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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>,
1.269 ! deraadt 41: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 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>,
1.269 ! deraadt 52: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
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>,
1.269 ! deraadt 68: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 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>
1.269 ! deraadt 84: <li><a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">NEPA News, PA</a>
1.263 deraadt 85: </ul>
1.262 beck 86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 89: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
90: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 91: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 92: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 93: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 94: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
95: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
100: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 101: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 102: </strong></font><br>
103: Another report on the DARPA funding.
104: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
105: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
106: <p>
107:
108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 109: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
110: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 111: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 112: </strong></font><br>
113: (also online at
114: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
115: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
116: <br>
117: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
118: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
119: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
120: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
121: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
122: Goes on to say:
123: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
124: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
125: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
126: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
127: <p>
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
129: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
130: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 131: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 132: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 133: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 134: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
135: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
136: without notice or justification.
137: <p>
138:
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
140: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
141: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 142: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 143: </strong></font><br>
144: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
145: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
146: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
147: effective today, without any warning..."
148: <p>
1.257 ian 149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 151: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
152: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 153: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 154: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 155: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
156: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
157: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
158: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
159: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 160: <p>
161:
162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 163: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
164: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 165: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 166: </strong></font><br>
167: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
168: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
169: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
170: quoting two of them:
171: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
172: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
173: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
174: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
175: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
176: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
177: <p>
178:
1.255 ian 179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 180: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
181: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 182: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 183: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 184: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 185: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
186: security experts for more than three decades."
187: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
188: <p>
1.261 ian 189:
1.254 drahn 190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 191: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
192: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 193: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 194: </strong></font><br>
195: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
196: from US DARPA.
197: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
198: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
199: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
200: the BSD license.
201: <p>
202: </ul>
203:
1.251 ian 204: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
205: <ul>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
208: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
209: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 210: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 211: </strong></font><br>
212: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
213: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
214: Mentions
215: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
216: and
217: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
218: programs.
219: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
220: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
221: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
222: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
223: <p>
1.260 ian 224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
226: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
227: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
228: </strong></font><br>
229: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
230: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
231: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
232: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
233: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
234: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
235: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
236: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
237: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
238: put into service."
239: <p>
240: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
241: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
242: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
243: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
244: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
245: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
246: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
247: computers with security features."
248: <p>
1.251 ian 249: </ul>
250:
1.249 jufi 251: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
252: <ul>
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
254: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
255: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 256: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 257: </strong></font><br>
258: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
259: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
260: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
261: <p>
262: </ul>
263:
1.246 jufi 264: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 265: <ul>
1.246 jufi 266:
1.247 jufi 267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 268: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 269: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
! 270: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 271: </strong></font><br>
272: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
273: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
274: <p>
275:
1.247 jufi 276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 277: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 ! deraadt 278: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
! 279: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 280: </strong></font><br>
281: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
282: in their annual OpenHack security test.
283: <p>
1.247 jufi 284: </ul>
1.246 jufi 285:
1.244 jufi 286: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 287: <ul>
1.246 jufi 288:
1.247 jufi 289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 290: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
291: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
292: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 ! deraadt 293: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 294: </strong></font><br>
295: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
296: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
297: md5 digests.
298: <p>
299:
1.247 jufi 300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 301: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 ! deraadt 302: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
! 303: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 304: </strong></font><br>
305: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
306: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
307: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
308: right the first time."
309: <p>
1.247 jufi 310: </ul>
1.244 jufi 311:
312:
313: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 314: <ul>
1.244 jufi 315:
1.247 jufi 316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 317: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 318: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
! 319: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 320: </strong></font><br>
321: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
322: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
323: part 6</a>.
324: <p>
325:
1.247 jufi 326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 327: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 328: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
! 329: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 330: </strong></font><br>
331: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
332: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
333: <p>
1.247 jufi 334: </ul>
1.242 jufi 335:
336: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 337: <ul>
1.242 jufi 338:
1.247 jufi 339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 340: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 341: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
! 342: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 343: </strong></font><br>
344: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
345: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
346: <p>
347:
1.247 jufi 348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 349: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 350: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
! 351: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 352: </strong></font><br>
353: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
354: this time using pf.
355: <p>
1.247 jufi 356: </ul>
1.242 jufi 357:
358: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 359: <ul>
1.242 jufi 360:
1.247 jufi 361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 362: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 363: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
! 364: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 365: </strong></font><br>
366: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
367: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
368: their rotation.
369: <p>
370:
1.247 jufi 371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 372: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 373: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
! 374: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 375: </strong></font><br>
376: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
377: <p>
1.247 jufi 378: </ul>
1.242 jufi 379:
1.239 jufi 380: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 381: <ul>
1.239 jufi 382:
1.247 jufi 383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 384: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 385: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
! 386: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 387: </strong></font><br>
388: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
389: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
390: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
391: <p>
392:
1.247 jufi 393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 394: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 395: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
! 396: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 397: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 398: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
399: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
400: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 401: <p>
1.247 jufi 402: </ul>
1.239 jufi 403:
1.235 lebel 404: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 405: <ul>
1.235 lebel 406:
1.239 jufi 407:
1.247 jufi 408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 409: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 410: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
! 411: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 412: </strong></font><br>
413: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
414: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
415: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
416: <p>
1.247 jufi 417: </ul>
1.235 lebel 418:
1.228 horacio 419: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 420: <ul>
1.228 horacio 421:
1.247 jufi 422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 423: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 424: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
! 425: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 426: </strong></font><br>
427: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
428: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
429: <p>
430:
1.247 jufi 431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 432: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 433: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
! 434: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 435: </strong></font><br>
436: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
437: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
438: <p>
439:
1.247 jufi 440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 441: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 442: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
! 443: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 444: </strong></font><br>
445: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
446: on the desktop of his parents.
447: <p>
448:
1.247 jufi 449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 450: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 451: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
! 452: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 453: </strong></font><br>
454: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
455: using IPFilter.
456:
457: <p>
458:
1.247 jufi 459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 460: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 461: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
! 462: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 463: </strong></font><br>
464: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
465: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
466: perspectives of the four OS.
467: <br>
468: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 469: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 470: <p>
471:
1.247 jufi 472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 473: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
474: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 ! deraadt 475: software and security</a>,
! 476: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 477: </strong></font><br>
478:
479: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
480: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
481: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
482: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
483: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
484: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
485: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
486: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
487: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
488: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
489: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
490: security conscious team beyond doubt.
491: <p>
1.247 jufi 492: </ul>
1.228 horacio 493:
1.225 horacio 494: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 495: <ul>
1.225 horacio 496:
1.247 jufi 497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 498: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
499: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 ! deraadt 500: Interview</a>,
! 501: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 502: </strong></font><br>
503:
504: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
505: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
506: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 507: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 508: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
509: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
510: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
511: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
512: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 513: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 514: of choice.
515: <p>
1.247 jufi 516: </ul>
1.225 horacio 517:
518: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 519: <ul>
1.225 horacio 520:
1.247 jufi 521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 522: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 523: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
! 524: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 525: </strong></font><br>
526:
527: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
528: <p>
529:
1.247 jufi 530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 531: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 ! deraadt 532: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
! 533: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 534: </strong></font><br>
535:
536: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
537: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
538: <p>
1.247 jufi 539: </ul>
1.225 horacio 540:
1.218 horacio 541: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 542: <ul>
1.218 horacio 543:
1.247 jufi 544: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 545: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 ! deraadt 546: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
! 547: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 548: </strong></font><br>
549:
550: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
551: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
552: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
553: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
554: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
555: subjects. Worth a read.
556: <p>
557:
558:
1.247 jufi 559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 560: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 561: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
! 562: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 563: </strong></font><br>
564:
565: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
566: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
567: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
568: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
569: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
570: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
571: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
572: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
573: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 574: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 575: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
576: on other operating systems.<br>
577: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
578: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
579: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
580: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
581: <p>
582:
1.247 jufi 583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 584: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 ! deraadt 585: Operating System 2010</a>,
! 586: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 587: </strong></font><br>
588:
589: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
590: covering the level of software integration into the core
591: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
592: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
593: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
594: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
595: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
596: <p>
597:
1.247 jufi 598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 599: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 ! deraadt 600: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
! 601: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 602: </strong></font><br>
603:
604: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
605: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
606: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
607: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
608: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
609: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
610: <p>
1.247 jufi 611: </ul>
1.221 horacio 612:
1.210 jufi 613: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 614: <ul>
1.215 horacio 615:
1.247 jufi 616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 617: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 ! deraadt 618: Already a Contender</a>,
! 619: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 620: </strong></font><br>
621:
622: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
623: source software in response to an article which claimed that
624: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
625: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
626: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
627: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
628: <p>
629:
1.247 jufi 630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 631: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 632: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
! 633: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 634: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 635:
1.224 horacio 636: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
637: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
638: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
639: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
640: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
641: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 642: <p>
1.247 jufi 643: </ul>
1.215 horacio 644:
645: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 646: <ul>
1.215 horacio 647:
1.247 jufi 648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 649: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
650: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 ! deraadt 651: Division</a>,
! 652: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 653: </strong></font><br>
654:
655: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
656: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 657: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 658: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
659: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
660: investment</em>.<br>
661: The implementation details can be seen on their
662: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
663: <p>
664:
1.247 jufi 665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 666: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 ! deraadt 667: Thinking about Security</a>,
! 668: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 669: </strong></font><br>
670:
671: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
672: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
673: security and says that even secured operating systems running
674: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
675: to time.<br>
676: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
677: system and just the most secure system.
678: <p>
679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 681: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 ! deraadt 682: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
! 683: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 684: </strong></font><br>
685:
686: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
687: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
688: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
689: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
690: choice:<br>
691: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
692: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
693: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
694: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
695: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
696: network security devices and as such must be well
697: armored."</em><br>
698: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
699: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
700: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
701: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
702: <br>
703: Bravo!
704: <p>
1.247 jufi 705: </ul>
1.210 jufi 706:
1.207 ian 707: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 708: <ul>
1.215 horacio 709:
1.247 jufi 710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 711: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
712: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
713: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 714:
1.207 ian 715: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
716: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 717: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 718: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
719: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
720: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 721: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 722: <p>
1.247 jufi 723: </ul>
1.207 ian 724:
1.194 jufi 725: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 726: <ul>
1.194 jufi 727:
1.247 jufi 728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 729: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 ! deraadt 730: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
! 731: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 732: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 733:
1.240 miod 734: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 735: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
736: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
737: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
738: <p>
739:
1.247 jufi 740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 741: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 742: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
743: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
744: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 745:
1.240 miod 746: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 747: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 748: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
749: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
750: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 751: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 752: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
753: <br>
754: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
755: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
756: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
757: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
758: <p>
759:
1.247 jufi 760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 761: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
762: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 763: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 764: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 765:
1.194 jufi 766: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
767: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
768: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
769: <br>
770: The new
771: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 772: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 773: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
774: <p>
1.247 jufi 775: </ul>
1.194 jufi 776:
1.190 horacio 777: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 778: <ul>
1.190 horacio 779:
1.247 jufi 780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 781:
782: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
783: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
784:
785: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
786: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
787:
788: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
789: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
790:
1.212 horacio 791: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
792: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 793: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
794:
1.211 horacio 795: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
796: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 797: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
798:
1.247 jufi 799: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 800: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
801:
1.247 jufi 802: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 803: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
804:
1.212 horacio 805: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
806: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 807: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
808:
809: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
810: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
811:
812: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
813: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
814:
815: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
816: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
817:
818: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 819: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 820:
1.192 jufi 821: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
822: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 823: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 824:
1.193 deraadt 825: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
826: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 827: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 828:
1.247 jufi 829: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 830: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
831:
1.247 jufi 832: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 833: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
834: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
835:
1.213 horacio 836: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 837: 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 838: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
839:
1.190 horacio 840: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 841: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
842: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
843: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
844: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
845: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
846: <p>
1.190 horacio 847:
1.247 jufi 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 849: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
850: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
851: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 852: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 853:
1.195 jufi 854: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 855: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
856: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
857: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 858: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
859: <p>
860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 862: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 863: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
864: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
865: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 866:
1.191 jufi 867: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
868: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
869: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
870: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 871: <p>
1.247 jufi 872: </ul>
1.190 horacio 873:
1.191 jufi 874:
1.186 jufi 875: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 876: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 877:
1.247 jufi 878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 879: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 880: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
881: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 882: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 883:
1.188 jufi 884: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 885: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 886: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 887: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
888: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 889: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 890: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 891: <p>
892:
1.191 jufi 893:
1.247 jufi 894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 895: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
896: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
897: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 898: </strong></font><br>
899:
900: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
901: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
902: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
903: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
904: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
905: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
906: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
907: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
908: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
909: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
910: familiar?
911: <p>
1.247 jufi 912: </ul>
1.191 jufi 913:
1.178 louis 914: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 915: <ul>
1.178 louis 916:
1.247 jufi 917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 918: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 ! deraadt 919: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
! 920: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 921: </strong></font><br>
922:
923: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
924: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
925: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
926: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
927: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
928: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
929: <p>
930:
1.247 jufi 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 ! deraadt 932: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
! 933: Open source under the hood</a>,
! 934: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 935: </strong></font><br>
936:
937: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
938: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
939: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
940: <p>
941:
1.247 jufi 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 ! deraadt 943: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
! 944: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
! 945: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 946: </strong></font><br>
947:
948: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
949: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
950: <p>
1.247 jufi 951: </ul>
1.179 louis 952:
1.174 louis 953:
1.175 louis 954: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 955: <ul>
1.175 louis 956:
1.247 jufi 957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 ! deraadt 958: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
! 959: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
! 960: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 961: </strong></font><br>
962:
963: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
964: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
965: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
966: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
967: <p>
968:
1.247 jufi 969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 ! deraadt 970: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
! 971: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
! 972: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 973: </strong></font><br>
974:
975: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 976: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 977: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
978: <p>
1.247 jufi 979: </ul>
1.175 louis 980:
1.176 louis 981:
1.172 mickey 982: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 983: <ul>
1.172 mickey 984:
1.247 jufi 985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 ! deraadt 986: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
! 987: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 988: </strong></font><br>
989:
990: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
991: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
992: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 993: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 994: <p>
995:
1.247 jufi 996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 997: <a
1.269 ! deraadt 998: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
! 999: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
! 1000: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1001: </strong></font><br>
1002:
1003: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1004: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1005: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1006: <p>
1007:
1.247 jufi 1008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1009: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 ! deraadt 1010: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
! 1011: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1012: </strong></font><br>
1013:
1014: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1015: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1016: <p>
1017:
1.247 jufi 1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1019: <a
1.269 ! deraadt 1020: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
! 1021: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1022: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1023: </strong></font><br>
1024:
1025: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1026: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1027: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1028: our own Theo de Raadt.
1029: <p>
1030:
1.247 jufi 1031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1032: <a
1.269 ! deraadt 1033: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
! 1034: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
! 1035: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1036: </strong></font><br>
1037:
1038: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1039: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1040: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1041: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1042: shut down.]
1043: <p>
1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 ! deraadt 1046: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1047: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 ! deraadt 1048: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
! 1049: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1050: </strong></font><br>
1051:
1052: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1053: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1054: <p>
1.247 jufi 1055: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1056:
1.161 louis 1057: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1058: <ul>
1.161 louis 1059:
1.247 jufi 1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1061: <a
1.269 ! deraadt 1062: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
! 1063: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
! 1064: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1065: </strong></font><br>
1066:
1067: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1068: by John Wolley
1069: <p>
1070:
1.247 jufi 1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1072: <a
1.269 ! deraadt 1073: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
! 1074: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
! 1075: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077:
1078: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1079: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1080: OpenBSD).
1081: <p>
1082:
1.247 jufi 1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1084: <a
1.247 jufi 1085: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1086: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1087: </strong></font><br>
1088:
1089: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1090: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1091: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1092: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1093: and hindsight.
1094: <p>
1095:
1.247 jufi 1096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1097: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1098: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1099: </strong></font><br>
1100:
1101: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1102: <p>
1103:
1.247 jufi 1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1105: <a
1.168 provos 1106: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1107: December 7, 2000
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109:
1110: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1111: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1112: us explain.
1113: <p>
1114:
1.247 jufi 1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1116: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1117: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1118: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1119: December 6, 2000
1120: </strong></font><br>
1121:
1122: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1123: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1124: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1125: <p>
1126:
1.247 jufi 1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1128: <a
1.226 horacio 1129: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1130: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1131: </strong></font><br>
1132:
1133: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1134: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1135: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1136: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1137: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1138: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1139: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1140: <p>
1.162 millert 1141:
1.247 jufi 1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1143: <a
1.161 louis 1144: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1145: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1146: </strong></font><br>
1147:
1148: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1149: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1150: <p>
1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1153: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1154: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1155: </strong></font><br>
1156:
1157: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1158: <p>
1159:
1160:
1.247 jufi 1161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1162: <a
1.226 horacio 1163: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1164: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1165: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1166: </strong></font><br>
1167:
1168: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1169: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1170: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1171: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1172: <p>
1.247 jufi 1173: </ul>
1.169 louis 1174:
1.158 louis 1175: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1176: <ul>
1.147 louis 1177:
1.247 jufi 1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1179: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1180: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1181: </strong></font><br>
1182:
1183: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1184: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1185: <p>
1186:
1.247 jufi 1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1188: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1189: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1190: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1191: </strong></font><br>
1192: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1193: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1194: <p>
1195:
1.247 jufi 1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1197: <a
1198: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1199: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1200: </strong></font><br>
1201:
1202: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1203: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1204: <p>
1205:
1.247 jufi 1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1207: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1208: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1209: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1210:
1.213 horacio 1211: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1212: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1213: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1214: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1215: <p>
1.215 horacio 1216:
1.247 jufi 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1218: <a
1219: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1220: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1221: </strong></font><br>
1222:
1223: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1224: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1225: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1226: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1227: much of the attitude too).
1228: <p>
1.161 louis 1229:
1.247 jufi 1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1231: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1232: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1233: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1234:
1.157 louis 1235: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1236: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1237: <p>
1.247 jufi 1238: </ul>
1.157 louis 1239:
1240: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1241: <ul>
1.157 louis 1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1244: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1245: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1246: </strong></font><br>
1247:
1248: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1249: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1250: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1251: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1252: <p>
1253:
1.247 jufi 1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1255: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1256: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1257: </strong></font><br>
1258:
1259: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1260: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1261: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1262: it because they love coding...
1263: <p>
1264:
1.247 jufi 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1266: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1267: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1268: </strong></font><br>
1269:
1270: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1271: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1272: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1273: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1274: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1275: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1276: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1277: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1278: <p>
1279:
1.247 jufi 1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1281: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1282: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1283: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1284: </strong></font><br>
1285:
1286: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1287: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1288: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1289: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1290: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1291: the pizza.
1292: <p>
1293:
1.247 jufi 1294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1295: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1296: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1297: </strong></font><br>
1298:
1299: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1300: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1301: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1302: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1303: problems.
1304: <p>
1305:
1.247 jufi 1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1307: <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 1308: </strong></font><br>
1309:
1.222 miod 1310: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1311: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1312: - whether they like it or not.
1313: <p>
1314:
1.247 jufi 1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1316: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1317: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1318: </strong></font><br>
1319:
1320: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1321: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1322: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1323: <p>
1.148 aaron 1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1326: <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 1327: </strong></font><br>
1328:
1329: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1330: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1331: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1332: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1333: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1334: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1335: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1336: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1337: <p>
1338:
1.247 jufi 1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1340: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1341: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1342: </strong></font><br>
1343:
1344: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1345: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1346: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1347: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1348: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1349: <p>
1.247 jufi 1350: </ul>
1.147 louis 1351:
1.138 louis 1352: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1353: <ul>
1.138 louis 1354:
1.247 jufi 1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1356: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1357: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1358: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1359: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1360: </strong></font><br>
1361:
1.227 horacio 1362: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1363: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1364: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1365: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1366: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1367: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1368: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1369: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1370: <p>
1371:
1.247 jufi 1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1373: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1374: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1375: </strong></font><br>
1376:
1377: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1378: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1379: groups, and even Linux.
1380: <p>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1383: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1384: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1385: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1389: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1390: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1391: library after installing the OS.
1392: <p>
1393:
1.247 jufi 1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1395: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1396: Sys Admin, September 2000
1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1400: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1401: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1402: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1403: (<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>,
1404: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1405: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1406: <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 1407: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1408: out of the system.
1409: <p>
1410:
1.247 jufi 1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1412: <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
1413: </strong></font><br>
1414:
1415: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1416: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1417: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1418: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1419: the IP filtering and address translation.
1420: <p>
1.247 jufi 1421: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1422:
1.131 louis 1423: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1424: <ul>
1.131 louis 1425:
1.247 jufi 1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1427: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1428: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1429: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1430: </strong></font><br>
1431:
1432: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1433: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1434: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1435: <p>
1436:
1.247 jufi 1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1438: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1439: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1440: </strong></font><br>
1441:
1442: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1443: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1444: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1445: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1446: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1447: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1448: note of"</i>.
1449: <p>
1450:
1.247 jufi 1451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1452: <a
1.247 jufi 1453: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1454: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1455: </strong></font><br>
1456:
1457: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1458: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1459: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1460: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1461: <p>
1462:
1.247 jufi 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1464: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1465: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1466: </strong></font><br>
1467:
1468: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1469: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1470: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1471: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1472: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1473: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1474: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1475: <p>
1476:
1.247 jufi 1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1478: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1479: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1480: 2000
1481: </strong></font><br>
1482:
1483: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1484: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1485: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1486: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1487: against current industry practices.
1488: <p>
1489:
1.247 jufi 1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1491: <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
1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1495: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1496: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1497: <p>
1498:
1.247 jufi 1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1500: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1501: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1502: </strong></font><br>
1503:
1504: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1505: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1506: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1507: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1508: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1509: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1510: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1511: <p>
1512:
1.247 jufi 1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1514: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1515: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1516: </strong></font><br>
1517:
1518: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1519: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1520: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1521: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1522: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1523: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1524: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1525: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1526: <p>
1.247 jufi 1527: </ul>
1.131 louis 1528:
1.118 louis 1529: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1530: <ul>
1.118 louis 1531:
1.247 jufi 1532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1533: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1534: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1535: </strong></font><br>
1536:
1537: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1538: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1539: about time. The article mentions that
1540: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1541: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1542: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1543: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1544: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1545: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1546: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1547: <p>
1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1550: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1551: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1552: </strong></font><br>
1553:
1554: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1555: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1556: of OpenSSH.
1557: <p>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1560: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1561: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1562: </strong></font><br>
1563:
1564: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1565: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1566: bridging.
1567: <p>
1568:
1.247 jufi 1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1570: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1571: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573:
1.121 deraadt 1574: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1575: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1576: <p>
1577:
1.247 jufi 1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1579: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1580: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1581: </strong></font><br>
1582:
1583: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1584: <p>
1585:
1.247 jufi 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1587: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1588: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1589: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1590: </strong></font><br>
1591:
1.120 deraadt 1592: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1593: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1594: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1595: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1596: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1597: <p>
1598:
1.247 jufi 1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1600: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1601: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1602: </strong></font><br>
1603:
1.222 miod 1604: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1605: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1606: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1607: protocols and their quirks.
1608: <p>
1609:
1.247 jufi 1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1611: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1612: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1615: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1616: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1617: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1618: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1619: <p>
1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1622: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1623: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1624: </strong></font><br>
1625:
1626: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1627: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1628: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1629: <p>
1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1632: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1633: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1634: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1635: </strong></font><br>
1636:
1637: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1638: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1639: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1640: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1641: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1642: <p>
1.247 jufi 1643: </ul>
1.118 louis 1644:
1.104 louis 1645: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1646: <ul>
1.104 louis 1647:
1.247 jufi 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1649: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1650: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1651: </strong></font><br>
1652:
1653: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1654: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1655: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1656: be a bit dry.
1657: <p>
1658:
1.247 jufi 1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1660: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1661: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1662: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1663: </strong></font><br>
1664: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1665: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1666: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1667: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1668: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1669: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1670: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1671: <p>
1672:
1.247 jufi 1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1674: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1675: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1676: 2000
1.128 louis 1677: </strong></font><br>
1678:
1679: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1680: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1681: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1682: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1683: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1684: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1685: <p>
1686:
1.247 jufi 1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1688: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1689: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1690: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1691:
1692: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1693: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1694: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1695: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1696: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1697: <p>
1.110 louis 1698:
1.247 jufi 1699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1700: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1701: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1702: </strong></font><br>
1703:
1704: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1705: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1706: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1707: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1708: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1709: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1710: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1711: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1712: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1713: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1714: <p>
1715:
1.247 jufi 1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1717: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1718: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1719:
1720: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1721: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1722: <p>
1.108 louis 1723:
1.247 jufi 1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1725: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1726: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1727: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1728:
1729: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1730: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1731: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1732: <p>
1.106 louis 1733:
1.247 jufi 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1735: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1736: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1737: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1738:
1739: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1740: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1741: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1742: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1743: <p>
1.107 louis 1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1746: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1747: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1748: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1749:
1750: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1751: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1752: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1753: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1754: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1755: <p>
1.105 louis 1756:
1.247 jufi 1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1758: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1759: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1760: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1761:
1.113 naddy 1762: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1763: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1764: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1765: <p>
1.104 louis 1766:
1.247 jufi 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1768: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1769: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1770: </strong></font><br>
1771:
1772: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1773: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1774: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1775: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1776: <p>
1.247 jufi 1777: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1778:
1.85 louis 1779: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1780: <ul>
1.85 louis 1781:
1.247 jufi 1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1783: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1784: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1785: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1786:
1787: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1788: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1789: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1790: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1791: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1792: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1793: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1794: <p>
1.99 louis 1795:
1.247 jufi 1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1797: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1798: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1799: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1800:
1801: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1802: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1803: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1804: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.100 louis 1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1808: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1809: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1810: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1811:
1812: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1813: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1814: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1815: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1816: <p>
1.95 louis 1817:
1.247 jufi 1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1819: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1820: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1821: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1822:
1823: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1824: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1825: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1826: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1827: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1828: <p>
1.92 louis 1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1831: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1832: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1833: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1834:
1835: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1836: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1837: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1838: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1839: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1840: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1841: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1842: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1843: <p>
1.91 louis 1844:
1.247 jufi 1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1846: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1847: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1848: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1849:
1850: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1851: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1852: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1853: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1854: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1855: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1856: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1857: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1858: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1859: <p>
1.90 louis 1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1862: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1863: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1864: </strong></font><br>
1865: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1866: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1867: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1868: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1869: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1870: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1871: <p>
1872:
1.247 jufi 1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1874: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1875: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1876: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1877:
1.113 naddy 1878: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1879: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1880: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1881: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1882: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1883: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1884: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1885: <p>
1.87 louis 1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1888: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1889: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1890: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1891:
1892: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1893: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1894: <p>
1.85 louis 1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1897: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1898: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1899: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1900:
1901: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1902: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1903: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1904: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1905: <p>
1.89 louis 1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1908: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1909: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1910: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1911:
1912: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1913: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1914: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1915: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1916: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1917: </ul>
1.85 louis 1918:
1.78 deraadt 1919: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1920: <ul>
1.74 louis 1921:
1.247 jufi 1922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1923: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1924: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1925: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1926: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1927:
1928: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1929: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1930: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1931: <p>
1.83 louis 1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1934: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1935: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1936: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1937:
1938: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1939: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1940: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1941: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1942: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1943: <p>
1.93 louis 1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1946: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1947: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1948: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1949: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1950:
1.83 louis 1951: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1952: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1953: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1954: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1955: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1956: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1957: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1958: <p>
1.82 aaron 1959:
1.247 jufi 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1961: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1962: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1963: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1964:
1.83 louis 1965: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1966: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1967: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1968: <p>
1.80 louis 1969:
1.247 jufi 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1971: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1972: Bad Press</a>,
1973: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1975:
1976: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1977: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1978: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1979: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1980: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1981: <p>
1.247 jufi 1982: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1983:
1984: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1985: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1986:
1.247 jufi 1987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1988: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1989: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 1990: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 1991: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 1992:
1993: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
1994: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
1995: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
1996: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 1997: <p>
1.74 louis 1998:
1.247 jufi 1999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2000: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2001: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2002: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2003:
1.219 horacio 2004: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2005: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2006: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2007: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2008: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2009: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2010: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2011: <p>
1.88 louis 2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2014: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2015: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2016: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2017:
2018: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2019: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2020: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2021: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2022: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2023: <p>
1.81 louis 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2026: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2027: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2028: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2029:
2030: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2031: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2032: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2033: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2034: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2035: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2036: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2037: <p>
1.90 louis 2038:
1.247 jufi 2039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2040: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2041: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2042: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2043:
2044: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2045: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2046: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2047: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2048: <p>
1.247 jufi 2049: </ul>
1.71 louis 2050:
1.69 deraadt 2051: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2052: <ul>
1.70 louis 2053:
1.247 jufi 2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2055: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2056: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2057: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2058:
2059: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2060: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2061: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2062: <p>
1.70 louis 2063:
1.247 jufi 2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2065: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2066: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2067: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2068:
2069: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2070: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2071: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2072: <p>
1.68 louis 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2075: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2076: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2077: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2078: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2079:
1.111 jufi 2080: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2081: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2082: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2083: "secure by default" installation.
2084: <p>
1.64 louis 2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2087: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2088: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2089: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2090:
1.113 naddy 2091: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2092: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2093: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2094: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2095: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2096: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2097: <p>
1.66 louis 2098:
1.247 jufi 2099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2100: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2101: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2102: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2103:
2104: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2105: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2106: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2107: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2108: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2109: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2110: <p>
1.83 louis 2111:
1.247 jufi 2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2113: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2114: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2115: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2116:
2117: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2118: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2119: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2120: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2121: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2122: <p>
1.64 louis 2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2125: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2126: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2128:
2129: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2130: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2131: <p>
1.247 jufi 2132: </ul>
1.65 louis 2133:
1.69 deraadt 2134: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2135: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2136:
1.247 jufi 2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2138: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2139: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2140: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2141:
2142: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2143: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2144: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2145: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2146: <p>
1.88 louis 2147:
1.247 jufi 2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2149: <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 2150: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2151:
2152: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2153: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2154: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2155: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2156: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2157: <p>
1.60 louis 2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2160: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2161: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2162: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2163: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2164:
2165: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2166: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2167: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2168: <p>
1.58 louis 2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2171: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2173:
2174: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2175: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2176: <p>
1.53 louis 2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2179: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2180: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2181: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2182:
2183: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2184: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2185: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2186: <p>
1.99 louis 2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2189: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2190: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2191:
2192: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2193: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2194: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2195: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2196: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2197:
1.247 jufi 2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2199: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2200: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2201: </strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2204: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2205: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2206: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2207: <p>
2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2210: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2211: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2212: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2213:
2214: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2215: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2216: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2217:
1.247 jufi 2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2219: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2220: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2221:
2222: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2223: in
1.247 jufi 2224: <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 2225: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2226: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2227: <p>
1.53 louis 2228:
1.247 jufi 2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2230: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2231: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2232: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2233: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2234:
1.58 louis 2235: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2236: <p>
1.247 jufi 2237: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2238:
1.69 deraadt 2239: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2240: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2241:
1.247 jufi 2242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2243: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2244: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2245: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2246: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2247:
1.58 louis 2248: Kurt Seifried
2249: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2250: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2251: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2252: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2253:
1.247 jufi 2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2255: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2256: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2257: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2258:
2259: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2260: <p>
1.96 louis 2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2263: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2264: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2265: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2266:
2267: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2268: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2269: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2270: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2271: <p>
1.247 jufi 2272: </ul>
1.86 louis 2273:
1.69 deraadt 2274: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2275: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2276:
1.247 jufi 2277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2278: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2279: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2280: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2281:
2282: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2283: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2284: <p>
1.61 louis 2285:
1.247 jufi 2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2287: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2288: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2289: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2290: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2291:
2292: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2293: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2294: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2295: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2296: right -- or at least strives to".
2297: <p>
1.48 louis 2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2300: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2301: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2302: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2303: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2304: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2305: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2306: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2307: <p>
1.61 louis 2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <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 2310: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2311: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2312:
2313: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2314: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2315: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2316: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2317: <p>
1.46 louis 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2320: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2321: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2322: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2323:
2324: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2325: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2326: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2327:
1.247 jufi 2328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2329: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2330: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2331: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2332:
2333: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2334: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2335: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2336: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2337: <p>
1.247 jufi 2338: </ul>
1.70 louis 2339:
1.69 deraadt 2340: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2341: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2342:
1.247 jufi 2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2344: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2345: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2346: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2347: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2348:
2349: Kurt Seifried
2350: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2351: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2352: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2353: <p>
1.44 philen 2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <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 2356: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2357: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2358:
2359: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2360: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <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 2363: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2364: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2365:
2366: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2367: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <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 2370: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2371: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2372:
2373: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2374: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2375: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2376: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2377: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <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 2380: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2381: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2382:
1.36 louis 2383: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2384: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2387: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2388: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2389: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2390:
2391: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2392: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2393: </ul>
1.38 louis 2394:
1.69 deraadt 2395: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2396: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <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 2399: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2401:
2402: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2403: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2404: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2405:
1.113 naddy 2406: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2407: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2408: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2409: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2410:
2411: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2412: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2413: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2414: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2415: <blockquote>
2416: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2417: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2418: <br>
2419: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2420: </code>
2421: </blockquote>
2422: <p>
2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2425: <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>
2426: <p>
2427:
2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2429: <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 2430: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2431:
2432: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2433: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2434: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2435: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2438: <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 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2440:
2441: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2442: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2443: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2444: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2445: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2446: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2447: <p>
1.19 louis 2448:
1.113 naddy 2449: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2450: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2451: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2452:
2453: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2454: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2455: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2456: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2457: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2458: <p>
1.16 louis 2459:
1.247 jufi 2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2461: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2462: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2463: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2464:
1.57 louis 2465: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2466: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2467: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2468: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2471: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2472: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2473: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2474:
1.113 naddy 2475: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2476:
1.247 jufi 2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2478: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2479: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2480: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2481:
1.23 louis 2482: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2483: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2484: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2485: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2486: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2487: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2488:
1.247 jufi 2489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2490: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2491: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2492: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2493:
1.199 pvalchev 2494: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2495: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2496: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2497: installation.
1.113 naddy 2498: <p>
1.47 louis 2499:
1.247 jufi 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2501: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2502: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2503: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2504:
2505: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2506: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2507: </ul>
1.57 louis 2508:
1.69 deraadt 2509: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2510: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2513: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2514: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2515: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2516:
2517: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2518: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2519: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2520: <p>
1.12 louis 2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2523: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2524: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2525: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2526:
2527: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2528: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2529: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2530: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2531: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2532: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2533: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2534: <p>
1.247 jufi 2535: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2536:
1.69 deraadt 2537: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2538: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2539:
1.247 jufi 2540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2541: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2542: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2543:
2544: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2545: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2546: available."
1.113 naddy 2547: <p>
1.247 jufi 2548: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2549:
1.69 deraadt 2550: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2551: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2552:
1.247 jufi 2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2554: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2555: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2556:
2557: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2558: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2559: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2560: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2561: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2562: <p>
1.33 louis 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2565: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2566: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2568:
1.113 naddy 2569: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2570: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2571: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2572: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2573: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2574: <p>
1.247 jufi 2575: </ul>
1.57 louis 2576:
1.69 deraadt 2577: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2578: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2581: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2582: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2583: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2584:
2585: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2586: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2587: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2590: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2591: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2592: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2593: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2594:
2595: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2596: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2599: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2600:
1.113 naddy 2601: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2602:
1.247 jufi 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2604: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2605: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2606: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2607:
2608: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2609: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2610: </ul>
1.23 louis 2611:
1.69 deraadt 2612: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2613: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2614:
1.247 jufi 2615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2616: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2617: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2618:
2619: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2620: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2621: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2624: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2625: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2626: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2627:
2628: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2629: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2630: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2631: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2632: </ul>
1.57 louis 2633:
1.69 deraadt 2634: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2635: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2638: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2639: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2640: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2641:
2642: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2643: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2644: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2645: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2646: <p>
1.15 louis 2647:
1.247 jufi 2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2649: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2650: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2651: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2652:
2653: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2654: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2655: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2656: columns."
1.113 naddy 2657: <p>
1.247 jufi 2658: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2659:
1.69 deraadt 2660: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2661: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2664: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2665: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2666: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2667:
2668: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2669: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2670:
1.113 naddy 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2672: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2673: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2674:
2675: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2676: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2677: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2678: </ul>
1.57 louis 2679:
1.69 deraadt 2680: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2681: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2682:
1.113 naddy 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2684: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2685: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2686: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2687:
1.222 miod 2688: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2689: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2690: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2691: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2692: <p>
1.247 jufi 2693: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2694:
1.69 deraadt 2695: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2696: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2697:
1.247 jufi 2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2699: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2700: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2701:
1.69 deraadt 2702: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2703: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2704: <p>
1.247 jufi 2705: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2706:
1.69 deraadt 2707: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2708: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2711: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2712: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2713: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2714:
2715: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2716: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2717: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2720: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2721: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2722: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2723: <p>
1.247 jufi 2724: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2725:
1.69 deraadt 2726: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2727: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2730: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2731: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2732: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2733: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2734: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2735:
2736: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2737: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2738: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2739: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2740: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2741: <p>
1.247 jufi 2742: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2743:
2744: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2745: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2748: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2749: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2750:
1.69 deraadt 2751: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2752: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2753: <p>
1.112 naddy 2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2757:
1.113 naddy 2758: <hr>
2759: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2760: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2761:
1.200 niklas 2762: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <ul>
2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2766: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2767: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2768:
2769: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2770: <p>
2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2773:
2774: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <ul>
2777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2778: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2779: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2780:
2781: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2782: <p>
2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2785: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2786: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2787:
2788: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2789: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2790: <p>
2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2793:
2794: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <ul>
2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2798: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2799: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2800:
2801: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2802: <p>
2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2805:
1.102 niklas 2806: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2807:
1.247 jufi 2808: <ul>
2809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2810: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2811: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2812:
2813: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2814: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2815: <p>
1.102 niklas 2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2818:
1.84 niklas 2819: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <ul>
2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2823: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2824: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2825:
2826: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2827: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2828: <p>
1.84 niklas 2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2831:
1.69 deraadt 2832: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2833:
1.247 jufi 2834: <ul>
2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2836: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2837: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2838:
1.222 miod 2839: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2840: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2841: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2842: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2845: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2846: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2847: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2848: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2849:
1.20 louis 2850: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2851: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2852: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2853: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2854: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2855:
1.247 jufi 2856: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2857:
1.113 naddy 2858: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2859: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2860: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2861:
2862:
2863: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2864: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2867: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2868: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2869:
2870: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2871: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2872: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2873:
2874: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2875: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2878:
2879:
1.170 louis 2880: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2881: <ul>
1.170 louis 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2884: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2885: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2886: </strong></font><br>
2887:
2888: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2889: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2890: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2891: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2892: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2893: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2894: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2895: <p>
1.247 jufi 2896: </ul>
1.170 louis 2897:
1.69 deraadt 2898: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2899: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2900:
1.247 jufi 2901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2902: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2903: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2904: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2905:
2906: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2907: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2908: translating and reprinting articles from
2909: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2910: <p>
1.247 jufi 2911: </ul>
1.20 louis 2912:
1.113 naddy 2913: <hr>
2914: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2915: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2916:
1.246 jufi 2917: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2918: <ul>
2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2920: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2921: December 04, 2002
2922: </strong></font><br>
2923: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2924: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2925: <p>
1.247 jufi 2926: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2927:
1.151 louis 2928: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2929: <ul>
1.151 louis 2930:
1.247 jufi 2931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2932: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934:
2935: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2936: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2937: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2938: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2939: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2940: <p>
1.247 jufi 2941: </ul>
1.151 louis 2942:
1.72 louis 2943: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2944: <ul>
1.72 louis 2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2947: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2948: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2949: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2950:
1.101 jufi 2951: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2952: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2953: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2954: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2955: Giving way to
2956: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2957: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2958: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2959: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2960: <p>
1.247 jufi 2961: </ul>
1.72 louis 2962:
1.69 deraadt 2963: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2964: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2967: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2968: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2969: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2970:
2971: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2972: <p>
1.247 jufi 2973: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2974:
1.50 louis 2975:
1.113 naddy 2976: <hr>
2977: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2978: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2979:
1.69 deraadt 2980: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2981: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2984: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2985: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2987:
2988: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2989: <p>
1.247 jufi 2990: </ul>
1.62 form 2991:
1.69 deraadt 2992: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2993: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2996: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2997: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 2998: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 2999:
1.59 form 3000: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3001: <p>
1.112 naddy 3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3004:
1.113 naddy 3005: <hr>
3006: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3007: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3008: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3009:
1.247 jufi 3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3011: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3012: Radio, August 2, 2000
3013: </strong></font><br>
3014:
3015: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3016: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3017: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3018: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3019: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3020: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3021: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3022: <p>
3023:
1.247 jufi 3024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3025: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3026: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3027: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3028: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3029:
3030: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3031: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3032: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3033: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3034: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3035: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3036: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3037: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3038: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3039: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3040: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3041: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3042: <p>
1.247 jufi 3043: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3044:
1.113 naddy 3045: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3046: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3047: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3048:
3049: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3050: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3053: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3054: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3055: </strong></font><br>
3056:
3057: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3058: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3059: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3060: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3061: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3062: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3063: A
1.216 horacio 3064: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3065: <p>
1.247 jufi 3066: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3067:
1.252 miod 3068: <hr>
3069: <a name=fr></a>
3070: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3071:
3072: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3073: <ul>
3074:
3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3076: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3077: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3078: </strong></font><br>
3079:
3080: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3081: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3082: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3083: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3084: <p>
3085: </ul>
3086:
1.216 horacio 3087:
3088: <hr>
3089: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
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