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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>
1.264 deraadt 39: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
40: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.266 ! deraadt 41: IDG News Service, April 18.</a>
1.264 deraadt 42: </strong></font><br>
43: (also online at
44: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">
45: Network Fusion</a>)<br>
1.266 ! deraadt 46: Grant Gross provides more coverage on the DARPA grant being killed without notice.
1.264 deraadt 47: <p>
48:
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 50: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
51: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
52: Associated Press, April 18th,
53: </strong></font><br>
54: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
55: DARPA funding cancellation. This has been picked up by
56: many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories
57: including:
1.263 deraadt 58: <ul>
59: <li><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">Seattle Post Intelligencer</a>
60: <li><a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/17/ap/HiTech/apnews42742-03.txt">The Porterville Recorder, CA</a> [Pulled]
61: <li><a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Lakeland Leger</a>
62: <li><a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Times Daily, AL</a>
63: <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>
1.266 ! deraadt 64: <li><a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">Rapid City Journal, SD</a>
! 65: <li><a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">Infoshop News</a>
! 66: <li><a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">San Jose Mercury News, CA</a>
1.263 deraadt 67: </ul>
1.262 beck 68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 71: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
72: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.264 deraadt 73: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18.</a>
1.263 deraadt 74: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 75: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 76: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
77: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
78: <p>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
81: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
82: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
83: The Register, April 18th.
84: </strong></font><br>
85: Another report on the DARPA funding.
86: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
87: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 91: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
92: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
93: news.com.com, April 17th.
94: </strong></font><br>
95: (also online at
96: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
97: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
98: <br>
99: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
100: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
101: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
102: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
103: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
104: Goes on to say:
105: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
106: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
107: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
108: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
109: <p>
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
111: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
112: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
113: SlashDot, April 17th.
114: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 115: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 116: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
117: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
118: without notice or justification.
119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
122: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
123: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
124: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
125: </strong></font><br>
126: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
127: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
128: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
129: effective today, without any warning..."
130: <p>
1.257 ian 131:
132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 133: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
134: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 135: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 136: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 137: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
138: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
139: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
140: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
141: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 142: <p>
143:
144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 145: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
146: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
147: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
148: </strong></font><br>
149: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
150: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
151: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
152: quoting two of them:
153: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
154: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
155: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
156: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
157: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
158: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
159: <p>
160:
1.255 ian 161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 162: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
163: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
164: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
165: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 166: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 167: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
168: security experts for more than three decades."
169: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
170: <p>
1.261 ian 171:
1.254 drahn 172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 173: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
174: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
175: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
176: </strong></font><br>
177: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
178: from US DARPA.
179: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
180: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
181: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
182: the BSD license.
183: <p>
184: </ul>
185:
1.251 ian 186: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
187: <ul>
188:
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
190: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
191: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
192: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
193: </strong></font><br>
194: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
195: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
196: Mentions
197: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
198: and
199: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
200: programs.
201: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
202: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
203: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
204: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
205: <p>
1.260 ian 206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
208: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
209: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
210: </strong></font><br>
211: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
212: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
213: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
214: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
215: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
216: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
217: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
218: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
219: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
220: put into service."
221: <p>
222: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
223: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
224: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
225: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
226: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
227: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
228: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
229: computers with security features."
230: <p>
1.251 ian 231: </ul>
232:
1.249 jufi 233: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
234: <ul>
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
236: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
237: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
238: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
239: </strong></font><br>
240: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
241: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
242: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
243: <p>
244: </ul>
245:
1.246 jufi 246: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 247: <ul>
1.246 jufi 248:
1.247 jufi 249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 250: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
251: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
252: </strong></font><br>
253: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
254: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
255: <p>
256:
1.247 jufi 257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 258: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
259: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
260: </strong></font><br>
261: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
262: in their annual OpenHack security test.
263: <p>
1.247 jufi 264: </ul>
1.246 jufi 265:
1.244 jufi 266: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 267: <ul>
1.246 jufi 268:
1.247 jufi 269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 270: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
271: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
272: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
273: <br>
274: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
275: </strong></font><br>
276: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
277: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
278: md5 digests.
279: <p>
280:
1.247 jufi 281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 282: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 283: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 284: </strong></font><br>
285: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
286: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
287: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
288: right the first time."
289: <p>
1.247 jufi 290: </ul>
1.244 jufi 291:
292:
293: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 294: <ul>
1.244 jufi 295:
1.247 jufi 296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 297: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
298: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
299: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
300: </strong></font><br>
301: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
302: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
303: part 6</a>.
304: <p>
305:
1.247 jufi 306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 307: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
308: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
309: </strong></font><br>
310: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
311: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
312: <p>
1.247 jufi 313: </ul>
1.242 jufi 314:
315: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 316: <ul>
1.242 jufi 317:
1.247 jufi 318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 319: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
320: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
321: </strong></font><br>
322: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
324: <p>
325:
1.247 jufi 326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 327: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
328: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
329: </strong></font><br>
330: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
331: this time using pf.
332: <p>
1.247 jufi 333: </ul>
1.242 jufi 334:
335: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 336: <ul>
1.242 jufi 337:
1.247 jufi 338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
340: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
341: </strong></font><br>
342: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
343: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
344: their rotation.
345: <p>
346:
1.247 jufi 347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 348: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
349: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
350: </strong></font><br>
351: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
352: <p>
1.247 jufi 353: </ul>
1.242 jufi 354:
1.239 jufi 355: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 356: <ul>
1.239 jufi 357:
1.247 jufi 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 359: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
360: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
361: </strong></font><br>
362: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
363: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
364: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
365: <p>
366:
1.247 jufi 367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 368: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
369: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
370: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 371: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
372: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
373: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 374: <p>
1.247 jufi 375: </ul>
1.239 jufi 376:
1.235 lebel 377: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 378: <ul>
1.235 lebel 379:
1.239 jufi 380:
1.247 jufi 381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 382: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
383: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
384: </strong></font><br>
385: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
386: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
387: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
388: <p>
1.247 jufi 389: </ul>
1.235 lebel 390:
1.228 horacio 391: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 392: <ul>
1.228 horacio 393:
1.247 jufi 394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 395: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
396: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
397: </strong></font><br>
398: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
399: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
400: <p>
401:
1.247 jufi 402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 403: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
404: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
405: </strong></font><br>
406: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
407: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
408: <p>
409:
1.247 jufi 410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 411: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
412: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
413: </strong></font><br>
414: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
415: on the desktop of his parents.
416: <p>
417:
1.247 jufi 418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 419: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 420: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 421: </strong></font><br>
422: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
423: using IPFilter.
424:
425: <p>
426:
1.247 jufi 427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 428: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
429: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
430: </strong></font><br>
431: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
432: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
433: perspectives of the four OS.
434: <br>
435: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 436: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 437: <p>
438:
1.247 jufi 439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 440: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
441: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
442: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
443: </strong></font><br>
444:
445: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
446: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
447: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
448: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
449: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
450: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
451: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
452: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
453: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
454: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
455: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
456: security conscious team beyond doubt.
457: <p>
1.247 jufi 458: </ul>
1.228 horacio 459:
1.225 horacio 460: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 461: <ul>
1.225 horacio 462:
1.247 jufi 463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 464: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
465: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 466: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 467: </strong></font><br>
468:
469: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
470: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
471: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 472: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 473: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
474: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
475: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
476: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
477: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 478: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 479: of choice.
480: <p>
1.247 jufi 481: </ul>
1.225 horacio 482:
483: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 484: <ul>
1.225 horacio 485:
1.247 jufi 486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 487: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
488: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
489: </strong></font><br>
490:
491: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
492: <p>
493:
1.247 jufi 494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 495: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 496: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 497: </strong></font><br>
498:
499: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
500: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
501: <p>
1.247 jufi 502: </ul>
1.225 horacio 503:
1.218 horacio 504: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 505: <ul>
1.218 horacio 506:
1.247 jufi 507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 508: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
509: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
510: </strong></font><br>
511:
512: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
513: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
514: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
515: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
516: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
517: subjects. Worth a read.
518: <p>
519:
520:
1.247 jufi 521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 522: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 523: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 524: </strong></font><br>
525:
526: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
527: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
528: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
529: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
530: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
531: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
532: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
533: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
534: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 535: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 536: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
537: on other operating systems.<br>
538: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
539: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
540: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
541: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
542: <p>
543:
1.247 jufi 544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 545: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
546: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
547: </strong></font><br>
548:
549: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
550: covering the level of software integration into the core
551: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
552: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
553: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
554: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
555: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
556: <p>
557:
1.247 jufi 558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 559: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
560: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
561: </strong></font><br>
562:
563: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
564: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
565: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
566: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
567: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
568: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
569: <p>
1.247 jufi 570: </ul>
1.221 horacio 571:
1.210 jufi 572: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 573: <ul>
1.215 horacio 574:
1.247 jufi 575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 576: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
577: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
578: </strong></font><br>
579:
580: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
581: source software in response to an article which claimed that
582: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
583: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
584: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
585: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
586: <p>
587:
1.247 jufi 588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 589: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 590: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
591: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 592:
1.224 horacio 593: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
594: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
595: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
596: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
597: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
598: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 599: <p>
1.247 jufi 600: </ul>
1.215 horacio 601:
602: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 603: <ul>
1.215 horacio 604:
1.247 jufi 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 606: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
607: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
608: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
609: </strong></font><br>
610:
611: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
612: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 613: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 614: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
615: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
616: investment</em>.<br>
617: The implementation details can be seen on their
618: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
619: <p>
620:
1.247 jufi 621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 622: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
623: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
624: </strong></font><br>
625:
626: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
627: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
628: security and says that even secured operating systems running
629: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
630: to time.<br>
631: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
632: system and just the most secure system.
633: <p>
634:
1.247 jufi 635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 636: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
637: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
638: </strong></font><br>
639:
640: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
641: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
642: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
643: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
644: choice:<br>
645: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
646: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
647: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
648: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
649: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
650: network security devices and as such must be well
651: armored."</em><br>
652: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
653: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
654: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
655: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
656: <br>
657: Bravo!
658: <p>
1.247 jufi 659: </ul>
1.210 jufi 660:
1.207 ian 661: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 662: <ul>
1.215 horacio 663:
1.247 jufi 664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 665: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
666: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
667: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 668:
1.207 ian 669: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
670: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 671: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 672: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
673: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
674: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 675: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 676: <p>
1.247 jufi 677: </ul>
1.207 ian 678:
1.194 jufi 679: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 680: <ul>
1.194 jufi 681:
1.247 jufi 682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 683: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
684: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
685: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 686:
1.240 miod 687: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 688: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
689: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
690: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
691: <p>
692:
1.247 jufi 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 694: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 695: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
696: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
697: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 698:
1.240 miod 699: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 700: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 701: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
702: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
703: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 704: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 705: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
706: <br>
707: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
708: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
709: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
710: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
711: <p>
712:
1.247 jufi 713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 714: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
715: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 716: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 717: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 718:
1.194 jufi 719: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
720: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
721: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
722: <br>
723: The new
724: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 725: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 726: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
727: <p>
1.247 jufi 728: </ul>
1.194 jufi 729:
1.190 horacio 730: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 731: <ul>
1.190 horacio 732:
1.247 jufi 733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 734:
735: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
736: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
737:
738: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
739: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
740:
741: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
742: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
743:
1.212 horacio 744: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
745: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 746: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
747:
1.211 horacio 748: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
749: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 750: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
751:
1.247 jufi 752: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 753: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
754:
1.247 jufi 755: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 756: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
757:
1.212 horacio 758: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
759: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 760: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
761:
762: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
763: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
764:
765: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
766: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
767:
768: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
769: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
770:
771: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 772: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 773:
1.192 jufi 774: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
775: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 776: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 777:
1.193 deraadt 778: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
779: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 780: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 781:
1.247 jufi 782: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 783: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
784:
1.247 jufi 785: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 786: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
787: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
788:
1.213 horacio 789: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 790: 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 791: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
792:
1.190 horacio 793: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 794: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
795: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
796: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
797: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
798: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
799: <p>
1.190 horacio 800:
1.247 jufi 801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 802: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
803: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
804: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 805: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 806:
1.195 jufi 807: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 808: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
809: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
810: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 811: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
812: <p>
813:
1.247 jufi 814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 815: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 816: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
817: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
818: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 819:
1.191 jufi 820: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
821: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
822: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
823: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 824: <p>
1.247 jufi 825: </ul>
1.190 horacio 826:
1.191 jufi 827:
1.186 jufi 828: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 829: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 830:
1.247 jufi 831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 832: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 833: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
834: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 835: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 836:
1.188 jufi 837: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 838: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 839: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 840: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
841: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 842: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 843: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 844: <p>
845:
1.191 jufi 846:
1.247 jufi 847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 848: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
849: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
850: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 851: </strong></font><br>
852:
853: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
854: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
855: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
856: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
857: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
858: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
859: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
860: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
861: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
862: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
863: familiar?
864: <p>
1.247 jufi 865: </ul>
1.191 jufi 866:
1.178 louis 867: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 868: <ul>
1.178 louis 869:
1.247 jufi 870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 871: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
872: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 873: </strong></font><br>
874:
875: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
876: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
877: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
878: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
879: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
880: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
881: <p>
882:
1.247 jufi 883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 884: <a
1.182 louis 885: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
886: </strong></font><br>
887:
888: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
889: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
890: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
891: <p>
892:
1.247 jufi 893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 894: <a
1.179 louis 895: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
896: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
897: </strong></font><br>
898:
899: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
900: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
901: <p>
1.247 jufi 902: </ul>
1.179 louis 903:
1.174 louis 904:
1.175 louis 905: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 906: <ul>
1.175 louis 907:
1.247 jufi 908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 909: <a
1.179 louis 910: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
911: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
912: </strong></font><br>
913:
914: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
915: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
916: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
917: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
918: <p>
919:
1.247 jufi 920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 921: <a
1.183 ian 922: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 923: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
924: </strong></font><br>
925:
926: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 927: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 928: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
929: <p>
1.247 jufi 930: </ul>
1.175 louis 931:
1.176 louis 932:
1.172 mickey 933: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 934: <ul>
1.172 mickey 935:
1.247 jufi 936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 937: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 938: </strong></font><br>
939:
940: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
941: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
942: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 943: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 944: <p>
945:
1.247 jufi 946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 947: <a
1.174 louis 948: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
949: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
950: </strong></font><br>
951:
952: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
953: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
954: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
955: <p>
956:
1.247 jufi 957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 958: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
959: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
960: </strong></font><br>
961:
962: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
963: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
964: <p>
965:
1.247 jufi 966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 967: <a
968: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
969: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
970: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
971: </strong></font><br>
972:
973: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
974: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
975: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
976: our own Theo de Raadt.
977: <p>
978:
1.247 jufi 979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 980: <a
981: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
982: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
983: </strong></font><br>
984:
985: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
986: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
987: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
988: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
989: shut down.]
990: <p>
991:
1.247 jufi 992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 993: <a
1.226 horacio 994: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
995: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 996: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 997: </strong></font><br>
998:
999: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1000: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1001: <p>
1.247 jufi 1002: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1003:
1.161 louis 1004: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1005: <ul>
1.161 louis 1006:
1.247 jufi 1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1008: <a
1009: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
1010: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
1011: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1012: </strong></font><br>
1013:
1014: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1015: by John Wolley
1016: <p>
1017:
1.247 jufi 1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1019: <a
1020: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
1021: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
1022: </strong></font><br>
1023:
1024: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1025: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1026: OpenBSD).
1027: <p>
1028:
1.247 jufi 1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1030: <a
1.247 jufi 1031: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1032: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1033: </strong></font><br>
1034:
1035: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1036: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1037: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1038: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1039: and hindsight.
1040: <p>
1041:
1.247 jufi 1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1043: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1044: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1045: </strong></font><br>
1046:
1047: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1048: <p>
1049:
1.247 jufi 1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1051: <a
1.168 provos 1052: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1053: December 7, 2000
1054: </strong></font><br>
1055:
1056: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1057: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1058: us explain.
1059: <p>
1060:
1.247 jufi 1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1062: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1063: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1064: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1065: December 6, 2000
1066: </strong></font><br>
1067:
1068: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1069: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1070: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1071: <p>
1072:
1.247 jufi 1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1074: <a
1.226 horacio 1075: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1076: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1077: </strong></font><br>
1078:
1079: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1080: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1081: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1082: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1083: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1084: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1085: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1086: <p>
1.162 millert 1087:
1.247 jufi 1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1089: <a
1.161 louis 1090: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1091: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1092: </strong></font><br>
1093:
1094: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1095: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1096: <p>
1097:
1.247 jufi 1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1099: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1100: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1101: </strong></font><br>
1102:
1103: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1104: <p>
1105:
1106:
1.247 jufi 1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1108: <a
1.226 horacio 1109: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1110: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1111: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1112: </strong></font><br>
1113:
1114: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1115: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1116: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1117: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1118: <p>
1.247 jufi 1119: </ul>
1.169 louis 1120:
1.158 louis 1121: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1122: <ul>
1.147 louis 1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1125: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1126: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1127: </strong></font><br>
1128:
1129: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1130: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1131: <p>
1132:
1.247 jufi 1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1134: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1135: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1136: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1137: </strong></font><br>
1138: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1139: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1140: <p>
1141:
1.247 jufi 1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1143: <a
1144: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1145: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1146: </strong></font><br>
1147:
1148: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1149: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1150: <p>
1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1153: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1154: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1155: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1156:
1.213 horacio 1157: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1158: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1159: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1160: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1161: <p>
1.215 horacio 1162:
1.247 jufi 1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1164: <a
1165: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1166: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1167: </strong></font><br>
1168:
1169: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1170: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1171: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1172: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1173: much of the attitude too).
1174: <p>
1.161 louis 1175:
1.247 jufi 1176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1177: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1178: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1179: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1180:
1.157 louis 1181: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1182: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1183: <p>
1.247 jufi 1184: </ul>
1.157 louis 1185:
1186: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1187: <ul>
1.157 louis 1188:
1.247 jufi 1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1190: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1191: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1192: </strong></font><br>
1193:
1194: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1195: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1196: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1197: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1198: <p>
1199:
1.247 jufi 1200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1201: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1202: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1203: </strong></font><br>
1204:
1205: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1206: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1207: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1208: it because they love coding...
1209: <p>
1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1212: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1213: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1214: </strong></font><br>
1215:
1216: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1217: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1218: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1219: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1220: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1221: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1222: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1223: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1224: <p>
1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1227: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1228: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1229: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1230: </strong></font><br>
1231:
1232: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1233: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1234: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1235: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1236: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1237: the pizza.
1238: <p>
1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1241: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1242: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1243: </strong></font><br>
1244:
1245: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1246: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1247: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1248: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1249: problems.
1250: <p>
1251:
1.247 jufi 1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1253: <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 1254: </strong></font><br>
1255:
1.222 miod 1256: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1257: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1258: - whether they like it or not.
1259: <p>
1260:
1.247 jufi 1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1262: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1263: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1264: </strong></font><br>
1265:
1266: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1267: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1268: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1269: <p>
1.148 aaron 1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1272: <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 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1276: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1277: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1278: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1279: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1280: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1281: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1282: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1283: <p>
1284:
1.247 jufi 1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1286: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1287: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1288: </strong></font><br>
1289:
1290: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1291: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1292: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1293: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1294: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1295: <p>
1.247 jufi 1296: </ul>
1.147 louis 1297:
1.138 louis 1298: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1299: <ul>
1.138 louis 1300:
1.247 jufi 1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1302: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1303: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1304: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1305: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1.227 horacio 1308: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1309: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1310: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1311: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1312: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1313: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1314: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1315: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1316: <p>
1317:
1.247 jufi 1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1319: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1320: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1321: </strong></font><br>
1322:
1323: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1324: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1325: groups, and even Linux.
1326: <p>
1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1329: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1330: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1331: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1332: </strong></font><br>
1333:
1334: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1335: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1336: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1337: library after installing the OS.
1338: <p>
1339:
1.247 jufi 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1341: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1342: Sys Admin, September 2000
1343: </strong></font><br>
1344:
1345: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1346: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1347: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1348: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1349: (<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>,
1350: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1351: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1352: <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 1353: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1354: out of the system.
1355: <p>
1356:
1.247 jufi 1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1358: <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
1359: </strong></font><br>
1360:
1361: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1362: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1363: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1364: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1365: the IP filtering and address translation.
1366: <p>
1.247 jufi 1367: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1368:
1.131 louis 1369: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1370: <ul>
1.131 louis 1371:
1.247 jufi 1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1373: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1374: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1375: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1376: </strong></font><br>
1377:
1378: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1379: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1380: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1381: <p>
1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1384: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1385: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1389: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1390: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1391: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1392: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1393: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1394: note of"</i>.
1395: <p>
1396:
1.247 jufi 1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1398: <a
1.247 jufi 1399: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1400: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1401: </strong></font><br>
1402:
1403: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1404: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1405: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1406: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1407: <p>
1408:
1.247 jufi 1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1410: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1411: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1415: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1416: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1417: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1418: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1419: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1420: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1421: <p>
1422:
1.247 jufi 1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1424: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1425: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1426: 2000
1427: </strong></font><br>
1428:
1429: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1430: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1431: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1432: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1433: against current industry practices.
1434: <p>
1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1437: <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
1438: </strong></font><br>
1439:
1440: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1441: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1442: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1443: <p>
1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1446: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1447: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1448: </strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1451: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1452: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1453: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1454: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1455: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1456: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1457: <p>
1458:
1.247 jufi 1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1460: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1461: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1462: </strong></font><br>
1463:
1464: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1465: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1466: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1467: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1468: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1469: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1470: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1471: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1472: <p>
1.247 jufi 1473: </ul>
1.131 louis 1474:
1.118 louis 1475: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1476: <ul>
1.118 louis 1477:
1.247 jufi 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1479: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1480: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1481: </strong></font><br>
1482:
1483: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1484: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1485: about time. The article mentions that
1486: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1487: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1488: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1489: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1490: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1491: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1492: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1493: <p>
1494:
1.247 jufi 1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1496: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1497: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1498: </strong></font><br>
1499:
1500: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1501: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1502: of OpenSSH.
1503: <p>
1504:
1.247 jufi 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1506: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1507: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1508: </strong></font><br>
1509:
1510: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1511: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1512: bridging.
1513: <p>
1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1516: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1517: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1518: </strong></font><br>
1519:
1.121 deraadt 1520: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1521: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1522: <p>
1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1525: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1526: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1527: </strong></font><br>
1528:
1529: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1530: <p>
1531:
1.247 jufi 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1533: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1534: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1535: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1536: </strong></font><br>
1537:
1.120 deraadt 1538: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1539: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1540: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1541: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1542: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1543: <p>
1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1546: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1547: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1548: </strong></font><br>
1549:
1.222 miod 1550: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1551: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1552: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1553: protocols and their quirks.
1554: <p>
1555:
1.247 jufi 1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1557: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1558: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1559: </strong></font><br>
1560:
1561: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1562: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1563: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1564: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1565: <p>
1566:
1.247 jufi 1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1568: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1569: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1570: </strong></font><br>
1571:
1572: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1573: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1574: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1575: <p>
1576:
1.247 jufi 1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1578: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1579: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1580: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1581: </strong></font><br>
1582:
1583: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1584: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1585: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1586: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1587: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1588: <p>
1.247 jufi 1589: </ul>
1.118 louis 1590:
1.104 louis 1591: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1592: <ul>
1.104 louis 1593:
1.247 jufi 1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1595: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1596: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1597: </strong></font><br>
1598:
1599: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1600: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1601: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1602: be a bit dry.
1603: <p>
1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1606: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1607: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1608: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1609: </strong></font><br>
1610: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1611: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1612: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1613: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1614: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1615: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1616: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1617: <p>
1618:
1.247 jufi 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1620: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1621: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1622: 2000
1.128 louis 1623: </strong></font><br>
1624:
1625: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1626: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1627: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1628: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1629: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1630: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1631: <p>
1632:
1.247 jufi 1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1634: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1635: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1636: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1637:
1638: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1639: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1640: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1641: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1642: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1643: <p>
1.110 louis 1644:
1.247 jufi 1645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1646: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1647: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1648: </strong></font><br>
1649:
1650: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1651: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1652: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1653: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1654: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1655: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1656: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1657: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1658: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1659: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1660: <p>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1663: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1664: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1665:
1666: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1667: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1668: <p>
1.108 louis 1669:
1.247 jufi 1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1671: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1672: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1673: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1674:
1675: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1676: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1677: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1678: <p>
1.106 louis 1679:
1.247 jufi 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1681: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1682: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1683: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1684:
1685: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1686: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1687: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1688: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1689: <p>
1.107 louis 1690:
1.247 jufi 1691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1692: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1693: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1694: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1695:
1696: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1697: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1698: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1699: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1700: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1701: <p>
1.105 louis 1702:
1.247 jufi 1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1704: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1705: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1706: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1707:
1.113 naddy 1708: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1709: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1710: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1711: <p>
1.104 louis 1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1714: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1715: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1716: </strong></font><br>
1717:
1718: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1719: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1720: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1721: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1722: <p>
1.247 jufi 1723: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1724:
1.85 louis 1725: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1726: <ul>
1.85 louis 1727:
1.247 jufi 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1729: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1730: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1731: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1732:
1733: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1734: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1735: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1736: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1737: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1738: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1739: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1740: <p>
1.99 louis 1741:
1.247 jufi 1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1743: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1744: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1745: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1746:
1747: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1748: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1749: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1750: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1751: <p>
1.100 louis 1752:
1.247 jufi 1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1754: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1755: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1756: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1757:
1758: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1759: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1760: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1761: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1762: <p>
1.95 louis 1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1765: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1766: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1767: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1768:
1769: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1770: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1771: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1772: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1773: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1774: <p>
1.92 louis 1775:
1.247 jufi 1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1777: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1778: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1779: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1780:
1781: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1782: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1783: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1784: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1785: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1786: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1787: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1788: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1789: <p>
1.91 louis 1790:
1.247 jufi 1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1792: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1793: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1794: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1795:
1796: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1797: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1798: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1799: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1800: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1801: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1802: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1803: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1804: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.90 louis 1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1808: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1809: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1810: </strong></font><br>
1811: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1812: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1813: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1814: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1815: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1816: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1817: <p>
1818:
1.247 jufi 1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1820: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1821: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1822: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1823:
1.113 naddy 1824: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1825: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1826: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1827: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1828: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1829: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1830: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1831: <p>
1.87 louis 1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1834: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1835: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1836: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1837:
1838: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1839: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1840: <p>
1.85 louis 1841:
1.247 jufi 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1843: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1844: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1845: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1846:
1847: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1848: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1849: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1850: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1851: <p>
1.89 louis 1852:
1.247 jufi 1853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1854: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1855: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1856: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1857:
1858: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1859: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1860: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1861: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1862: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1863: </ul>
1.85 louis 1864:
1.78 deraadt 1865: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1866: <ul>
1.74 louis 1867:
1.247 jufi 1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1869: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1870: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1871: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1873:
1874: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1875: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1876: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1877: <p>
1.83 louis 1878:
1.247 jufi 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1880: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1881: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1882: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1883:
1884: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1885: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1886: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1887: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1888: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1889: <p>
1.93 louis 1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1892: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1893: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1894: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1895: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1896:
1.83 louis 1897: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1898: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1899: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1900: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1901: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1902: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1903: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1904: <p>
1.82 aaron 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1907: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1908: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1910:
1.83 louis 1911: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1912: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1913: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1914: <p>
1.80 louis 1915:
1.247 jufi 1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1917: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1918: Bad Press</a>,
1919: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1920: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1921:
1922: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1923: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1924: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1925: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1926: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1927: <p>
1.247 jufi 1928: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1929:
1930: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1931: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1934: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1935: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1936: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1938:
1939: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1940: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1941: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1942: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1943: <p>
1.74 louis 1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1946: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1947: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1949:
1.219 horacio 1950: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1951: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1952: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1953: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1954: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1955: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1956: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1957: <p>
1.88 louis 1958:
1.247 jufi 1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1960: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1961: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1962: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1963:
1964: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1965: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1966: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1967: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1968: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1969: <p>
1.81 louis 1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1972: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1973: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1975:
1976: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1977: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1978: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1979: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1980: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1981: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1982: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1983: <p>
1.90 louis 1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1986: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 1987: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1988: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 1989:
1990: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
1991: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
1992: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 1993: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 1994: <p>
1.247 jufi 1995: </ul>
1.71 louis 1996:
1.69 deraadt 1997: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1998: <ul>
1.70 louis 1999:
1.247 jufi 2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2001: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2002: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2003: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2004:
2005: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2006: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2007: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2008: <p>
1.70 louis 2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2011: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2012: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2013: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2014:
2015: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2016: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2017: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2018: <p>
1.68 louis 2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2021: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2022: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2023: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2024: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2025:
1.111 jufi 2026: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2027: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2028: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2029: "secure by default" installation.
2030: <p>
1.64 louis 2031:
1.247 jufi 2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2033: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2034: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2035: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2036:
1.113 naddy 2037: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2038: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2039: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2040: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2041: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2042: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2043: <p>
1.66 louis 2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2046: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2047: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2048: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2049:
2050: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2051: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2052: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2053: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2054: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2055: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2056: <p>
1.83 louis 2057:
1.247 jufi 2058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2059: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2060: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2061: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2062:
2063: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2064: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2065: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2066: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2067: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2068: <p>
1.64 louis 2069:
1.247 jufi 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2071: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2072: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2073: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2074:
2075: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2076: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2077: <p>
1.247 jufi 2078: </ul>
1.65 louis 2079:
1.69 deraadt 2080: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2081: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2084: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2085: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2086: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2087:
2088: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2089: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2090: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2091: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2092: <p>
1.88 louis 2093:
1.247 jufi 2094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2095: <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 2096: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2097:
2098: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2099: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2100: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2101: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2102: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2103: <p>
1.60 louis 2104:
1.247 jufi 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2106: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2107: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2108: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2109: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2110:
2111: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2112: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2113: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2114: <p>
1.58 louis 2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2117: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2118: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2119:
2120: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2121: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2122: <p>
1.53 louis 2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2125: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2126: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2128:
2129: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2130: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2131: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2132: <p>
1.99 louis 2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2135: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2136: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2137:
2138: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2139: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2140: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2141: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2142: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2145: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2146: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2147: </strong></font><br>
2148:
2149: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2150: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2151: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2152: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2153: <p>
2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2156: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2157: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2159:
2160: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2161: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2162: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2163:
1.247 jufi 2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2165: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2166: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2167:
2168: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2169: in
1.247 jufi 2170: <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 2171: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2172: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2173: <p>
1.53 louis 2174:
1.247 jufi 2175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2176: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2177: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2178: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2179: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2180:
1.58 louis 2181: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2182: <p>
1.247 jufi 2183: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2184:
1.69 deraadt 2185: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2186: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2189: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2190: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2191: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2192: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2193:
1.58 louis 2194: Kurt Seifried
2195: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2196: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2197: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2198: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2201: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2202: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2203: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2204:
2205: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2206: <p>
1.96 louis 2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2209: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2210: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2211: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2212:
2213: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2214: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2215: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2216: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2217: <p>
1.247 jufi 2218: </ul>
1.86 louis 2219:
1.69 deraadt 2220: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2221: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2224: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2225: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2226: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2227:
2228: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2229: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2230: <p>
1.61 louis 2231:
1.247 jufi 2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2233: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2234: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2235: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2236: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2237:
2238: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2239: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2240: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2241: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2242: right -- or at least strives to".
2243: <p>
1.48 louis 2244:
1.247 jufi 2245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2246: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2247: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2248: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2249: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2250: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2251: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2252: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2253: <p>
1.61 louis 2254:
1.247 jufi 2255: <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 2256: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2257: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2258:
2259: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2260: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2261: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2262: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2263: <p>
1.46 louis 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2266: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2267: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2269:
2270: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2271: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2272: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2275: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2276: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2278:
2279: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2280: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2281: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2282: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2283: <p>
1.247 jufi 2284: </ul>
1.70 louis 2285:
1.69 deraadt 2286: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2287: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2288:
1.247 jufi 2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2290: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2291: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2292: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2293: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2294:
2295: Kurt Seifried
2296: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2297: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2298: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2299: <p>
1.44 philen 2300:
1.247 jufi 2301: <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 2302: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2303: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2304:
2305: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2306: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <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 2309: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2310: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2311:
2312: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2313: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2314:
1.247 jufi 2315: <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 2316: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2317: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2318:
2319: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2320: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2321: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2322: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2323: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <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 2326: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2327: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2328:
1.36 louis 2329: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2330: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2333: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2334: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2335: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2336:
2337: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2338: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2339: </ul>
1.38 louis 2340:
1.69 deraadt 2341: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2342: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <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 2345: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2346: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2347:
2348: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2349: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2350: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2351:
1.113 naddy 2352: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2353: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2354: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2355: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2356:
2357: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2358: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2359: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2360: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2361: <blockquote>
2362: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2363: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2364: <br>
2365: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2366: </code>
2367: </blockquote>
2368: <p>
2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2371: <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>
2372: <p>
2373:
2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2375: <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 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2377:
2378: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2379: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2380: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2381: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2384: <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 2385: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2386:
2387: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2388: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2389: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2390: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2391: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2392: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2393: <p>
1.19 louis 2394:
1.113 naddy 2395: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2396: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2397: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2398:
2399: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2400: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2401: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2402: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2403: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2404: <p>
1.16 louis 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2407: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2408: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2409: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2410:
1.57 louis 2411: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2412: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2413: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2414: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2417: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2418: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2419: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2420:
1.113 naddy 2421: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2422:
1.247 jufi 2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2424: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2425: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2426: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2427:
1.23 louis 2428: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2429: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2430: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2431: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2432: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2433: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2436: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2437: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2438: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2439:
1.199 pvalchev 2440: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2441: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2442: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2443: installation.
1.113 naddy 2444: <p>
1.47 louis 2445:
1.247 jufi 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2447: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2448: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2449: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2450:
2451: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2452: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2453: </ul>
1.57 louis 2454:
1.69 deraadt 2455: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2456: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2457:
1.247 jufi 2458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2459: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2460: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2461: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2462:
2463: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2464: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2465: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
1.12 louis 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2469: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2470: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2471: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2472:
2473: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2474: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2475: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2476: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2477: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2478: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2479: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2480: <p>
1.247 jufi 2481: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2482:
1.69 deraadt 2483: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2484: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2487: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2488: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2489:
2490: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2491: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2492: available."
1.113 naddy 2493: <p>
1.247 jufi 2494: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2495:
1.69 deraadt 2496: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2497: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2500: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2501: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2502:
2503: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2504: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2505: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2506: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2507: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2508: <p>
1.33 louis 2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2511: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2512: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2513: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2514:
1.113 naddy 2515: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2516: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2517: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2518: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2519: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2520: <p>
1.247 jufi 2521: </ul>
1.57 louis 2522:
1.69 deraadt 2523: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2524: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2527: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2528: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2529: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2530:
2531: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2532: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2533: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2536: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2537: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2538: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2540:
2541: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2542: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2543:
1.247 jufi 2544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2545: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2546:
1.113 naddy 2547: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2550: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2551: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2553:
2554: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2555: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2556: </ul>
1.23 louis 2557:
1.69 deraadt 2558: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2559: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2562: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2563: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2564:
2565: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2566: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2567: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2570: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2571: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2572: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2573:
2574: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2575: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2576: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2577: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2578: </ul>
1.57 louis 2579:
1.69 deraadt 2580: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2581: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2584: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2585: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2586: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2587:
2588: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2589: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2590: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2591: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2592: <p>
1.15 louis 2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2595: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2596: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2597: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2598:
2599: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2600: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2601: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2602: columns."
1.113 naddy 2603: <p>
1.247 jufi 2604: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2605:
1.69 deraadt 2606: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2607: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2610: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2611: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2612: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2613:
2614: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2615: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2616:
1.113 naddy 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2618: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2619: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2620:
2621: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2622: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2623: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2624: </ul>
1.57 louis 2625:
1.69 deraadt 2626: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2627: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2628:
1.113 naddy 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2630: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2631: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2633:
1.222 miod 2634: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2635: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2636: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2637: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2638: <p>
1.247 jufi 2639: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2640:
1.69 deraadt 2641: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2642: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2645: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2646: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2647:
1.69 deraadt 2648: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2649: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2650: <p>
1.247 jufi 2651: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2652:
1.69 deraadt 2653: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2654: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2657: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2658: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2659: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2660:
2661: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2662: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2663: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2666: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2667: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2668: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2669: <p>
1.247 jufi 2670: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2671:
1.69 deraadt 2672: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2673: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2676: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2677: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2678: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2679: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2680: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2681:
2682: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2683: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2684: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2685: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2686: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2687: <p>
1.247 jufi 2688: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2689:
2690: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2691: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2692:
1.247 jufi 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2694: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2695: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2696:
1.69 deraadt 2697: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2698: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2699: <p>
1.112 naddy 2700:
1.247 jufi 2701: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2702: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2703:
1.113 naddy 2704: <hr>
2705: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2706: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2707:
1.200 niklas 2708: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <ul>
2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2712: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2713: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2714:
2715: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2716: <p>
2717:
1.247 jufi 2718: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2719:
2720: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <ul>
2723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2724: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2725: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2726:
2727: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2728: <p>
2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2731: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2732: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2733:
2734: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2735: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2736: <p>
2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2739:
2740: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2741:
1.247 jufi 2742: <ul>
2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2744: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2745: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2746:
2747: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2748: <p>
2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2751:
1.102 niklas 2752: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <ul>
2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2756: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2757: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2758:
2759: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2760: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2761: <p>
1.102 niklas 2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2764:
1.84 niklas 2765: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: <ul>
2768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2769: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2770: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2771:
2772: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2773: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.84 niklas 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2777:
1.69 deraadt 2778: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <ul>
2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2782: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2783: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2784:
1.222 miod 2785: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2786: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2787: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2788: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2789:
1.247 jufi 2790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2791: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2792: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2793: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2794: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2795:
1.20 louis 2796: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2797: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2798: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2799: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2800: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2803:
1.113 naddy 2804: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2805: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2806: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2807:
2808:
2809: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2810: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2813: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2814: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2815:
2816: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2817: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2818: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2819:
2820: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2821: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2824:
2825:
1.170 louis 2826: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2827: <ul>
1.170 louis 2828:
1.247 jufi 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2830: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2831: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2832: </strong></font><br>
2833:
2834: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2835: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2836: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2837: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2838: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2839: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2840: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2841: <p>
1.247 jufi 2842: </ul>
1.170 louis 2843:
1.69 deraadt 2844: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2845: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2846:
1.247 jufi 2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2848: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2849: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2850: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2851:
2852: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2853: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2854: translating and reprinting articles from
2855: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2856: <p>
1.247 jufi 2857: </ul>
1.20 louis 2858:
1.113 naddy 2859: <hr>
2860: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2861: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2862:
1.246 jufi 2863: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2864: <ul>
2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2866: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2867: December 04, 2002
2868: </strong></font><br>
2869: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2870: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2871: <p>
1.247 jufi 2872: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2873:
1.151 louis 2874: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2875: <ul>
1.151 louis 2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2878: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2879: </strong></font><br>
2880:
2881: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2882: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2883: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2884: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2885: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2886: <p>
1.247 jufi 2887: </ul>
1.151 louis 2888:
1.72 louis 2889: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2890: <ul>
1.72 louis 2891:
1.247 jufi 2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2893: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2894: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2895: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2896:
1.101 jufi 2897: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2898: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2899: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2900: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2901: Giving way to
2902: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2903: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2904: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2905: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2906: <p>
1.247 jufi 2907: </ul>
1.72 louis 2908:
1.69 deraadt 2909: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2910: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2913: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2914: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2915: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2916:
2917: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2918: <p>
1.247 jufi 2919: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2920:
1.50 louis 2921:
1.113 naddy 2922: <hr>
2923: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2924: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2925:
1.69 deraadt 2926: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2930: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2931: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2933:
2934: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2935: <p>
1.247 jufi 2936: </ul>
1.62 form 2937:
1.69 deraadt 2938: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2939: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2942: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2943: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2944: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2945:
1.59 form 2946: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2947: <p>
1.112 naddy 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2950:
1.113 naddy 2951: <hr>
2952: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2953: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2954: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2957: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2958: Radio, August 2, 2000
2959: </strong></font><br>
2960:
2961: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2962: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2963: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2964: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2965: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2966: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2967: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2968: <p>
2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2971: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2972: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2973: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2974: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2975:
2976: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2977: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2978: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2979: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2980: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2981: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2982: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2983: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 2984: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2985: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2986: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2987: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 2988: <p>
1.247 jufi 2989: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 2990:
1.113 naddy 2991: <hr>
1.216 horacio 2992: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 2993: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 2994:
2995: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2996: <ul>
1.216 horacio 2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 2999: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3000: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3001: </strong></font><br>
3002:
3003: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3004: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3005: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3006: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3007: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3008: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3009: A
1.216 horacio 3010: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3011: <p>
1.247 jufi 3012: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3013:
1.252 miod 3014: <hr>
3015: <a name=fr></a>
3016: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3017:
3018: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3019: <ul>
3020:
3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3022: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3023: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3027: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3028: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3029: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3030: <p>
3031: </ul>
3032:
1.216 horacio 3033:
3034: <hr>
3035: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3036: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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