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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>
1.268 ! deraadt 75: <li><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">ABC News</a>
1.263 deraadt 76: <li><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">Seattle Post Intelligencer</a>
77: <li><a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/17/ap/HiTech/apnews42742-03.txt">The Porterville Recorder, CA</a> [Pulled]
78: <li><a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Lakeland Leger</a>
79: <li><a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">Times Daily, AL</a>
80: <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 81: <li><a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">Rapid City Journal, SD</a>
82: <li><a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">Infoshop News</a>
83: <li><a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">San Jose Mercury News, CA</a>
1.263 deraadt 84: </ul>
1.262 beck 85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 88: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
89: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.264 deraadt 90: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18.</a>
1.263 deraadt 91: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 92: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 93: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
94: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
95: <p>
96:
97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
98: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
99: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
100: The Register, April 18th.
101: </strong></font><br>
102: Another report on the DARPA funding.
103: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
104: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 108: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
109: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
110: news.com.com, April 17th.
111: </strong></font><br>
112: (also online at
113: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
114: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
115: <br>
116: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
117: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
118: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
119: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
120: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
121: Goes on to say:
122: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
123: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
124: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
125: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
126: <p>
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
128: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
129: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
130: SlashDot, April 17th.
131: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 132: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 133: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
134: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
135: without notice or justification.
136: <p>
137:
138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
139: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
140: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
141: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003
142: </strong></font><br>
143: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
144: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
145: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
146: effective today, without any warning..."
147: <p>
1.257 ian 148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 150: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
151: TV appearance</a>,
1.259 deraadt 152: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003
1.258 deraadt 153: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 154: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
155: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
156: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
157: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
158: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 159: <p>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 162: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
163: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
164: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003
165: </strong></font><br>
166: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
167: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
168: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
169: quoting two of them:
170: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
171: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
172: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
173: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
174: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
175: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
176: <p>
177:
1.255 ian 178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 179: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
180: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
181: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003
182: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 183: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 184: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
185: security experts for more than three decades."
186: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
187: <p>
1.261 ian 188:
1.254 drahn 189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 190: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
191: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
192: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003
193: </strong></font><br>
194: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
195: from US DARPA.
196: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
197: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
198: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
199: the BSD license.
200: <p>
201: </ul>
202:
1.251 ian 203: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
204: <ul>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
208: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
209: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003
210: </strong></font><br>
211: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
212: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
213: Mentions
214: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
215: and
216: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
217: programs.
218: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
219: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
220: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
221: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
222: <p>
1.260 ian 223:
224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
225: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
226: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
227: </strong></font><br>
228: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
229: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
230: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
231: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
232: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
233: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
234: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
235: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
236: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
237: put into service."
238: <p>
239: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
240: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
241: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
242: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
243: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
244: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
245: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
246: computers with security features."
247: <p>
1.251 ian 248: </ul>
249:
1.249 jufi 250: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
251: <ul>
252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
253: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
254: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
255: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003
256: </strong></font><br>
257: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
258: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
259: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
260: <p>
261: </ul>
262:
1.246 jufi 263: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 264: <ul>
1.246 jufi 265:
1.247 jufi 266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 267: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
268: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>, CNET News.com, December 04, 2002
269: </strong></font><br>
270: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
271: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
272: <p>
273:
1.247 jufi 274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 275: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
276: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>, eWeek, December 03, 2002
277: </strong></font><br>
278: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
279: in their annual OpenHack security test.
280: <p>
1.247 jufi 281: </ul>
1.246 jufi 282:
1.244 jufi 283: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 284: <ul>
1.246 jufi 285:
1.247 jufi 286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 287: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
288: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
289: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
290: <br>
291: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002
292: </strong></font><br>
293: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
294: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
295: md5 digests.
296: <p>
297:
1.247 jufi 298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 299: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.246 jufi 300: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>, eWeek, October 18, 2002
1.244 jufi 301: </strong></font><br>
302: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
303: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
304: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
305: right the first time."
306: <p>
1.247 jufi 307: </ul>
1.244 jufi 308:
309:
310: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 311: <ul>
1.244 jufi 312:
1.247 jufi 313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 314: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
315: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF
316: Logs</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002
317: </strong></font><br>
318: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
319: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
320: part 6</a>.
321: <p>
322:
1.247 jufi 323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 324: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
325: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>, O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002
326: </strong></font><br>
327: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
328: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
329: <p>
1.247 jufi 330: </ul>
1.242 jufi 331:
332: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 333: <ul>
1.242 jufi 334:
1.247 jufi 335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 336: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
337: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>, O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002
338: </strong></font><br>
339: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
340: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
341: <p>
342:
1.247 jufi 343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 344: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
345: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>, Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002
346: </strong></font><br>
347: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
348: this time using pf.
349: <p>
1.247 jufi 350: </ul>
1.242 jufi 351:
352: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 353: <ul>
1.242 jufi 354:
1.247 jufi 355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 356: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
357: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002
358: </strong></font><br>
359: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
360: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
361: their rotation.
362: <p>
363:
1.247 jufi 364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 365: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
366: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>, O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002
367: </strong></font><br>
368: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
369: <p>
1.247 jufi 370: </ul>
1.242 jufi 371:
1.239 jufi 372: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 373: <ul>
1.239 jufi 374:
1.247 jufi 375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 376: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
377: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002
378: </strong></font><br>
379: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
380: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
381: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
382: <p>
383:
1.247 jufi 384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 385: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
386: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>, O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002
387: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 388: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
389: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
390: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 391: <p>
1.247 jufi 392: </ul>
1.239 jufi 393:
1.235 lebel 394: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 395: <ul>
1.235 lebel 396:
1.239 jufi 397:
1.247 jufi 398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 399: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
400: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>, ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002
401: </strong></font><br>
402: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
403: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
404: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
405: <p>
1.247 jufi 406: </ul>
1.235 lebel 407:
1.228 horacio 408: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 409: <ul>
1.228 horacio 410:
1.247 jufi 411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 412: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
413: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>, O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
414: </strong></font><br>
415: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
416: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
417: <p>
418:
1.247 jufi 419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 420: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
421: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>, The Register, February 27, 2002
422: </strong></font><br>
423: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
424: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
425: <p>
426:
1.247 jufi 427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 428: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
429: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>, BSD Today, February 27, 2002
430: </strong></font><br>
431: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
432: on the desktop of his parents.
433: <p>
434:
1.247 jufi 435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 436: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.230 horacio 437: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>, openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 438: </strong></font><br>
439: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
440: using IPFilter.
441:
442: <p>
443:
1.247 jufi 444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 445: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
446: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>, ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
447: </strong></font><br>
448: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
449: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
450: perspectives of the four OS.
451: <br>
452: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 453: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 454: <p>
455:
1.247 jufi 456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 457: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
458: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
459: software and security</a>, OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
460: </strong></font><br>
461:
462: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
463: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
464: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
465: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
466: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
467: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
468: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
469: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
470: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
471: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
472: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
473: security conscious team beyond doubt.
474: <p>
1.247 jufi 475: </ul>
1.228 horacio 476:
1.225 horacio 477: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 478: <ul>
1.225 horacio 479:
1.247 jufi 480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 481: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
482: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.226 horacio 483: Interview</a>, BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 484: </strong></font><br>
485:
486: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
487: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
488: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 489: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 490: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
491: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
492: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
493: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
494: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 495: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 496: of choice.
497: <p>
1.247 jufi 498: </ul>
1.225 horacio 499:
500: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 501: <ul>
1.225 horacio 502:
1.247 jufi 503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 504: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
505: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2001
506: </strong></font><br>
507:
508: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
509: <p>
510:
1.247 jufi 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 512: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.245 jufi 513: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>, ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 514: </strong></font><br>
515:
516: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
517: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
518: <p>
1.247 jufi 519: </ul>
1.225 horacio 520:
1.218 horacio 521: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 522: <ul>
1.218 horacio 523:
1.247 jufi 524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 525: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
526: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>, kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
527: </strong></font><br>
528:
529: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
530: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
531: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
532: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
533: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
534: subjects. Worth a read.
535: <p>
536:
537:
1.247 jufi 538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 539: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.225 horacio 540: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>, ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 541: </strong></font><br>
542:
543: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
544: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
545: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
546: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
547: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
548: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
549: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
550: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
551: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 552: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 553: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
554: on other operating systems.<br>
555: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
556: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
557: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
558: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
559: <p>
560:
1.247 jufi 561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 562: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
563: Operating System 2010</a>, Byte, November 5, 2001
564: </strong></font><br>
565:
566: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
567: covering the level of software integration into the core
568: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
569: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
570: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
571: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
572: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
573: <p>
574:
1.247 jufi 575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 576: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
577: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>, InfoWorld November 2, 2001
578: </strong></font><br>
579:
580: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
581: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
582: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
583: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
584: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
585: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
586: <p>
1.247 jufi 587: </ul>
1.221 horacio 588:
1.210 jufi 589: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 590: <ul>
1.215 horacio 591:
1.247 jufi 592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 593: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
594: Already a Contender</a>, InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
595: </strong></font><br>
596:
597: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
598: source software in response to an article which claimed that
599: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
600: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
601: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
602: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
603: <p>
604:
1.247 jufi 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 606: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.210 jufi 607: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>, ZDNet, October 2, 2001
608: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 609:
1.224 horacio 610: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
611: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
612: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
613: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
614: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
615: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 616: <p>
1.247 jufi 617: </ul>
1.215 horacio 618:
619: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 620: <ul>
1.215 horacio 621:
1.247 jufi 622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 623: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
624: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
625: Division</a>, August 23, 2001
626: </strong></font><br>
627:
628: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
629: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 630: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 631: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
632: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
633: investment</em>.<br>
634: The implementation details can be seen on their
635: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
636: <p>
637:
1.247 jufi 638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 639: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
640: Thinking about Security</a>, Unix Review, August 2001
641: </strong></font><br>
642:
643: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
644: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
645: security and says that even secured operating systems running
646: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
647: to time.<br>
648: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
649: system and just the most secure system.
650: <p>
651:
1.247 jufi 652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 653: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
654: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>, SysAdmin, August 2001
655: </strong></font><br>
656:
657: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
658: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
659: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
660: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
661: choice:<br>
662: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
663: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
664: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
665: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
666: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
667: network security devices and as such must be well
668: armored."</em><br>
669: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
670: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
671: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
672: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
673: <br>
674: Bravo!
675: <p>
1.247 jufi 676: </ul>
1.210 jufi 677:
1.207 ian 678: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 679: <ul>
1.215 horacio 680:
1.247 jufi 681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 682: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
683: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
684: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 685:
1.207 ian 686: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
687: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 688: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 689: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
690: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
691: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 692: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 693: <p>
1.247 jufi 694: </ul>
1.207 ian 695:
1.194 jufi 696: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 697: <ul>
1.194 jufi 698:
1.247 jufi 699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 700: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
701: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>, InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
702: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 703:
1.240 miod 704: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 705: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
706: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
707: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
708: <p>
709:
1.247 jufi 710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 711: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 712: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
713: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
714: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 715:
1.240 miod 716: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 717: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 718: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
719: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
720: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 721: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 722: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
723: <br>
724: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
725: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
726: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
727: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
728: <p>
729:
1.247 jufi 730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 731: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
732: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 733: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 734: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 735:
1.194 jufi 736: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
737: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
738: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
739: <br>
740: The new
741: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 742: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 743: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
744: <p>
1.247 jufi 745: </ul>
1.194 jufi 746:
1.190 horacio 747: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 748: <ul>
1.190 horacio 749:
1.247 jufi 750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 751:
752: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
753: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
754:
755: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
756: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
757:
758: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
759: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
760:
1.212 horacio 761: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
762: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 763: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
764:
1.211 horacio 765: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
766: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 767: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
768:
1.247 jufi 769: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 770: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
771:
1.247 jufi 772: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 773: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
774:
1.212 horacio 775: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
776: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 777: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
778:
779: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
780: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
781:
782: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
783: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
784:
785: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
786: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
787:
788: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 789: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 790:
1.192 jufi 791: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
792: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 793: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 794:
1.193 deraadt 795: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
796: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 797: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 798:
1.247 jufi 799: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 800: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
801:
1.247 jufi 802: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 803: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
804: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
805:
1.213 horacio 806: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 807: 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 808: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
809:
1.190 horacio 810: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 811: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
812: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
813: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
814: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
815: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
816: <p>
1.190 horacio 817:
1.247 jufi 818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 819: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
820: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
821: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 822: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 823:
1.195 jufi 824: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 825: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
826: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
827: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 828: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
829: <p>
830:
1.247 jufi 831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 832: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 833: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
834: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
835: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 836:
1.191 jufi 837: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
838: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
839: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
840: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 841: <p>
1.247 jufi 842: </ul>
1.190 horacio 843:
1.191 jufi 844:
1.186 jufi 845: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 846: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 847:
1.247 jufi 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 849: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 850: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
851: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 852: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 853:
1.188 jufi 854: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 855: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 856: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 857: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
858: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 859: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 860: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 861: <p>
862:
1.191 jufi 863:
1.247 jufi 864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 865: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
866: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
867: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 868: </strong></font><br>
869:
870: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
871: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
872: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
873: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
874: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
875: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
876: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
877: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
878: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
879: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
880: familiar?
881: <p>
1.247 jufi 882: </ul>
1.191 jufi 883:
1.178 louis 884: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 885: <ul>
1.178 louis 886:
1.247 jufi 887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 888: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
889: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>, O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 890: </strong></font><br>
891:
892: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
893: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
894: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
895: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
896: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
897: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
898: <p>
899:
1.247 jufi 900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 901: <a
1.182 louis 902: href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">Open source under the hood</a>, Information Security, March 2001.
903: </strong></font><br>
904:
905: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
906: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
907: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
908: <p>
909:
1.247 jufi 910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.182 louis 911: <a
1.179 louis 912: href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">Your
913: Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>, Help Net Security, March 2001
914: </strong></font><br>
915:
916: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
917: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
918: <p>
1.247 jufi 919: </ul>
1.179 louis 920:
1.174 louis 921:
1.175 louis 922: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 923: <ul>
1.175 louis 924:
1.247 jufi 925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 926: <a
1.179 louis 927: href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">Review:
928: OpenBSD 2.8</a>, The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
929: </strong></font><br>
930:
931: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
932: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
933: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
934: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
935: <p>
936:
1.247 jufi 937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.179 louis 938: <a
1.183 ian 939: href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">Hardening OpenBSD Internet
1.175 louis 940: Servers</a>, GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
941: </strong></font><br>
942:
943: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 944: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 945: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
946: <p>
1.247 jufi 947: </ul>
1.175 louis 948:
1.176 louis 949:
1.172 mickey 950: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 951: <ul>
1.172 mickey 952:
1.247 jufi 953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.180 louis 954: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>, The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 955: </strong></font><br>
956:
957: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
958: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
959: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 960: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 961: <p>
962:
1.247 jufi 963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 964: <a
1.174 louis 965: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">Theo
966: de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>, NewsForge, January 29, 2001
967: </strong></font><br>
968:
969: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
970: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
971: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
972: <p>
973:
1.247 jufi 974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 975: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
976: BSD Channel is no more</a>, BSD Today, January 24, 2001
977: </strong></font><br>
978:
979: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
980: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
981: <p>
982:
1.247 jufi 983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 984: <a
985: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">With
986: Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
987: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
988: </strong></font><br>
989:
990: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
991: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
992: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
993: our own Theo de Raadt.
994: <p>
995:
1.247 jufi 996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 997: <a
998: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">A lot
999: of misinformation about BSD</a>, BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1000: </strong></font><br>
1001:
1002: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1003: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1004: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1005: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1006: shut down.]
1007: <p>
1008:
1.247 jufi 1009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1010: <a
1.226 horacio 1011: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1012: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.173 mickey 1013: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>, Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1014: </strong></font><br>
1015:
1016: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1017: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1018: <p>
1.247 jufi 1019: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1020:
1.161 louis 1021: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1022: <ul>
1.161 louis 1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1025: <a
1026: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">Florist.com
1027: Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>, Enterprise
1028: Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1029: </strong></font><br>
1030:
1031: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1032: by John Wolley
1033: <p>
1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1036: <a
1037: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">OpenBSD exploit
1038: gets serious</a>, The Register, December 20, 2000
1039: </strong></font><br>
1040:
1041: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1042: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1043: OpenBSD).
1044: <p>
1045:
1.247 jufi 1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1047: <a
1.247 jufi 1048: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1049: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1050: </strong></font><br>
1051:
1052: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1053: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1054: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1055: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1056: and hindsight.
1057: <p>
1058:
1.247 jufi 1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1060: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1061: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1062: </strong></font><br>
1063:
1064: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1065: <p>
1066:
1.247 jufi 1067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1068: <a
1.168 provos 1069: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1070: December 7, 2000
1071: </strong></font><br>
1072:
1073: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1074: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1075: us explain.
1076: <p>
1077:
1.247 jufi 1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1079: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1080: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1081: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1082: December 6, 2000
1083: </strong></font><br>
1084:
1085: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1086: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1087: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1088: <p>
1089:
1.247 jufi 1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1091: <a
1.226 horacio 1092: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1093: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1094: </strong></font><br>
1095:
1096: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1097: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1098: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1099: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1100: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1101: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1102: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1103: <p>
1.162 millert 1104:
1.247 jufi 1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1106: <a
1.161 louis 1107: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1108: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1112: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1113: <p>
1114:
1.247 jufi 1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1116: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1117: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1118: </strong></font><br>
1119:
1120: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1121: <p>
1122:
1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1125: <a
1.226 horacio 1126: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1127: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1128: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1129: </strong></font><br>
1130:
1131: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1132: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1133: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1134: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1135: <p>
1.247 jufi 1136: </ul>
1.169 louis 1137:
1.158 louis 1138: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1139: <ul>
1.147 louis 1140:
1.247 jufi 1141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1142: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1143: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1144: </strong></font><br>
1145:
1146: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1147: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1148: <p>
1149:
1.247 jufi 1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1151: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1152: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1153: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1154: </strong></font><br>
1155: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1156: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1157: <p>
1158:
1.247 jufi 1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1160: <a
1161: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1162: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1163: </strong></font><br>
1164:
1165: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1166: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1167: <p>
1168:
1.247 jufi 1169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1170: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1171: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1172: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1173:
1.213 horacio 1174: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1175: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1176: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1177: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1178: <p>
1.215 horacio 1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1181: <a
1182: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1183: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1184: </strong></font><br>
1185:
1186: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1187: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1188: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1189: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1190: much of the attitude too).
1191: <p>
1.161 louis 1192:
1.247 jufi 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1194: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1195: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1196: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1197:
1.157 louis 1198: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1199: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1200: <p>
1.247 jufi 1201: </ul>
1.157 louis 1202:
1203: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1204: <ul>
1.157 louis 1205:
1.247 jufi 1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1207: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1208: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1209: </strong></font><br>
1210:
1211: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1212: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1213: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1214: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1215: <p>
1216:
1.247 jufi 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1218: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1219: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1220: </strong></font><br>
1221:
1222: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1223: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1224: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1225: it because they love coding...
1226: <p>
1227:
1.247 jufi 1228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1229: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1230: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1231: </strong></font><br>
1232:
1233: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1234: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1235: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1236: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1237: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1238: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1239: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1240: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1241: <p>
1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1244: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1245: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1246: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1247: </strong></font><br>
1248:
1249: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1250: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1251: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1252: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1253: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1254: the pizza.
1255: <p>
1256:
1.247 jufi 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1258: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1259: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1260: </strong></font><br>
1261:
1262: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1263: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1264: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1265: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1266: problems.
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1270: <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 1271: </strong></font><br>
1272:
1.222 miod 1273: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1274: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1275: - whether they like it or not.
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1279: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1280: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1281: </strong></font><br>
1282:
1283: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1284: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1285: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1286: <p>
1.148 aaron 1287:
1.247 jufi 1288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1289: <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 1290: </strong></font><br>
1291:
1292: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1293: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1294: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1295: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1296: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1297: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1298: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1299: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1300: <p>
1301:
1.247 jufi 1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1303: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1304: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1305: </strong></font><br>
1306:
1307: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1308: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1309: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1310: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1311: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1312: <p>
1.247 jufi 1313: </ul>
1.147 louis 1314:
1.138 louis 1315: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1316: <ul>
1.138 louis 1317:
1.247 jufi 1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1319: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1320: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1321: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1322: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1323: </strong></font><br>
1324:
1.227 horacio 1325: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1326: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1327: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1328: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1329: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1330: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1331: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1332: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1333: <p>
1334:
1.247 jufi 1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1336: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1337: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1338: </strong></font><br>
1339:
1340: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1341: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1342: groups, and even Linux.
1343: <p>
1344:
1.247 jufi 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1346: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1347: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1348: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1352: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1353: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1354: library after installing the OS.
1355: <p>
1356:
1.247 jufi 1357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1358: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1359: Sys Admin, September 2000
1360: </strong></font><br>
1361:
1362: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1363: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1364: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1365: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1366: (<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>,
1367: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1368: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1369: <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 1370: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1371: out of the system.
1372: <p>
1373:
1.247 jufi 1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1375: <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
1376: </strong></font><br>
1377:
1378: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1379: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1380: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1381: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1382: the IP filtering and address translation.
1383: <p>
1.247 jufi 1384: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1385:
1.131 louis 1386: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1387: <ul>
1.131 louis 1388:
1.247 jufi 1389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1390: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1391: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1392: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1393: </strong></font><br>
1394:
1395: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1396: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1397: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1398: <p>
1399:
1.247 jufi 1400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1401: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1402: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1403: </strong></font><br>
1404:
1405: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1406: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1407: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1408: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1409: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1410: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1411: note of"</i>.
1412: <p>
1413:
1.247 jufi 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1415: <a
1.247 jufi 1416: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1417: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1418: </strong></font><br>
1419:
1420: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1421: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1422: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1423: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1424: <p>
1425:
1.247 jufi 1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1427: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1428: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1429: </strong></font><br>
1430:
1431: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1432: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1433: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1434: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1435: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1436: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1437: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1438: <p>
1439:
1.247 jufi 1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1441: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1442: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1443: 2000
1444: </strong></font><br>
1445:
1446: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1447: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1448: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1449: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1450: against current industry practices.
1451: <p>
1452:
1.247 jufi 1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1454: <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
1455: </strong></font><br>
1456:
1457: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1458: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1459: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1460: <p>
1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1463: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1464: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1465: </strong></font><br>
1466:
1467: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1468: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1469: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1470: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1471: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1472: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1473: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1474: <p>
1475:
1.247 jufi 1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1477: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1478: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1479: </strong></font><br>
1480:
1481: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1482: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1483: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1484: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1485: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1486: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1487: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1488: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1489: <p>
1.247 jufi 1490: </ul>
1.131 louis 1491:
1.118 louis 1492: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1493: <ul>
1.118 louis 1494:
1.247 jufi 1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1496: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1497: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1498: </strong></font><br>
1499:
1500: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1501: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1502: about time. The article mentions that
1503: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1504: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1505: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1506: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1507: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1508: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1509: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1510: <p>
1511:
1.247 jufi 1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1513: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1514: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1515: </strong></font><br>
1516:
1517: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1518: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1519: of OpenSSH.
1520: <p>
1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1523: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1524: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1525: </strong></font><br>
1526:
1527: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1528: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1529: bridging.
1530: <p>
1531:
1.247 jufi 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1533: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1534: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1535: </strong></font><br>
1536:
1.121 deraadt 1537: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1538: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1539: <p>
1540:
1.247 jufi 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1542: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1543: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1544: </strong></font><br>
1545:
1546: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1547: <p>
1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1550: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1551: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1552: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1553: </strong></font><br>
1554:
1.120 deraadt 1555: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1556: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1557: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1558: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1559: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1560: <p>
1561:
1.247 jufi 1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1563: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1564: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1565: </strong></font><br>
1566:
1.222 miod 1567: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1568: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1569: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1570: protocols and their quirks.
1571: <p>
1572:
1.247 jufi 1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1574: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1575: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1576: </strong></font><br>
1577:
1578: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1579: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1580: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1581: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1582: <p>
1583:
1.247 jufi 1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1585: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1586: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1587: </strong></font><br>
1588:
1589: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1590: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1591: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1592: <p>
1593:
1.247 jufi 1594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1595: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1596: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1597: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1598: </strong></font><br>
1599:
1600: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1601: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1602: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1603: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1604: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1605: <p>
1.247 jufi 1606: </ul>
1.118 louis 1607:
1.104 louis 1608: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1609: <ul>
1.104 louis 1610:
1.247 jufi 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1612: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1613: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1614: </strong></font><br>
1615:
1616: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1617: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1618: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1619: be a bit dry.
1620: <p>
1621:
1.247 jufi 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1623: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1624: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1625: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1626: </strong></font><br>
1627: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1628: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1629: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1630: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1631: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1632: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1633: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1637: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1638: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1639: 2000
1.128 louis 1640: </strong></font><br>
1641:
1642: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1643: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1644: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1645: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1646: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1647: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1648: <p>
1649:
1.247 jufi 1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1651: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1652: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1653: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1654:
1655: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1656: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1657: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1658: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1659: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1660: <p>
1.110 louis 1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1663: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1664: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1665: </strong></font><br>
1666:
1667: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1668: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1669: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1670: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1671: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1672: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1673: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1674: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1675: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1676: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1677: <p>
1678:
1.247 jufi 1679: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1680: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1681: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1682:
1683: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1684: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1685: <p>
1.108 louis 1686:
1.247 jufi 1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1688: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1689: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1691:
1692: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1693: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1694: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1695: <p>
1.106 louis 1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1698: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1699: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1700: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1701:
1702: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1703: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1704: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1705: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1706: <p>
1.107 louis 1707:
1.247 jufi 1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1709: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1710: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1711: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1712:
1713: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1714: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1715: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1716: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1717: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1718: <p>
1.105 louis 1719:
1.247 jufi 1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1721: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1722: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1723: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1724:
1.113 naddy 1725: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1726: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1727: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1728: <p>
1.104 louis 1729:
1.247 jufi 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1731: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1732: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1733: </strong></font><br>
1734:
1735: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1736: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1737: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1738: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1739: <p>
1.247 jufi 1740: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1741:
1.85 louis 1742: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1743: <ul>
1.85 louis 1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1746: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1747: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1748: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1749:
1750: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1751: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1752: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1753: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1754: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1755: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1756: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1757: <p>
1.99 louis 1758:
1.247 jufi 1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1760: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1761: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1762: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1763:
1764: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1765: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1766: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1767: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1768: <p>
1.100 louis 1769:
1.247 jufi 1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1771: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1772: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1773: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1774:
1775: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1776: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1777: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1778: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1779: <p>
1.95 louis 1780:
1.247 jufi 1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1782: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1783: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1784: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1785:
1786: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1787: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1788: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1789: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1790: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1791: <p>
1.92 louis 1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1794: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1795: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1796: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1797:
1798: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1799: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1800: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1801: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1802: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1803: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1804: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1805: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1806: <p>
1.91 louis 1807:
1.247 jufi 1808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1809: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1810: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1811: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1812:
1813: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1814: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1815: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1816: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1817: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1818: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1819: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1820: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1821: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1822: <p>
1.90 louis 1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1825: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1826: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1827: </strong></font><br>
1828: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1829: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1830: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1831: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1832: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1833: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1834: <p>
1835:
1.247 jufi 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1837: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1838: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1839: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1840:
1.113 naddy 1841: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1842: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1843: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1844: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1845: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1846: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1847: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1848: <p>
1.87 louis 1849:
1.247 jufi 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1851: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1852: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1853: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1854:
1855: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1856: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1857: <p>
1.85 louis 1858:
1.247 jufi 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1860: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1861: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1862: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1863:
1864: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1865: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1866: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1867: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1868: <p>
1.89 louis 1869:
1.247 jufi 1870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1871: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1872: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1873: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1874:
1875: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1876: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1877: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1878: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1879: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1880: </ul>
1.85 louis 1881:
1.78 deraadt 1882: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1883: <ul>
1.74 louis 1884:
1.247 jufi 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1886: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1887: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1888: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1889: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1890:
1891: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1892: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1893: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1894: <p>
1.83 louis 1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1897: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1898: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1899: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1900:
1901: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1902: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1903: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1904: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1905: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1906: <p>
1.93 louis 1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1909: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1910: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1911: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1912: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1913:
1.83 louis 1914: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1915: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1916: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1917: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1918: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1919: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1920: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1921: <p>
1.82 aaron 1922:
1.247 jufi 1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1924: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1925: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1926: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1927:
1.83 louis 1928: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1929: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1930: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1931: <p>
1.80 louis 1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1934: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1935: Bad Press</a>,
1936: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1938:
1939: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1940: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1941: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1942: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1943: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1944: <p>
1.247 jufi 1945: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1946:
1947: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1948: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1951: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1952: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1953: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1954: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1955:
1956: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1957: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1958: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1959: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1960: <p>
1.74 louis 1961:
1.247 jufi 1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 1963: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
1964: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 1965: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 1966:
1.219 horacio 1967: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
1968: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
1969: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
1970: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
1971: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
1972: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
1973: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 1974: <p>
1.88 louis 1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 1977: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 1978: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 1979: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 1980:
1981: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
1982: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
1983: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
1984: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 1985: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 1986: <p>
1.81 louis 1987:
1.247 jufi 1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1989: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 1990: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 1991: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1992:
1993: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
1994: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
1995: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
1996: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
1997: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
1998: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
1999: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2000: <p>
1.90 louis 2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2003: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2004: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2005: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2006:
2007: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2008: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2009: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2010: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2011: <p>
1.247 jufi 2012: </ul>
1.71 louis 2013:
1.69 deraadt 2014: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2015: <ul>
1.70 louis 2016:
1.247 jufi 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2018: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2019: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2020: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2021:
2022: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2023: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2024: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2025: <p>
1.70 louis 2026:
1.247 jufi 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2028: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2029: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2030: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2031:
2032: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2033: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2034: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2035: <p>
1.68 louis 2036:
1.247 jufi 2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2038: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2039: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2040: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2041: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2042:
1.111 jufi 2043: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2044: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2045: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2046: "secure by default" installation.
2047: <p>
1.64 louis 2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2050: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2051: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2052: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2053:
1.113 naddy 2054: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2055: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2056: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2057: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2058: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2059: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2060: <p>
1.66 louis 2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2063: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2064: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2065: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2066:
2067: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2068: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2069: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2070: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2071: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2072: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2073: <p>
1.83 louis 2074:
1.247 jufi 2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2076: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2077: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2078: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2079:
2080: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2081: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2082: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2083: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2084: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2085: <p>
1.64 louis 2086:
1.247 jufi 2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2088: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2089: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2090: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2091:
2092: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2093: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2094: <p>
1.247 jufi 2095: </ul>
1.65 louis 2096:
1.69 deraadt 2097: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2098: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2101: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2102: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2103: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2104:
2105: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2106: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2107: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2108: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2109: <p>
1.88 louis 2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2112: <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 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2114:
2115: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2116: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2117: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2118: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2119: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2120: <p>
1.60 louis 2121:
1.247 jufi 2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2123: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2124: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2125: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2126: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2127:
2128: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2129: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2130: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2131: <p>
1.58 louis 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2134: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2135: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2136:
2137: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2138: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2139: <p>
1.53 louis 2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2142: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2143: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2144: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2145:
2146: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2147: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2148: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2149: <p>
1.99 louis 2150:
1.247 jufi 2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2152: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2153: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2154:
2155: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2156: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2157: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2158: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2159: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2162: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2163: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2164: </strong></font><br>
2165:
2166: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2167: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2168: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2169: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2170: <p>
2171:
1.247 jufi 2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2173: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2174: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2175: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2176:
2177: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2178: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2179: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2182: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2184:
2185: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2186: in
1.247 jufi 2187: <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 2188: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2189: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2190: <p>
1.53 louis 2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2193: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2194: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2195: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2196: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2197:
1.58 louis 2198: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2199: <p>
1.247 jufi 2200: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2201:
1.69 deraadt 2202: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2203: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2204:
1.247 jufi 2205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2206: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2207: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2208: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2209: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2210:
1.58 louis 2211: Kurt Seifried
2212: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2213: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2214: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2215: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2216:
1.247 jufi 2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2218: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2219: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2220: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2221:
2222: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2223: <p>
1.96 louis 2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2226: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2227: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2228: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2229:
2230: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2231: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2232: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2233: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2234: <p>
1.247 jufi 2235: </ul>
1.86 louis 2236:
1.69 deraadt 2237: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2238: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2241: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2242: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2243: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2244:
2245: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2246: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2247: <p>
1.61 louis 2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2250: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2251: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2252: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2253: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2254:
2255: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2256: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2257: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2258: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2259: right -- or at least strives to".
2260: <p>
1.48 louis 2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2263: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2264: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2265: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2266: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2267: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2268: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2269: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2270: <p>
1.61 louis 2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <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 2273: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2274: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2275:
2276: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2277: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2278: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2279: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2280: <p>
1.46 louis 2281:
1.247 jufi 2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2283: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2284: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2285: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2286:
2287: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2288: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2289: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2292: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2293: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2294: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2295:
2296: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2297: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2298: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2299: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2300: <p>
1.247 jufi 2301: </ul>
1.70 louis 2302:
1.69 deraadt 2303: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2304: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2307: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2308: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2309: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2310: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2311:
2312: Kurt Seifried
2313: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2314: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2315: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2316: <p>
1.44 philen 2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <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 2319: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2320: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2321:
2322: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2323: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <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 2326: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2327: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2328:
2329: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2330: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <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 2333: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2334: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2335:
2336: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2337: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2338: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2339: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2340: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <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 2343: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2344: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2345:
1.36 louis 2346: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2347: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2350: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2351: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2352: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2353:
2354: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2355: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2356: </ul>
1.38 louis 2357:
1.69 deraadt 2358: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2359: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2360:
1.247 jufi 2361: <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 2362: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2363: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2364:
2365: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2366: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2367: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2368:
1.113 naddy 2369: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2370: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2371: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2372: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2373:
2374: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2375: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2376: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2377: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2378: <blockquote>
2379: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2380: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2381: <br>
2382: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2383: </code>
2384: </blockquote>
2385: <p>
2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2388: <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>
2389: <p>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2392: <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 2393: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2394:
2395: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2396: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2397: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2398: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2401: <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 2402: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2403:
2404: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2405: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2406: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2407: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2408: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2409: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2410: <p>
1.19 louis 2411:
1.113 naddy 2412: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2413: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2414: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2415:
2416: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2417: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2418: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2419: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2420: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2421: <p>
1.16 louis 2422:
1.247 jufi 2423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2424: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2425: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2426: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2427:
1.57 louis 2428: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2429: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2430: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2431: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2434: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2435: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2436: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2437:
1.113 naddy 2438: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2441: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2442: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2443: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2444:
1.23 louis 2445: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2446: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2447: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2448: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2449: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2450: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2453: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2454: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2455: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2456:
1.199 pvalchev 2457: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2458: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2459: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2460: installation.
1.113 naddy 2461: <p>
1.47 louis 2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2464: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2465: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2466: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2467:
2468: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2469: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2470: </ul>
1.57 louis 2471:
1.69 deraadt 2472: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2473: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2476: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2477: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2478: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2479:
2480: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2481: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2482: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2483: <p>
1.12 louis 2484:
1.247 jufi 2485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2486: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2487: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2488: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2489:
2490: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2491: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2492: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2493: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2494: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2495: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2496: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2497: <p>
1.247 jufi 2498: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2499:
1.69 deraadt 2500: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2501: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2504: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2505: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2506:
2507: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2508: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2509: available."
1.113 naddy 2510: <p>
1.247 jufi 2511: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2512:
1.69 deraadt 2513: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2514: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2517: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2518: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2519:
2520: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2521: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2522: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2523: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2524: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2525: <p>
1.33 louis 2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2528: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2529: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2530: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2531:
1.113 naddy 2532: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2533: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2534: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2535: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2536: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2537: <p>
1.247 jufi 2538: </ul>
1.57 louis 2539:
1.69 deraadt 2540: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2541: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2544: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2545: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2546: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2547:
2548: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2549: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2550: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2553: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2554: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2555: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2556: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2557:
2558: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2559: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2562: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2563:
1.113 naddy 2564: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2565:
1.247 jufi 2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2567: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2568: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2569: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2570:
2571: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2572: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2573: </ul>
1.23 louis 2574:
1.69 deraadt 2575: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2576: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2579: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2580: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2581:
2582: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2583: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2584: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2585:
1.247 jufi 2586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2587: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2588: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2589: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2590:
2591: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2592: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2593: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2594: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2595: </ul>
1.57 louis 2596:
1.69 deraadt 2597: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2598: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2601: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2602: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2603: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2604:
2605: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2606: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2607: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2608: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2609: <p>
1.15 louis 2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2612: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2613: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2614: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2615:
2616: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2617: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2618: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2619: columns."
1.113 naddy 2620: <p>
1.247 jufi 2621: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2622:
1.69 deraadt 2623: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2624: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2627: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2628: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2629: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2630:
2631: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2632: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2633:
1.113 naddy 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2635: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2636: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2637:
2638: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2639: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2640: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2641: </ul>
1.57 louis 2642:
1.69 deraadt 2643: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2644: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2645:
1.113 naddy 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2647: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2648: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2649: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2650:
1.222 miod 2651: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2652: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2653: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2654: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2655: <p>
1.247 jufi 2656: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2657:
1.69 deraadt 2658: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2659: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2660:
1.247 jufi 2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2662: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2663: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2664:
1.69 deraadt 2665: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2666: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2667: <p>
1.247 jufi 2668: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2669:
1.69 deraadt 2670: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2671: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2672:
1.247 jufi 2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2674: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2675: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2676: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2677:
2678: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2679: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2680: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2683: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2684: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2685: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2686: <p>
1.247 jufi 2687: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2688:
1.69 deraadt 2689: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2690: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2693: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2694: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2695: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2696: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2697: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2698:
2699: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2700: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2701: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2702: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2703: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2704: <p>
1.247 jufi 2705: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2706:
2707: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2708: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2711: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2712: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2713:
1.69 deraadt 2714: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2715: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2716: <p>
1.112 naddy 2717:
1.247 jufi 2718: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2719: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2720:
1.113 naddy 2721: <hr>
2722: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2723: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2724:
1.200 niklas 2725: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2729: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2730: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2731:
2732: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2733: <p>
2734:
1.247 jufi 2735: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2736:
2737: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <ul>
2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2741: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2742: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2743:
2744: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2745: <p>
2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2748: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2749: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2750:
2751: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2752: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2753: <p>
2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2756:
2757: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <ul>
2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2761: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2762: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2763:
2764: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2765: <p>
2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2768:
1.102 niklas 2769: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2770:
1.247 jufi 2771: <ul>
2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2773: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2774: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2775:
2776: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2777: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2778: <p>
1.102 niklas 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2781:
1.84 niklas 2782: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <ul>
2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2786: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2787: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2788:
2789: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2790: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.84 niklas 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2794:
1.69 deraadt 2795: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <ul>
2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2799: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2800: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2801:
1.222 miod 2802: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2803: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2804: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2805: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2808: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2809: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2810: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2811: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2812:
1.20 louis 2813: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2814: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2815: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2816: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2817: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2820:
1.113 naddy 2821: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2822: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2823: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2824:
2825:
2826: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2827: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2828:
1.247 jufi 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2830: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2831: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2832:
2833: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2834: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2835: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2836:
2837: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2838: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2841:
2842:
1.170 louis 2843: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2844: <ul>
1.170 louis 2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2847: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2848: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2849: </strong></font><br>
2850:
2851: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2852: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2853: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2854: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2855: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2856: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2857: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2858: <p>
1.247 jufi 2859: </ul>
1.170 louis 2860:
1.69 deraadt 2861: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2862: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2865: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2866: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2867: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2868:
2869: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2870: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2871: translating and reprinting articles from
2872: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2873: <p>
1.247 jufi 2874: </ul>
1.20 louis 2875:
1.113 naddy 2876: <hr>
2877: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2878: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2879:
1.246 jufi 2880: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2881: <ul>
2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2883: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2884: December 04, 2002
2885: </strong></font><br>
2886: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2887: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2888: <p>
1.247 jufi 2889: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2890:
1.151 louis 2891: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2892: <ul>
1.151 louis 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2895: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2896: </strong></font><br>
2897:
2898: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2899: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2900: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2901: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2902: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2903: <p>
1.247 jufi 2904: </ul>
1.151 louis 2905:
1.72 louis 2906: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2907: <ul>
1.72 louis 2908:
1.247 jufi 2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2910: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2911: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2912: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2913:
1.101 jufi 2914: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2915: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2916: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2917: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2918: Giving way to
2919: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2920: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2921: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2922: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2923: <p>
1.247 jufi 2924: </ul>
1.72 louis 2925:
1.69 deraadt 2926: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2930: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2931: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2933:
2934: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2935: <p>
1.247 jufi 2936: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2937:
1.50 louis 2938:
1.113 naddy 2939: <hr>
2940: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2941: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2942:
1.69 deraadt 2943: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2944: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2947: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2948: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2949: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2950:
2951: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2952: <p>
1.247 jufi 2953: </ul>
1.62 form 2954:
1.69 deraadt 2955: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2956: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2959: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2960: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2961: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2962:
1.59 form 2963: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 2964: <p>
1.112 naddy 2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2967:
1.113 naddy 2968: <hr>
2969: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 2970: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
2971: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 2972:
1.247 jufi 2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 2974: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
2975: Radio, August 2, 2000
2976: </strong></font><br>
2977:
2978: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 2979: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 2980: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
2981: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
2982: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
2983: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
2984: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
2985: <p>
2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2988: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2989: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
2990: January 2000
1.113 naddy 2991: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2992:
2993: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2994: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2995: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2996: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2997: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2998: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 2999: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3000: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3001: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3002: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3003: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3004: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3005: <p>
1.247 jufi 3006: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3007:
1.113 naddy 3008: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3009: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3010: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3011:
3012: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3013: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3014:
1.247 jufi 3015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3016: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3017: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3018: </strong></font><br>
3019:
3020: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3021: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3022: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3023: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3024: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3025: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3026: A
1.216 horacio 3027: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3028: <p>
1.247 jufi 3029: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3030:
1.252 miod 3031: <hr>
3032: <a name=fr></a>
3033: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3034:
3035: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3036: <ul>
3037:
3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3039: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3040: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3041: </strong></font><br>
3042:
3043: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3044: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3045: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3046: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3047: <p>
3048: </ul>
3049:
1.216 horacio 3050:
3051: <hr>
3052: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3053: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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