900: <p>
1.80 louis 1901:
1.247 jufi 1902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1903: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1904: Bad Press</a>,
1905: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1906: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1907:
1908: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1909: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1910: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1911: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1912: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1913: <p>
1.247 jufi 1914: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1915:
1916: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1917: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1920: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1921: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1922: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1923: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1924:
1925: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1926: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1927: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1928: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1929: <p>
1.74 louis 1930:
1.247 jufi 1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1932: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1933: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1934: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1935:
1.219 horacio 1936: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1937: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1938: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1939: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1940: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1941: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1942: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1943: <p>
1.88 louis 1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1946: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1947: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1949:
1950: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1951: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1952: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1953: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1954: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1955: <p>
1.81 louis 1956:
1.247 jufi 1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1958: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1959: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1961:
1962: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1963: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1964: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1965: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1966: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1967: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1968: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1969: <p>
1.90 louis 1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1972: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1973: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1975:
1976: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1977: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1978: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1979: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1980: <p>
1.247 jufi 1981: </ul>
1.71 louis 1982:
1.69 deraadt 1983: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1984: <ul>
1.70 louis 1985:
1.247 jufi 1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1987: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
1988: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 1989: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 1990:
1991: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
1992: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
1993: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 1994: <p>
1.70 louis 1995:
1.247 jufi 1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1997: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
1998: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1999: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2000:
2001: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2002: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2003: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2004: <p>
1.68 louis 2005:
1.247 jufi 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2007: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2008: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2009: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2010: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2011:
1.111 jufi 2012: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2013: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2014: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2015: "secure by default" installation.
2016: <p>
1.64 louis 2017:
1.247 jufi 2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2019: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2020: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2021: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2022:
1.113 naddy 2023: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2024: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2025: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2026: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2027: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2028: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2029: <p>
1.66 louis 2030:
1.247 jufi 2031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2032: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2033: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2034: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2035:
2036: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2037: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2038: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2039: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2040: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2041: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2042: <p>
1.83 louis 2043:
1.247 jufi 2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2045: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2046: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2047: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2048:
2049: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2050: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2051: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2052: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2053: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2054: <p>
1.64 louis 2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2057: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2058: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2059: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2060:
2061: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2062: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2063: <p>
1.247 jufi 2064: </ul>
1.65 louis 2065:
1.69 deraadt 2066: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2067: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2070: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2071: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2072: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2073:
2074: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2075: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2076: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2077: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2078: <p>
1.88 louis 2079:
1.247 jufi 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2081: <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 2082: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2083:
2084: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2085: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2086: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2087: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2088: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2089: <p>
1.60 louis 2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2092: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2093: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2094: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2095: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2096:
2097: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2098: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2099: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2100: <p>
1.58 louis 2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2103: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2104: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2105:
2106: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2107: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2108: <p>
1.53 louis 2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2111: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2112: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2114:
2115: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2116: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2117: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2118: <p>
1.99 louis 2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2121: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2122: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2123:
2124: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2125: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2126: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2127: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2128: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2129:
1.247 jufi 2130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2131: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2132: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2133: </strong></font><br>
2134:
2135: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2136: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2137: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2138: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2142: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2143: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2144: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2145:
2146: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2147: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2148: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2149:
1.247 jufi 2150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2151: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2152: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2153:
2154: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2155: in
1.247 jufi 2156: <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 2157: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2158: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2159: <p>
1.53 louis 2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2162: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2163: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2164: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2165: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2166:
1.58 louis 2167: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2168: <p>
1.247 jufi 2169: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2170:
1.69 deraadt 2171: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2172: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2175: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2176: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2177: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2178: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2179:
1.58 louis 2180: Kurt Seifried
2181: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2182: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2183: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2184: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2185:
1.247 jufi 2186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2187: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2188: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2189: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2190:
2191: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2192: <p>
1.96 louis 2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2195: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2196: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2198:
2199: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2200: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2201: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2202: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2203: <p>
1.247 jufi 2204: </ul>
1.86 louis 2205:
1.69 deraadt 2206: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2207: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2210: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2211: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2212: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2213:
2214: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2215: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2216: <p>
1.61 louis 2217:
1.247 jufi 2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2219: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2220: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2221: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2222: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2223:
2224: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2225: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2226: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2227: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2228: right -- or at least strives to".
2229: <p>
1.48 louis 2230:
1.247 jufi 2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2232: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2233: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2234: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2235: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2236: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2237: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2238: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2239: <p>
1.61 louis 2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <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 2242: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2243: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2244:
2245: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2246: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2247: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2248: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2249: <p>
1.46 louis 2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2252: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2253: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2254: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2255:
2256: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2257: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2258: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2259:
1.247 jufi 2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2261: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2262: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2263: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2264:
2265: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2266: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2267: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2268: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2269: <p>
1.247 jufi 2270: </ul>
1.70 louis 2271:
1.69 deraadt 2272: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2273: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2274:
1.247 jufi 2275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2276: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2277: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2278: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2279: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2280:
2281: Kurt Seifried
2282: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2283: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2284: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2285: <p>
1.44 philen 2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <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 2288: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2289: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2290:
2291: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2292: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <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 2295: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2296: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2297:
2298: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2299: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2300:
1.247 jufi 2301: <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 2302: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2303: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2304:
2305: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2306: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2307: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2308: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2309: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <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 2312: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2313: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2314:
1.36 louis 2315: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2316: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2319: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2320: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2321: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2322:
2323: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2324: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2325: </ul>
1.38 louis 2326:
1.69 deraadt 2327: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2328: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <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 2331: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2332: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2333:
2334: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2335: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2336: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2337:
1.113 naddy 2338: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2339: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2340: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2341: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2342:
2343: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2344: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2345: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2346: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2347: <blockquote>
2348: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2349: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2350: <br>
2351: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2352: </code>
2353: </blockquote>
2354: <p>
2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2357: <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>
2358: <p>
2359:
2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2361: <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 2362: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2363:
2364: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2365: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2366: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2367: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2370: <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 2371: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2372:
2373: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2374: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2375: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2376: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2377: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2378: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2379: <p>
1.19 louis 2380:
1.113 naddy 2381: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2382: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2383: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2384:
2385: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2386: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2387: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2388: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2389: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2390: <p>
1.16 louis 2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2393: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2394: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2395: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2396:
1.57 louis 2397: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2398: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2399: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2400: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2401:
1.247 jufi 2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2403: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2404: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2405: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2406:
1.113 naddy 2407: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2410: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2411: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2412: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2413:
1.23 louis 2414: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2415: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2416: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2417: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2418: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2419: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2420:
1.247 jufi 2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2422: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2423: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2424: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2425:
1.199 pvalchev 2426: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2427: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2428: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2429: installation.
1.113 naddy 2430: <p>
1.47 louis 2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2433: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2434: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2435: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2436:
2437: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2438: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2439: </ul>
1.57 louis 2440:
1.69 deraadt 2441: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2442: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2445: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2446: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2447: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2448:
2449: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2450: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2451: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2452: <p>
1.12 louis 2453:
1.247 jufi 2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2455: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2456: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2457: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2458:
2459: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2460: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2461: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2462: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2463: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2464: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2465: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
1.247 jufi 2467: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2468:
1.69 deraadt 2469: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2470: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2473: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2474: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2475:
2476: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2477: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2478: available."
1.113 naddy 2479: <p>
1.247 jufi 2480: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2481:
1.69 deraadt 2482: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2483: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2484:
1.247 jufi 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2486: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2487: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2488:
2489: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2490: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2491: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2492: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2493: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2494: <p>
1.33 louis 2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2497: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2498: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2499: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2500:
1.113 naddy 2501: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2502: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2503: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2504: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2505: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2506: <p>
1.247 jufi 2507: </ul>
1.57 louis 2508:
1.69 deraadt 2509: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2510: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2513: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2514: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2515: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2516:
2517: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2518: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2519: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2520:
1.247 jufi 2521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2522: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2523: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2524: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2525: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2526:
2527: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2528: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2531: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2532:
1.113 naddy 2533: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2536: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2537: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2538: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2539:
2540: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2541: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2542: </ul>
1.23 louis 2543:
1.69 deraadt 2544: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2545: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2546:
1.247 jufi 2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2548: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2549: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2550:
2551: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2552: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2553: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2554:
1.247 jufi 2555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2556: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2557: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2558: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2559:
2560: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2561: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2562: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2563: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2564: </ul>
1.57 louis 2565:
1.69 deraadt 2566: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2567: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2570: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2571: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2572: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2573:
2574: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2575: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2576: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2577: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2578: <p>
1.15 louis 2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2581: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2582: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2583: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2584:
2585: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2586: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2587: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2588: columns."
1.113 naddy 2589: <p>
1.247 jufi 2590: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2591:
1.69 deraadt 2592: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2593: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2594:
1.247 jufi 2595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2596: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2597: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2598: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2599:
2600: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2601: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2602:
1.113 naddy 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2604: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2605: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2606:
2607: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2608: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2609: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2610: </ul>
1.57 louis 2611:
1.69 deraadt 2612: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2613: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2614:
1.113 naddy 2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2616: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2617: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2618: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2619:
1.222 miod 2620: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2621: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2622: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2623: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2624: <p>
1.247 jufi 2625: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2626:
1.69 deraadt 2627: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2628: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2629:
1.247 jufi 2630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2631: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2632: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2633:
1.69 deraadt 2634: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2635: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2636: <p>
1.247 jufi 2637: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2638:
1.69 deraadt 2639: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2640: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2641:
1.247 jufi 2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2643: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2644: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2645: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2646:
2647: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2648: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2649: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2652: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2653: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2654: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2655: <p>
1.247 jufi 2656: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2657:
1.69 deraadt 2658: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2659: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2660:
1.247 jufi 2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2662: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2663: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2664: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2665: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2666: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2667:
2668: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2669: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2670: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2671: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2672: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2673: <p>
1.247 jufi 2674: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2675:
2676: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2677: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2678:
1.247 jufi 2679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2680: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2681: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2682:
1.69 deraadt 2683: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2684: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2685: <p>
1.112 naddy 2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2688: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2689:
1.113 naddy 2690: <hr>
2691: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2692: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2693:
1.200 niklas 2694: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2695:
1.247 jufi 2696: <ul>
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2698: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2699: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2700:
2701: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2702: <p>
2703:
1.247 jufi 2704: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2705:
2706: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <ul>
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2710: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2711: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2712:
2713: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2714: <p>
2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2717: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2718: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2719:
2720: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2721: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2722: <p>
2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2725:
2726: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <ul>
2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2730: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2731: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2732:
2733: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2734: <p>
2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2737:
1.102 niklas 2738: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <ul>
2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2742: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2743: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2744:
2745: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2746: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2747: <p>
1.102 niklas 2748:
1.247 jufi 2749: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2750:
1.84 niklas 2751: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <ul>
2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2755: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2756: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2757:
2758: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2759: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2760: <p>
1.84 niklas 2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2763:
1.69 deraadt 2764: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <ul>
2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2768: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2769: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2770:
1.222 miod 2771: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2772: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2773: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2777: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2778: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2779: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2780: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2781:
1.20 louis 2782: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2783: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2784: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2785: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2786: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2789:
1.113 naddy 2790: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2791: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2792: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2793:
2794:
2795: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2796: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2799: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2800: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2801:
2802: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2803: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2804: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2805:
2806: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2807: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2808:
1.247 jufi 2809: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2810:
2811:
1.170 louis 2812: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2813: <ul>
1.170 louis 2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2816: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2817: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2818: </strong></font><br>
2819:
2820: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2821: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2822: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2823: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2824: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2825: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2826: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2827: <p>
1.247 jufi 2828: </ul>
1.170 louis 2829:
1.69 deraadt 2830: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2831: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2834: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2835: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2836: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2837:
2838: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2839: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2840: translating and reprinting articles from
2841: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2842: <p>
1.247 jufi 2843: </ul>
1.20 louis 2844:
1.113 naddy 2845: <hr>
2846: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2847: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2848:
1.246 jufi 2849: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2850: <ul>
2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2852: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2853: December 04, 2002
2854: </strong></font><br>
2855: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2856: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2857: <p>
1.247 jufi 2858: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2859:
1.151 louis 2860: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2861: <ul>
1.151 louis 2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2864: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2865: </strong></font><br>
2866:
2867: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2868: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2869: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2870: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2871: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2872: <p>
1.247 jufi 2873: </ul>
1.151 louis 2874:
1.72 louis 2875: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2876: <ul>
1.72 louis 2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2879: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2880: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2881: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2882:
1.101 jufi 2883: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2884: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2885: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2886: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2887: Giving way to
2888: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2889: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2890: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2891: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2892: <p>
1.247 jufi 2893: </ul>
1.72 louis 2894:
1.69 deraadt 2895: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2896: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2897:
1.247 jufi 2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2899: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2900: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2901: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2902:
2903: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2904: <p>
1.247 jufi 2905: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2906:
1.50 louis 2907:
1.113 naddy 2908: <hr>
2909: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2910: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2911:
1.69 deraadt 2912: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2913: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2916: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2917: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2918: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2919:
2920: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2921: <p>
1.247 jufi 2922: </ul>
1.62 form 2923:
1.69 deraadt 2924: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2925: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2926:
1.247 jufi 2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2928: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2929: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2930: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2931:
1.59 form 2932: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2933: <p>
1.112 naddy 2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2936:
1.113 naddy 2937: <hr>
2938: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2939: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2940: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2943: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2944: Radio, August 2, 2000
2945: </strong></font><br>
2946:
2947: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2948: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2949: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2950: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2951: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2952: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2953: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2954: <p>
2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2957: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2958: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2959: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2960: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2961:
2962: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2963: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2964: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2965: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2966: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2967: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2968: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2969: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2970: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2971: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2972: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2973: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2974: <p>
1.247 jufi 2975: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2976:
1.113 naddy 2977: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2978: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2979: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2980:
2981: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2982: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2985: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
2986: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
2987: </strong></font><br>
2988:
2989: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 2990: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 2991: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
2992: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
2993: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
2994: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 2995: A
1.216 horacio 2996: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
2997: <p>
1.247 jufi 2998: </ul>
1.216 horacio 2999:
1.252 miod 3000: <hr>
3001: <a name=fr></a>
3002: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3003:
3004: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3005: <ul>
3006:
3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3008: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3009: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3010: </strong></font><br>
3011:
3012: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3013: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3014: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3015: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3016: <p>
3017: </ul>
3018:
1.216 horacio 3019:
3020: <hr>
3021: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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