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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>
1.267 ! deraadt 39: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
! 40: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
! 41: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18.</a>
! 42: </strong></font><br>
! 43: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
! 44: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
! 45: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
! 46: american century.
! 47: <p>
! 48:
! 49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 50: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
51: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.266 deraadt 52: IDG News Service, April 18.</a>
1.264 deraadt 53: </strong></font><br>
1.267 ! deraadt 54: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
! 55: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
! 56: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
! 57: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
! 58: Can also be found online at:
! 59: <ul>
! 60: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
! 61: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
! 62: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 63: <p>
64:
65: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 66: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
67: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
68: Associated Press, April 18th,
69: </strong></font><br>
70: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
71: DARPA funding cancellation. This has been picked up by
72: many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories
73: including:
1.263 deraadt 74: <ul>
75: <li><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">Seattle Post Intelligencer</a>
76: <li><a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/17/ap/HiTech/apnews42742-03.txt">The Porterville Recorder, CA</a> [Pulled]
77: <li><a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Lakeland Leger</a>
78: <li><a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Times Daily, AL</a>
79: <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 80: <li><a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">Rapid City Journal, SD</a>
81: <li><a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">Infoshop News</a>
82: <li><a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">San Jose Mercury News, CA</a>
1.263 deraadt 83: </ul>
1.262 beck 84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 87: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
88: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.264 deraadt 89: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18.</a>
1.263 deraadt 90: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 91: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 92: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
93: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
94: <p>
95:
96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
97: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
98: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
99: The Register, April 18th.
100: </strong></font><br>
101: Another report on the DARPA funding.
102: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
103: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 107: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
108: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
109: news.com.com, April 17th.
110: </strong></font><br>
111: (also online at
112: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
113: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
114: <br>
115: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
116: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
117: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
118: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
119: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
120: Goes on to say:
121: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
122: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
123: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
124: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
125: <p>
126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
127: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
128: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
129: SlashDot, April 17th.
130: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 131: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 132: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
133: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
134: without notice or justification.
135: <p>
136:
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
139: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
140: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
141: </strong></font><br>
142: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
143: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
144: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
145: effective today, without any warning..."
146: <p>
1.257 ian 147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 149: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
150: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 151: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 152: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 153: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
154: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
155: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
156: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
157: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 161: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
162: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
163: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
164: </strong></font><br>
165: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
166: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
167: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
168: quoting two of them:
169: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
170: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
171: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
172: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
173: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
174: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
175: <p>
176:
1.255 ian 177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 178: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
179: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
180: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
181: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 182: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 183: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
184: security experts for more than three decades."
185: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
186: <p>
1.261 ian 187:
1.254 drahn 188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 189: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
190: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
191: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
192: </strong></font><br>
193: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
194: from US DARPA.
195: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
196: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
197: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
198: the BSD license.
199: <p>
200: </ul>
201:
1.251 ian 202: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
203: <ul>
204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
206: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
207: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
208: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
209: </strong></font><br>
210: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
211: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
212: Mentions
213: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
214: and
215: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
216: programs.
217: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
218: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
219: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
220: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
221: <p>
1.260 ian 222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
224: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
225: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
226: </strong></font><br>
227: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
228: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
229: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
230: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
231: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
232: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
233: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
234: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
235: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
236: put into service."
237: <p>
238: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
239: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
240: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
241: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
242: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
243: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
244: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
245: computers with security features."
246: <p>
1.251 ian 247: </ul>
248:
1.249 jufi 249: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
250: <ul>
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
252: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
253: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
254: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
255: </strong></font><br>
256: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
257: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
258: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
259: <p>
260: </ul>
261:
1.246 jufi 262: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 263: <ul>
1.246 jufi 264:
1.247 jufi 265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 266: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
267: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
268: </strong></font><br>
269: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
270: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
271: <p>
272:
1.247 jufi 273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 274: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
275: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
276: </strong></font><br>
277: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
278: in their annual OpenHack security test.
279: <p>
1.247 jufi 280: </ul>
1.246 jufi 281:
1.244 jufi 282: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 283: <ul>
1.246 jufi 284:
1.247 jufi 285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 286: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
287: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
288: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
289: <br>
290: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
291: </strong></font><br>
292: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
293: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
294: md5 digests.
295: <p>
296:
1.247 jufi 297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 298: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 299: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 300: </strong></font><br>
301: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
302: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
303: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
304: right the first time."
305: <p>
1.247 jufi 306: </ul>
1.244 jufi 307:
308:
309: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 310: <ul>
1.244 jufi 311:
1.247 jufi 312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 313: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
314: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
315: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
316: </strong></font><br>
317: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
318: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
319: part 6</a>.
320: <p>
321:
1.247 jufi 322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 323: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
324: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
325: </strong></font><br>
326: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
327: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
328: <p>
1.247 jufi 329: </ul>
1.242 jufi 330:
331: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 332: <ul>
1.242 jufi 333:
1.247 jufi 334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 335: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
336: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
337: </strong></font><br>
338: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
339: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
340: <p>
341:
1.247 jufi 342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 343: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
344: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
345: </strong></font><br>
346: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
347: this time using pf.
348: <p>
1.247 jufi 349: </ul>
1.242 jufi 350:
351: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 352: <ul>
1.242 jufi 353:
1.247 jufi 354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 355: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
356: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
357: </strong></font><br>
358: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
359: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
360: their rotation.
361: <p>
362:
1.247 jufi 363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 364: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
365: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
366: </strong></font><br>
367: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
368: <p>
1.247 jufi 369: </ul>
1.242 jufi 370:
1.239 jufi 371: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 372: <ul>
1.239 jufi 373:
1.247 jufi 374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 375: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
376: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
377: </strong></font><br>
378: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
379: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
380: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
381: <p>
382:
1.247 jufi 383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 384: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
385: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
386: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 387: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
388: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
389: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 390: <p>
1.247 jufi 391: </ul>
1.239 jufi 392:
1.235 lebel 393: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 394: <ul>
1.235 lebel 395:
1.239 jufi 396:
1.247 jufi 397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 398: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
399: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
400: </strong></font><br>
401: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
402: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
403: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
404: <p>
1.247 jufi 405: </ul>
1.235 lebel 406:
1.228 horacio 407: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 408: <ul>
1.228 horacio 409:
1.247 jufi 410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 411: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
412: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
413: </strong></font><br>
414: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
415: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
416: <p>
417:
1.247 jufi 418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 419: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
420: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
421: </strong></font><br>
422: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
423: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
424: <p>
425:
1.247 jufi 426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 427: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
428: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
429: </strong></font><br>
430: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
431: on the desktop of his parents.
432: <p>
433:
1.247 jufi 434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 435: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 436: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 437: </strong></font><br>
438: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
439: using IPFilter.
440:
441: <p>
442:
1.247 jufi 443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 444: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
445: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
446: </strong></font><br>
447: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
448: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
449: perspectives of the four OS.
450: <br>
451: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 452: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 453: <p>
454:
1.247 jufi 455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 456: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
457: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
458: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
459: </strong></font><br>
460:
461: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
462: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
463: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
464: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
465: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
466: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
467: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
468: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
469: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
470: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
471: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
472: security conscious team beyond doubt.
473: <p>
1.247 jufi 474: </ul>
1.228 horacio 475:
1.225 horacio 476: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 477: <ul>
1.225 horacio 478:
1.247 jufi 479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 480: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
481: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 482: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 483: </strong></font><br>
484:
485: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
486: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
487: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 488: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 489: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
490: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
491: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
492: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
493: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 494: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 495: of choice.
496: <p>
1.247 jufi 497: </ul>
1.225 horacio 498:
499: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 500: <ul>
1.225 horacio 501:
1.247 jufi 502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 503: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
504: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
505: </strong></font><br>
506:
507: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
508: <p>
509:
1.247 jufi 510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 511: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 512: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
516: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
517: <p>
1.247 jufi 518: </ul>
1.225 horacio 519:
1.218 horacio 520: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 521: <ul>
1.218 horacio 522:
1.247 jufi 523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 524: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
525: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
526: </strong></font><br>
527:
528: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
529: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
530: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
531: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
532: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
533: subjects. Worth a read.
534: <p>
535:
536:
1.247 jufi 537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 538: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 539: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 540: </strong></font><br>
541:
542: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
543: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
544: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
545: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
546: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
547: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
548: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
549: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
550: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 551: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 552: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
553: on other operating systems.<br>
554: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
555: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
556: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
557: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
558: <p>
559:
1.247 jufi 560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 561: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
562: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
563: </strong></font><br>
564:
565: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
566: covering the level of software integration into the core
567: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
568: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
569: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
570: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
571: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
572: <p>
573:
1.247 jufi 574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 575: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
576: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
577: </strong></font><br>
578:
579: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
580: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
581: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
582: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
583: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
584: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
585: <p>
1.247 jufi 586: </ul>
1.221 horacio 587:
1.210 jufi 588: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 589: <ul>
1.215 horacio 590:
1.247 jufi 591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 592: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
593: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
594: </strong></font><br>
595:
596: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
597: source software in response to an article which claimed that
598: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
599: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
600: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
601: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
602: <p>
603:
1.247 jufi 604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 605: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 606: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
607: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 608:
1.224 horacio 609: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
610: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
611: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
612: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
613: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
614: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 615: <p>
1.247 jufi 616: </ul>
1.215 horacio 617:
618: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 619: <ul>
1.215 horacio 620:
1.247 jufi 621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 622: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
623: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
624: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
625: </strong></font><br>
626:
627: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
628: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 629: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 630: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
631: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
632: investment</em>.<br>
633: The implementation details can be seen on their
634: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
635: <p>
636:
1.247 jufi 637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 638: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
639: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
640: </strong></font><br>
641:
642: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
643: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
644: security and says that even secured operating systems running
645: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
646: to time.<br>
647: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
648: system and just the most secure system.
649: <p>
650:
1.247 jufi 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 652: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
653: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
654: </strong></font><br>
655:
656: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
657: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
658: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
659: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
660: choice:<br>
661: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
662: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
663: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
664: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
665: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
666: network security devices and as such must be well
667: armored."</em><br>
668: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
669: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
670: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
671: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
672: <br>
673: Bravo!
674: <p>
1.247 jufi 675: </ul>
1.210 jufi 676:
1.207 ian 677: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 678: <ul>
1.215 horacio 679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 681: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
682: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
683: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 684:
1.207 ian 685: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
686: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 687: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 688: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
689: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
690: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 691: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 692: <p>
1.247 jufi 693: </ul>
1.207 ian 694:
1.194 jufi 695: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 696: <ul>
1.194 jufi 697:
1.247 jufi 698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 699: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
700: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
701: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 702:
1.240 miod 703: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 704: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
705: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
706: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
707: <p>
708:
1.247 jufi 709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 710: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 711: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
712: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
713: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 714:
1.240 miod 715: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 716: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 717: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
718: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
719: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 720: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 721: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
722: <br>
723: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
724: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
725: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
726: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
727: <p>
728:
1.247 jufi 729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 730: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
731: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 732: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 733: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 734:
1.194 jufi 735: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
736: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
737: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
738: <br>
739: The new
740: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 741: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 742: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
743: <p>
1.247 jufi 744: </ul>
1.194 jufi 745:
1.190 horacio 746: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 747: <ul>
1.190 horacio 748:
1.247 jufi 749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 750:
751: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
752: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
753:
754: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
755: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
756:
757: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
758: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
759:
1.212 horacio 760: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
761: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 762: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
763:
1.211 horacio 764: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
765: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 766: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
767:
1.247 jufi 768: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 769: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
770:
1.247 jufi 771: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 772: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
773:
1.212 horacio 774: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
775: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 776: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
777:
778: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
779: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
780:
781: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
782: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
783:
784: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
785: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
786:
787: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 788: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 789:
1.192 jufi 790: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
791: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 792: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 793:
1.193 deraadt 794: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
795: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 796: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 797:
1.247 jufi 798: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 799: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
800:
1.247 jufi 801: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 802: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
803: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
804:
1.213 horacio 805: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 806: 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 807: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
808:
1.190 horacio 809: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 810: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
811: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
812: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
813: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
814: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
815: <p>
1.190 horacio 816:
1.247 jufi 817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 818: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
819: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
820: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 821: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 822:
1.195 jufi 823: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 824: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
825: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
826: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 827: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
828: <p>
829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 831: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 832: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
833: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
834: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 835:
1.191 jufi 836: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
837: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
838: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
839: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 840: <p>
1.247 jufi 841: </ul>
1.190 horacio 842:
1.191 jufi 843:
1.186 jufi 844: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 845: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 846:
1.247 jufi 847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 848: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 849: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
850: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 851: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 852:
1.188 jufi 853: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 854: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 855: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 856: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
857: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 858: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 859: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 860: <p>
861:
1.191 jufi 862:
1.247 jufi 863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 864: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
865: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
866: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 867: </strong></font><br>
868:
869: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
870: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
871: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
872: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
873: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
874: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
875: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
876: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
877: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
878: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
879: familiar?
880: <p>
1.247 jufi 881: </ul>
1.191 jufi 882:
1.178 louis 883: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 884: <ul>
1.178 louis 885:
1.247 jufi 886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 887: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
888: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 889: </strong></font><br>
890:
891: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
892: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
893: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
894: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
895: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
896: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
897: <p>
898:
1.247 jufi 899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 900: <a
1.182 louis 901: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
902: </strong></font><br>
903:
904: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
905: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
906: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
907: <p>
908:
1.247 jufi 909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 910: <a
1.179 louis 911: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
912: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
913: </strong></font><br>
914:
915: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
916: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
917: <p>
1.247 jufi 918: </ul>
1.179 louis 919:
1.174 louis 920:
1.175 louis 921: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 922: <ul>
1.175 louis 923:
1.247 jufi 924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 925: <a
1.179 louis 926: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
927: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
928: </strong></font><br>
929:
930: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
931: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
932: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
933: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
934: <p>
935:
1.247 jufi 936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 937: <a
1.183 ian 938: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 939: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
940: </strong></font><br>
941:
942: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 943: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 944: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
945: <p>
1.247 jufi 946: </ul>
1.175 louis 947:
1.176 louis 948:
1.172 mickey 949: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 950: <ul>
1.172 mickey 951:
1.247 jufi 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 953: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 954: </strong></font><br>
955:
956: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
957: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
958: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 959: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 960: <p>
961:
1.247 jufi 962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 963: <a
1.174 louis 964: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
965: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
966: </strong></font><br>
967:
968: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
969: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
970: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
971: <p>
972:
1.247 jufi 973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 974: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
975: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
976: </strong></font><br>
977:
978: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
979: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
980: <p>
981:
1.247 jufi 982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 983: <a
984: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
985: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
986: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
987: </strong></font><br>
988:
989: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
990: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
991: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
992: our own Theo de Raadt.
993: <p>
994:
1.247 jufi 995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 996: <a
997: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
998: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
999: </strong></font><br>
1000:
1001: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1002: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1003: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1004: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1005: shut down.]
1006: <p>
1007:
1.247 jufi 1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1009: <a
1.226 horacio 1010: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1011: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 1012: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1013: </strong></font><br>
1014:
1015: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1016: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1017: <p>
1.247 jufi 1018: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1019:
1.161 louis 1020: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1021: <ul>
1.161 louis 1022:
1.247 jufi 1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1024: <a
1025: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
1026: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
1027: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1028: </strong></font><br>
1029:
1030: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1031: by John Wolley
1032: <p>
1033:
1.247 jufi 1034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1035: <a
1036: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
1037: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
1038: </strong></font><br>
1039:
1040: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1041: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1042: OpenBSD).
1043: <p>
1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1046: <a
1.247 jufi 1047: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1048: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1052: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1053: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1054: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1055: and hindsight.
1056: <p>
1057:
1.247 jufi 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1059: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1060: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1064: <p>
1065:
1.247 jufi 1066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1067: <a
1.168 provos 1068: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1069: December 7, 2000
1070: </strong></font><br>
1071:
1072: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1073: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1074: us explain.
1075: <p>
1076:
1.247 jufi 1077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1078: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1079: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1080: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1081: December 6, 2000
1082: </strong></font><br>
1083:
1084: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1085: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1086: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1087: <p>
1088:
1.247 jufi 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1090: <a
1.226 horacio 1091: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1092: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1093: </strong></font><br>
1094:
1095: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1096: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1097: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1098: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1099: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1100: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1101: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1102: <p>
1.162 millert 1103:
1.247 jufi 1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1105: <a
1.161 louis 1106: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1107: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109:
1110: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1111: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1112: <p>
1113:
1.247 jufi 1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1115: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1116: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1117: </strong></font><br>
1118:
1119: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1120: <p>
1121:
1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1124: <a
1.226 horacio 1125: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1126: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1127: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1128: </strong></font><br>
1129:
1130: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1131: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1132: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1133: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1134: <p>
1.247 jufi 1135: </ul>
1.169 louis 1136:
1.158 louis 1137: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1138: <ul>
1.147 louis 1139:
1.247 jufi 1140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1141: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1142: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1143: </strong></font><br>
1144:
1145: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1146: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1147: <p>
1148:
1.247 jufi 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1150: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1151: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1152: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1153: </strong></font><br>
1154: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1155: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1156: <p>
1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1159: <a
1160: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1161: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1162: </strong></font><br>
1163:
1164: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1165: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1166: <p>
1167:
1.247 jufi 1168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1169: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1170: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1171: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1172:
1.213 horacio 1173: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1174: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1175: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1176: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1177: <p>
1.215 horacio 1178:
1.247 jufi 1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1180: <a
1181: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1182: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1186: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1187: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1188: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1189: much of the attitude too).
1190: <p>
1.161 louis 1191:
1.247 jufi 1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1193: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1194: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1195: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1196:
1.157 louis 1197: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1198: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1199: <p>
1.247 jufi 1200: </ul>
1.157 louis 1201:
1202: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1203: <ul>
1.157 louis 1204:
1.247 jufi 1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1206: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1207: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1208: </strong></font><br>
1209:
1210: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1211: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1212: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1213: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1214: <p>
1215:
1.247 jufi 1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1217: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1218: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1219: </strong></font><br>
1220:
1221: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1222: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1223: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1224: it because they love coding...
1225: <p>
1226:
1.247 jufi 1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1228: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1229: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1230: </strong></font><br>
1231:
1232: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1233: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1234: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1235: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1236: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1237: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1238: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1239: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1240: <p>
1241:
1.247 jufi 1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1243: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1244: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1245: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1246: </strong></font><br>
1247:
1248: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1249: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1250: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1251: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1252: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1253: the pizza.
1254: <p>
1255:
1.247 jufi 1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1257: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1258: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1259: </strong></font><br>
1260:
1261: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1262: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1263: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1264: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1265: problems.
1266: <p>
1267:
1.247 jufi 1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1269: <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 1270: </strong></font><br>
1271:
1.222 miod 1272: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1273: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1274: - whether they like it or not.
1275: <p>
1276:
1.247 jufi 1277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1278: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1279: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1280: </strong></font><br>
1281:
1282: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1283: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1284: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1285: <p>
1.148 aaron 1286:
1.247 jufi 1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1288: <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 1289: </strong></font><br>
1290:
1291: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1292: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1293: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1294: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1295: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1296: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1297: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1298: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1299: <p>
1300:
1.247 jufi 1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1302: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1303: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1304: </strong></font><br>
1305:
1306: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1307: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1308: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1309: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1310: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1311: <p>
1.247 jufi 1312: </ul>
1.147 louis 1313:
1.138 louis 1314: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1315: <ul>
1.138 louis 1316:
1.247 jufi 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1318: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1319: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1320: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1321: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1322: </strong></font><br>
1323:
1.227 horacio 1324: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1325: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1326: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1327: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1328: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1329: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1330: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1331: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1332: <p>
1333:
1.247 jufi 1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1335: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1336: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1337: </strong></font><br>
1338:
1339: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1340: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1341: groups, and even Linux.
1342: <p>
1343:
1.247 jufi 1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1345: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1346: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1347: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1348: </strong></font><br>
1349:
1350: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1351: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1352: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1353: library after installing the OS.
1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1357: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1358: Sys Admin, September 2000
1359: </strong></font><br>
1360:
1361: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1362: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1363: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1364: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1365: (<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>,
1366: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1367: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1368: <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 1369: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1370: out of the system.
1371: <p>
1372:
1.247 jufi 1373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1374: <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
1375: </strong></font><br>
1376:
1377: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1378: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1379: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1380: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1381: the IP filtering and address translation.
1382: <p>
1.247 jufi 1383: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1384:
1.131 louis 1385: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1386: <ul>
1.131 louis 1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1389: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1390: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1391: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1392: </strong></font><br>
1393:
1394: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1395: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1396: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1397: <p>
1398:
1.247 jufi 1399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1400: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1401: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1402: </strong></font><br>
1403:
1404: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1405: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1406: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1407: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1408: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1409: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1410: note of"</i>.
1411: <p>
1412:
1.247 jufi 1413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1414: <a
1.247 jufi 1415: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1416: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1417: </strong></font><br>
1418:
1419: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1420: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1421: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1422: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1423: <p>
1424:
1.247 jufi 1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1426: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1427: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1428: </strong></font><br>
1429:
1430: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1431: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1432: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1433: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1434: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1435: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1436: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1437: <p>
1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1440: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1441: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1442: 2000
1443: </strong></font><br>
1444:
1445: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1446: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1447: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1448: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1449: against current industry practices.
1450: <p>
1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1453: <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
1454: </strong></font><br>
1455:
1456: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1457: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1458: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1459: <p>
1460:
1.247 jufi 1461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1462: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1463: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1464: </strong></font><br>
1465:
1466: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1467: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1468: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1469: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1470: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1471: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1472: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1473: <p>
1474:
1.247 jufi 1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1476: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1477: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1478: </strong></font><br>
1479:
1480: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1481: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1482: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1483: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1484: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1485: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1486: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1487: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1488: <p>
1.247 jufi 1489: </ul>
1.131 louis 1490:
1.118 louis 1491: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1492: <ul>
1.118 louis 1493:
1.247 jufi 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1495: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1496: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1497: </strong></font><br>
1498:
1499: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1500: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1501: about time. The article mentions that
1502: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1503: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1504: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1505: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1506: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1507: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1508: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1509: <p>
1510:
1.247 jufi 1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1512: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1513: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1514: </strong></font><br>
1515:
1516: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1517: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1518: of OpenSSH.
1519: <p>
1520:
1.247 jufi 1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1522: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1523: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1524: </strong></font><br>
1525:
1526: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1527: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1528: bridging.
1529: <p>
1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1532: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1533: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1534: </strong></font><br>
1535:
1.121 deraadt 1536: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1537: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1538: <p>
1539:
1.247 jufi 1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1541: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1542: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1543: </strong></font><br>
1544:
1545: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1546: <p>
1547:
1.247 jufi 1548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1549: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1550: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1551: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1552: </strong></font><br>
1553:
1.120 deraadt 1554: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1555: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1556: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1557: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1558: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1559: <p>
1560:
1.247 jufi 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1562: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1563: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1564: </strong></font><br>
1565:
1.222 miod 1566: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1567: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1568: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1569: protocols and their quirks.
1570: <p>
1571:
1.247 jufi 1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1573: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1574: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1575: </strong></font><br>
1576:
1577: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1578: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1579: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1580: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1581: <p>
1582:
1.247 jufi 1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1584: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1585: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1586: </strong></font><br>
1587:
1588: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1589: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1590: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1591: <p>
1592:
1.247 jufi 1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1594: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1595: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1596: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1597: </strong></font><br>
1598:
1599: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1600: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1601: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1602: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1603: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1604: <p>
1.247 jufi 1605: </ul>
1.118 louis 1606:
1.104 louis 1607: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1608: <ul>
1.104 louis 1609:
1.247 jufi 1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1611: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1612: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1615: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1616: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1617: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1618: be a bit dry.
1619: <p>
1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1622: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1623: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1624: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1625: </strong></font><br>
1626: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1627: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1628: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1629: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1630: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1631: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1632: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1633: <p>
1634:
1.247 jufi 1635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1636: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1637: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1638: 2000
1.128 louis 1639: </strong></font><br>
1640:
1641: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1642: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1643: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1644: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1645: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1646: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1647: <p>
1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1650: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1651: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1652: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1653:
1654: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1655: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1656: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1657: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1658: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1659: <p>
1.110 louis 1660:
1.247 jufi 1661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1662: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1663: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1664: </strong></font><br>
1665:
1666: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1667: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1668: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1669: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1670: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1671: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1672: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1673: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1674: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1675: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1676: <p>
1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1679: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1680: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1681:
1682: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1683: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1684: <p>
1.108 louis 1685:
1.247 jufi 1686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1687: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1688: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1689: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1690:
1691: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1692: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1693: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1694: <p>
1.106 louis 1695:
1.247 jufi 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1697: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1698: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1700:
1701: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1702: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1703: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1704: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1705: <p>
1.107 louis 1706:
1.247 jufi 1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1708: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1709: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1710: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1711:
1712: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1713: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1714: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1715: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1716: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1717: <p>
1.105 louis 1718:
1.247 jufi 1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1720: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1721: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1722: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1723:
1.113 naddy 1724: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1725: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1726: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1727: <p>
1.104 louis 1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1730: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1731: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1732: </strong></font><br>
1733:
1734: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1735: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1736: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1737: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1738: <p>
1.247 jufi 1739: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1740:
1.85 louis 1741: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1742: <ul>
1.85 louis 1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1745: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1746: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1747: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1748:
1749: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1750: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1751: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1752: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1753: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1754: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1755: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1756: <p>
1.99 louis 1757:
1.247 jufi 1758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1759: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1760: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1761: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1762:
1763: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1764: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1765: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1766: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1767: <p>
1.100 louis 1768:
1.247 jufi 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1770: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1771: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1773:
1774: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1775: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1776: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1777: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1778: <p>
1.95 louis 1779:
1.247 jufi 1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1781: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1782: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1783: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1784:
1785: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1786: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1787: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1788: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1789: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1790: <p>
1.92 louis 1791:
1.247 jufi 1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1793: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1794: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1795: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1796:
1797: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1798: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1799: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1800: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1801: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1802: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1803: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1804: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.91 louis 1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1808: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1809: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1810: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1811:
1812: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1813: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1814: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1815: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1816: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1817: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1818: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1819: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1820: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1821: <p>
1.90 louis 1822:
1.247 jufi 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1824: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1825: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1826: </strong></font><br>
1827: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1828: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1829: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1830: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1831: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1832: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1833: <p>
1834:
1.247 jufi 1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1836: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1837: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1838: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1839:
1.113 naddy 1840: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1841: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1842: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1843: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1844: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1845: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1846: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1847: <p>
1.87 louis 1848:
1.247 jufi 1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1850: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1851: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1852: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1853:
1854: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1855: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1856: <p>
1.85 louis 1857:
1.247 jufi 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1859: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1860: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1861: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1862:
1863: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1864: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1865: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1866: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1867: <p>
1.89 louis 1868:
1.247 jufi 1869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1870: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1871: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1872: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1873:
1874: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1875: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1876: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1877: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1878: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1879: </ul>
1.85 louis 1880:
1.78 deraadt 1881: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1882: <ul>
1.74 louis 1883:
1.247 jufi 1884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1885: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1886: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1887: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1888: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1889:
1890: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1891: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1892: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1893: <p>
1.83 louis 1894:
1.247 jufi 1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1896: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1897: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1898: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1899:
1900: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1901: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1902: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1903: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1904: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1905: <p>
1.93 louis 1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1908: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1909: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1910: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1911: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1912:
1.83 louis 1913: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1914: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1915: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1916: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1917: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1918: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1919: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1920: <p>
1.82 aaron 1921:
1.247 jufi 1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1923: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1924: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1925: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1926:
1.83 louis 1927: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1928: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1929: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1930: <p>
1.80 louis 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1933: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1934: Bad Press</a>,
1935: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1936: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1937:
1938: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1939: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1940: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1941: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1942: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1943: <p>
1.247 jufi 1944: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1945:
1946: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1947: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1948:
1.247 jufi 1949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1950: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1951: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1952: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1953: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1954:
1955: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1956: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1957: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1958: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1959: <p>
1.74 louis 1960:
1.247 jufi 1961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1962: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1963: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1964: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1965:
1.219 horacio 1966: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1967: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1968: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1969: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1970: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1971: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1972: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1973: <p>
1.88 louis 1974:
1.247 jufi 1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1976: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1977: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1978: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1979:
1980: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1981: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1982: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1983: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1984: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1985: <p>
1.81 louis 1986:
1.247 jufi 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1988: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1989: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1990: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1991:
1992: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1993: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1994: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1995: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1996: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1997: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1998: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 1999: <p>
1.90 louis 2000:
1.247 jufi 2001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2002: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2003: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2005:
2006: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2007: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2008: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2009: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2010: <p>
1.247 jufi 2011: </ul>
1.71 louis 2012:
1.69 deraadt 2013: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2014: <ul>
1.70 louis 2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2017: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2018: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2019: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2020:
2021: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2022: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2023: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2024: <p>
1.70 louis 2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2027: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2028: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2029: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2030:
2031: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2032: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2033: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.68 louis 2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2037: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2038: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2039: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2040: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2041:
1.111 jufi 2042: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2043: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2044: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2045: "secure by default" installation.
2046: <p>
1.64 louis 2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2049: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2050: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2051: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2052:
1.113 naddy 2053: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2054: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2055: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2056: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2057: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2058: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2059: <p>
1.66 louis 2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2062: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2063: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2065:
2066: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2067: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2068: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2069: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2070: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2071: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2072: <p>
1.83 louis 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2075: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2076: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2078:
2079: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2080: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2081: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2082: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2083: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2084: <p>
1.64 louis 2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2087: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2088: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2089: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2090:
2091: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2092: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2093: <p>
1.247 jufi 2094: </ul>
1.65 louis 2095:
1.69 deraadt 2096: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2097: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2098:
1.247 jufi 2099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2100: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2101: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2102: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2103:
2104: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2105: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2106: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2107: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2108: <p>
1.88 louis 2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2111: <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 2112: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2113:
2114: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2115: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2116: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2117: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2118: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2119: <p>
1.60 louis 2120:
1.247 jufi 2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2122: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2123: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2124: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2125: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2126:
2127: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2128: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2129: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2130: <p>
1.58 louis 2131:
1.247 jufi 2132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2133: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2135:
2136: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2137: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2138: <p>
1.53 louis 2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2141: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2142: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2143: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2144:
2145: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2146: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2147: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2148: <p>
1.99 louis 2149:
1.247 jufi 2150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2151: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2152: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2153:
2154: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2155: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2156: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2157: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2158: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2159:
1.247 jufi 2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2161: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2162: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2163: </strong></font><br>
2164:
2165: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2166: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2167: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2168: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2169: <p>
2170:
1.247 jufi 2171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2172: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2173: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2174: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2175:
2176: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2177: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2178: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2179:
1.247 jufi 2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2181: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2183:
2184: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2185: in
1.247 jufi 2186: <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 2187: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2188: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2189: <p>
1.53 louis 2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2192: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2193: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2194: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2196:
1.58 louis 2197: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2198: <p>
1.247 jufi 2199: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2200:
1.69 deraadt 2201: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2202: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2203:
1.247 jufi 2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2205: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2206: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2207: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2208: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2209:
1.58 louis 2210: Kurt Seifried
2211: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2212: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2213: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2214: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2217: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2218: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2219: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2220:
2221: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2222: <p>
1.96 louis 2223:
1.247 jufi 2224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2225: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2226: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2227: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2228:
2229: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2230: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2231: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2232: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2233: <p>
1.247 jufi 2234: </ul>
1.86 louis 2235:
1.69 deraadt 2236: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2237: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2240: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2241: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2242: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2243:
2244: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2245: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2246: <p>
1.61 louis 2247:
1.247 jufi 2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2249: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2250: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2251: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2252: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2253:
2254: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2255: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2256: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2257: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2258: right -- or at least strives to".
2259: <p>
1.48 louis 2260:
1.247 jufi 2261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2262: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2263: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2264: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2265: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2266: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2267: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2268: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2269: <p>
1.61 louis 2270:
1.247 jufi 2271: <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 2272: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2273: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2274:
2275: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2276: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2277: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2278: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2279: <p>
1.46 louis 2280:
1.247 jufi 2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2282: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2283: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2284: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2285:
2286: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2287: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2288: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2291: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2292: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2293: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2294:
2295: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2296: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2297: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2298: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2299: <p>
1.247 jufi 2300: </ul>
1.70 louis 2301:
1.69 deraadt 2302: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2303: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2304:
1.247 jufi 2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2306: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2307: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2308: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2309: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2310:
2311: Kurt Seifried
2312: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2313: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2314: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2315: <p>
1.44 philen 2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <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 2318: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2319: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2320:
2321: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2322: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <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 2325: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2326: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2327:
2328: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2329: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <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 2332: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2333: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2334:
2335: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2336: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2337: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2338: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2339: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2340:
1.247 jufi 2341: <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 2342: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2343: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2344:
1.36 louis 2345: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2346: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2347:
1.247 jufi 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2349: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2350: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2351: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2352:
2353: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2354: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2355: </ul>
1.38 louis 2356:
1.69 deraadt 2357: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2358: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <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 2361: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2362: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2363:
2364: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2365: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2366: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2367:
1.113 naddy 2368: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2369: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2370: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2371: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2372:
2373: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2374: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2375: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2376: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2377: <blockquote>
2378: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2379: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2380: <br>
2381: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2382: </code>
2383: </blockquote>
2384: <p>
2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2387: <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>
2388: <p>
2389:
2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2391: <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 2392: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2393:
2394: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2395: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2396: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2397: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2398:
1.247 jufi 2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2400: <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 2401: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2402:
2403: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2404: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2405: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2406: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2407: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2408: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2409: <p>
1.19 louis 2410:
1.113 naddy 2411: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2412: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2413: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2414:
2415: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2416: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2417: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2418: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2419: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2420: <p>
1.16 louis 2421:
1.247 jufi 2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2423: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2424: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2425: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2426:
1.57 louis 2427: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2428: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2429: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2430: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2431:
1.247 jufi 2432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2433: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2434: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2435: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2436:
1.113 naddy 2437: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2438:
1.247 jufi 2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2440: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2441: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2442: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2443:
1.23 louis 2444: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2445: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2446: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2447: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2448: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2449: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2452: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2453: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2454: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2455:
1.199 pvalchev 2456: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2457: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2458: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2459: installation.
1.113 naddy 2460: <p>
1.47 louis 2461:
1.247 jufi 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2463: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2464: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2465: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2466:
2467: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2468: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2469: </ul>
1.57 louis 2470:
1.69 deraadt 2471: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2472: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2475: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2476: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2477: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2478:
2479: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2480: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2481: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2482: <p>
1.12 louis 2483:
1.247 jufi 2484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2485: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2486: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2487: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2488:
2489: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2490: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2491: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2492: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2493: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2494: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2495: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2496: <p>
1.247 jufi 2497: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2498:
1.69 deraadt 2499: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2500: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2501:
1.247 jufi 2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2503: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2504: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2505:
2506: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2507: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2508: available."
1.113 naddy 2509: <p>
1.247 jufi 2510: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2511:
1.69 deraadt 2512: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2513: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2514:
1.247 jufi 2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2516: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2517: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2518:
2519: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2520: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2521: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2522: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2523: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2524: <p>
1.33 louis 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2527: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2528: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2529: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2530:
1.113 naddy 2531: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2532: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2533: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2534: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2535: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2536: <p>
1.247 jufi 2537: </ul>
1.57 louis 2538:
1.69 deraadt 2539: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2540: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2543: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2544: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2545: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2546:
2547: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2548: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2549: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2550:
1.247 jufi 2551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2552: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2553: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2554: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2555: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2556:
2557: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2558: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2561: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2562:
1.113 naddy 2563: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2564:
1.247 jufi 2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2566: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2567: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2568: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2569:
2570: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2571: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2572: </ul>
1.23 louis 2573:
1.69 deraadt 2574: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2575: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2576:
1.247 jufi 2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2578: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2579: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2580:
2581: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2582: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2583: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2584:
1.247 jufi 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2586: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2587: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2589:
2590: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2591: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2592: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2593: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2594: </ul>
1.57 louis 2595:
1.69 deraadt 2596: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2597: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2600: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2601: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2602: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2603:
2604: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2605: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2606: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2607: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2608: <p>
1.15 louis 2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2611: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2612: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2613: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2614:
2615: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2616: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2617: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2618: columns."
1.113 naddy 2619: <p>
1.247 jufi 2620: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2621:
1.69 deraadt 2622: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2623: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2626: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2627: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2628: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2629:
2630: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2631: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2632:
1.113 naddy 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2634: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2635: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2636:
2637: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2638: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2639: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2640: </ul>
1.57 louis 2641:
1.69 deraadt 2642: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2643: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2644:
1.113 naddy 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2646: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2647: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2648: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2649:
1.222 miod 2650: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2651: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2652: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2653: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2654: <p>
1.247 jufi 2655: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2656:
1.69 deraadt 2657: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2658: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2659:
1.247 jufi 2660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2661: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2662: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2663:
1.69 deraadt 2664: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2665: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2666: <p>
1.247 jufi 2667: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2668:
1.69 deraadt 2669: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2670: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2671:
1.247 jufi 2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2673: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2674: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2675: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2676:
2677: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2678: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2679: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2682: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2683: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2684: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2685: <p>
1.247 jufi 2686: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2687:
1.69 deraadt 2688: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2689: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2692: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2693: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2694: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2695: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2696: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2697:
2698: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2699: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2700: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2701: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2702: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2703: <p>
1.247 jufi 2704: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2705:
2706: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2707: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2710: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2711: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2712:
1.69 deraadt 2713: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2714: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2715: <p>
1.112 naddy 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2718: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2719:
1.113 naddy 2720: <hr>
2721: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2722: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2723:
1.200 niklas 2724: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <ul>
2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2728: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2729: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2730:
2731: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2732: <p>
2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2735:
2736: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <ul>
2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2740: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2741: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2742:
2743: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2744: <p>
2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2747: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2748: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2749:
2750: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2751: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2752: <p>
2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2755:
2756: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <ul>
2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2760: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2761: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2762:
2763: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2764: <p>
2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2767:
1.102 niklas 2768: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <ul>
2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2772: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2773: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2774:
2775: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2776: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2777: <p>
1.102 niklas 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2780:
1.84 niklas 2781: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <ul>
2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2785: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2786: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2787:
2788: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2789: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2790: <p>
1.84 niklas 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2793:
1.69 deraadt 2794: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <ul>
2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2798: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2799: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2800:
1.222 miod 2801: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2802: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2803: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2804: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2807: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2808: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2809: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2810: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2811:
1.20 louis 2812: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2813: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2814: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2815: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2816: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2819:
1.113 naddy 2820: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2821: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2822: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2823:
2824:
2825: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2826: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2829: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2830: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2831:
2832: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2833: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2834: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2835:
2836: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2837: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2840:
2841:
1.170 louis 2842: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2843: <ul>
1.170 louis 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2846: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2847: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2848: </strong></font><br>
2849:
2850: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2851: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2852: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2853: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2854: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2855: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2856: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2857: <p>
1.247 jufi 2858: </ul>
1.170 louis 2859:
1.69 deraadt 2860: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2861: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2864: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2865: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2866: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2867:
2868: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2869: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2870: translating and reprinting articles from
2871: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2872: <p>
1.247 jufi 2873: </ul>
1.20 louis 2874:
1.113 naddy 2875: <hr>
2876: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2877: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2878:
1.246 jufi 2879: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2880: <ul>
2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2882: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2883: December 04, 2002
2884: </strong></font><br>
2885: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2886: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2889:
1.151 louis 2890: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.151 louis 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2894: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2895: </strong></font><br>
2896:
2897: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2898: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2899: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2900: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2901: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2902: <p>
1.247 jufi 2903: </ul>
1.151 louis 2904:
1.72 louis 2905: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2906: <ul>
1.72 louis 2907:
1.247 jufi 2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2909: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2910: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2911: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2912:
1.101 jufi 2913: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2914: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2915: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2916: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2917: Giving way to
2918: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2919: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2920: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2921: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2922: <p>
1.247 jufi 2923: </ul>
1.72 louis 2924:
1.69 deraadt 2925: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2926: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2927:
1.247 jufi 2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2929: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2930: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2932:
2933: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2934: <p>
1.247 jufi 2935: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2936:
1.50 louis 2937:
1.113 naddy 2938: <hr>
2939: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2940: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2941:
1.69 deraadt 2942: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2943: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2946: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2947: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2948: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2949:
2950: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.247 jufi 2952: </ul>
1.62 form 2953:
1.69 deraadt 2954: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2955: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2956:
1.247 jufi 2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2958: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2959: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2960: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2961:
1.59 form 2962: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2963: <p>
1.112 naddy 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2966:
1.113 naddy 2967: <hr>
2968: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2969: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2970: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2973: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2974: Radio, August 2, 2000
2975: </strong></font><br>
2976:
2977: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2978: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2979: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2980: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2981: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2982: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2983: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2984: <p>
2985:
1.247 jufi 2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2987: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2988: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2989: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2990: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2991:
2992: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2993: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2994: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2995: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2996: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2997: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2998: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 2999: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3000: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3001: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3002: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3003: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3004: <p>
1.247 jufi 3005: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3006:
1.113 naddy 3007: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3008: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3009: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3010:
3011: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3012: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3015: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3016: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3017: </strong></font><br>
3018:
3019: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3020: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3021: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3022: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3023: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3024: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3025: A
1.216 horacio 3026: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3027: <p>
1.247 jufi 3028: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3029:
1.252 miod 3030: <hr>
3031: <a name=fr></a>
3032: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3033:
3034: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3035: <ul>
3036:
3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3038: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3039: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3040: </strong></font><br>
3041:
3042: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3043: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3044: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3045: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3046: <p>
3047: </ul>
3048:
1.216 horacio 3049:
3050: <hr>
3051: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3052: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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