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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>
1.271 ! deraadt 85: </ul>
! 86: <p>
! 87: Then the story starts to change on various news sites. A spokeswoman from
! 88: DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has been
! 89: misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." These papers proceed to pick
! 90: up the new story; some retain the old one:
! 91: <p>
! 92: <ul>
1.270 deraadt 93: <li><a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">Miami Herald, FL</a>
94: <li><a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Agency_denies_dropping_project:.shtml">Boston Globe, MA</a>
1.263 deraadt 95: </ul>
1.262 beck 96: <p>
97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 99: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
100: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 101: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 102: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 103: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 104: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
105: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
106: <p>
107:
108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
109: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
110: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 111: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 112: </strong></font><br>
113: Another report on the DARPA funding.
114: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
115: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
116: <p>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 119: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
120: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 121: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 122: </strong></font><br>
123: (also online at
124: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
125: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
126: <br>
127: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
128: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
129: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
130: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
131: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
132: Goes on to say:
133: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
134: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
135: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
136: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
137: <p>
138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
139: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
140: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 141: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 142: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 143: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 144: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
145: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
146: without notice or justification.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
150: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
151: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 152: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 153: </strong></font><br>
154: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
155: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
156: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
157: effective today, without any warning..."
158: <p>
1.257 ian 159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 161: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
162: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 163: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 164: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 165: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
166: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
167: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
168: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
169: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 173: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
174: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 175: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 176: </strong></font><br>
177: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
178: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
179: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
180: quoting two of them:
181: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
182: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
183: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
184: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
185: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
186: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
187: <p>
188:
1.255 ian 189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 190: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
191: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 192: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 193: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 194: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 195: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
196: security experts for more than three decades."
197: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
198: <p>
1.261 ian 199:
1.254 drahn 200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 201: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
202: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 203: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 204: </strong></font><br>
205: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
206: from US DARPA.
207: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
208: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
209: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
210: the BSD license.
211: <p>
212: </ul>
213:
1.251 ian 214: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
215: <ul>
216:
217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
218: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
219: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 220: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 221: </strong></font><br>
222: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
223: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
224: Mentions
225: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
226: and
227: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
228: programs.
229: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
230: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
231: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
232: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
233: <p>
1.260 ian 234:
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
236: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
237: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
238: </strong></font><br>
239: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
240: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
241: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
242: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
243: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
244: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
245: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
246: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
247: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
248: put into service."
249: <p>
250: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
251: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
252: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
253: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
254: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
255: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
256: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
257: computers with security features."
258: <p>
1.251 ian 259: </ul>
260:
1.249 jufi 261: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
262: <ul>
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
264: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
265: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 266: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 267: </strong></font><br>
268: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
269: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
270: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
271: <p>
272: </ul>
273:
1.246 jufi 274: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 275: <ul>
1.246 jufi 276:
1.247 jufi 277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 278: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 279: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
280: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 281: </strong></font><br>
282: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
283: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
284: <p>
285:
1.247 jufi 286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 287: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 288: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
289: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 290: </strong></font><br>
291: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
292: in their annual OpenHack security test.
293: <p>
1.247 jufi 294: </ul>
1.246 jufi 295:
1.244 jufi 296: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 297: <ul>
1.246 jufi 298:
1.247 jufi 299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 300: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
301: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
302: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 303: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 304: </strong></font><br>
305: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
306: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
307: md5 digests.
308: <p>
309:
1.247 jufi 310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 311: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 312: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
313: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 314: </strong></font><br>
315: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
316: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
317: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
318: right the first time."
319: <p>
1.247 jufi 320: </ul>
1.244 jufi 321:
322:
323: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 324: <ul>
1.244 jufi 325:
1.247 jufi 326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 327: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 328: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
329: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 330: </strong></font><br>
331: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
332: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
333: part 6</a>.
334: <p>
335:
1.247 jufi 336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 337: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 338: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
339: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 340: </strong></font><br>
341: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
342: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
343: <p>
1.247 jufi 344: </ul>
1.242 jufi 345:
346: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 347: <ul>
1.242 jufi 348:
1.247 jufi 349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 350: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 351: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
352: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 353: </strong></font><br>
354: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
355: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
356: <p>
357:
1.247 jufi 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 359: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 360: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
361: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 362: </strong></font><br>
363: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
364: this time using pf.
365: <p>
1.247 jufi 366: </ul>
1.242 jufi 367:
368: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 369: <ul>
1.242 jufi 370:
1.247 jufi 371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 372: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 373: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
374: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 375: </strong></font><br>
376: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
377: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
378: their rotation.
379: <p>
380:
1.247 jufi 381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 382: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 383: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
384: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 385: </strong></font><br>
386: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
387: <p>
1.247 jufi 388: </ul>
1.242 jufi 389:
1.239 jufi 390: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 391: <ul>
1.239 jufi 392:
1.247 jufi 393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 394: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 395: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
396: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 397: </strong></font><br>
398: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
399: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
400: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
401: <p>
402:
1.247 jufi 403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 404: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 405: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
406: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 407: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 408: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
409: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
410: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 411: <p>
1.247 jufi 412: </ul>
1.239 jufi 413:
1.235 lebel 414: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 415: <ul>
1.235 lebel 416:
1.239 jufi 417:
1.247 jufi 418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 419: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 420: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
421: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 422: </strong></font><br>
423: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
424: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
425: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
426: <p>
1.247 jufi 427: </ul>
1.235 lebel 428:
1.228 horacio 429: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 430: <ul>
1.228 horacio 431:
1.247 jufi 432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 433: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 434: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
435: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 436: </strong></font><br>
437: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
438: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
439: <p>
440:
1.247 jufi 441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 442: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 443: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
444: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 445: </strong></font><br>
446: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
447: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
448: <p>
449:
1.247 jufi 450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 451: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 452: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
453: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 454: </strong></font><br>
455: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
456: on the desktop of his parents.
457: <p>
458:
1.247 jufi 459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 460: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 461: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
462: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 463: </strong></font><br>
464: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
465: using IPFilter.
466:
467: <p>
468:
1.247 jufi 469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 470: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 471: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
472: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 473: </strong></font><br>
474: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
475: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
476: perspectives of the four OS.
477: <br>
478: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 479: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 480: <p>
481:
1.247 jufi 482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 483: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
484: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 485: software and security</a>,
486: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 487: </strong></font><br>
488:
489: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
490: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
491: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
492: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
493: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
494: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
495: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
496: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
497: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
498: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
499: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
500: security conscious team beyond doubt.
501: <p>
1.247 jufi 502: </ul>
1.228 horacio 503:
1.225 horacio 504: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 505: <ul>
1.225 horacio 506:
1.247 jufi 507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 508: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
509: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 510: Interview</a>,
511: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 512: </strong></font><br>
513:
514: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
515: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
516: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 517: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 518: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
519: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
520: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
521: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
522: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 523: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 524: of choice.
525: <p>
1.247 jufi 526: </ul>
1.225 horacio 527:
528: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 529: <ul>
1.225 horacio 530:
1.247 jufi 531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 532: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 533: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
534: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 535: </strong></font><br>
536:
537: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
538: <p>
539:
1.247 jufi 540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 541: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 542: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
543: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 544: </strong></font><br>
545:
546: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
547: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
548: <p>
1.247 jufi 549: </ul>
1.225 horacio 550:
1.218 horacio 551: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 552: <ul>
1.218 horacio 553:
1.247 jufi 554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 555: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 556: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
557: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 558: </strong></font><br>
559:
560: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
561: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
562: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
563: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
564: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
565: subjects. Worth a read.
566: <p>
567:
568:
1.247 jufi 569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 570: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 571: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
572: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 573: </strong></font><br>
574:
575: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
576: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
577: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
578: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
579: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
580: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
581: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
582: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
583: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 584: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 585: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
586: on other operating systems.<br>
587: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
588: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
589: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
590: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
591: <p>
592:
1.247 jufi 593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 594: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 595: Operating System 2010</a>,
596: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 597: </strong></font><br>
598:
599: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
600: covering the level of software integration into the core
601: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
602: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
603: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
604: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
605: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
606: <p>
607:
1.247 jufi 608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 609: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 610: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
611: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 612: </strong></font><br>
613:
614: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
615: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
616: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
617: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
618: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
619: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
620: <p>
1.247 jufi 621: </ul>
1.221 horacio 622:
1.210 jufi 623: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 624: <ul>
1.215 horacio 625:
1.247 jufi 626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 627: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 628: Already a Contender</a>,
629: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 630: </strong></font><br>
631:
632: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
633: source software in response to an article which claimed that
634: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
635: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
636: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
637: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
638: <p>
639:
1.247 jufi 640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 641: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 642: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
643: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 644: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 645:
1.224 horacio 646: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
647: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
648: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
649: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
650: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
651: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 652: <p>
1.247 jufi 653: </ul>
1.215 horacio 654:
655: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 656: <ul>
1.215 horacio 657:
1.247 jufi 658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 659: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
660: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 661: Division</a>,
662: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 663: </strong></font><br>
664:
665: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
666: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 667: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 668: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
669: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
670: investment</em>.<br>
671: The implementation details can be seen on their
672: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
673: <p>
674:
1.247 jufi 675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 676: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 677: Thinking about Security</a>,
678: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 679: </strong></font><br>
680:
681: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
682: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
683: security and says that even secured operating systems running
684: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
685: to time.<br>
686: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
687: system and just the most secure system.
688: <p>
689:
1.247 jufi 690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 691: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 692: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
693: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 694: </strong></font><br>
695:
696: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
697: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
698: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
699: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
700: choice:<br>
701: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
702: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
703: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
704: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
705: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
706: network security devices and as such must be well
707: armored."</em><br>
708: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
709: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
710: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
711: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
712: <br>
713: Bravo!
714: <p>
1.247 jufi 715: </ul>
1.210 jufi 716:
1.207 ian 717: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 718: <ul>
1.215 horacio 719:
1.247 jufi 720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 721: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
722: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
723: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 724:
1.207 ian 725: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
726: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 727: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 728: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
729: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
730: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 731: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 732: <p>
1.247 jufi 733: </ul>
1.207 ian 734:
1.194 jufi 735: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 736: <ul>
1.194 jufi 737:
1.247 jufi 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 739: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 740: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
741: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 742: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 743:
1.240 miod 744: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 745: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
746: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
747: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
748: <p>
749:
1.247 jufi 750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 751: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 752: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
753: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
754: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 755:
1.240 miod 756: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 757: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 758: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
759: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
760: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 761: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 762: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
763: <br>
764: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
765: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
766: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
767: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
768: <p>
769:
1.247 jufi 770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 771: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
772: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 773: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 774: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 775:
1.194 jufi 776: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
777: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
778: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
779: <br>
780: The new
781: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 782: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 783: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
784: <p>
1.247 jufi 785: </ul>
1.194 jufi 786:
1.190 horacio 787: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 788: <ul>
1.190 horacio 789:
1.247 jufi 790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 791:
792: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
793: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
794:
795: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
796: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
797:
798: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
799: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
800:
1.212 horacio 801: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
802: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 803: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
804:
1.211 horacio 805: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
806: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 807: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
808:
1.247 jufi 809: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 810: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
811:
1.247 jufi 812: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 813: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
814:
1.212 horacio 815: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
816: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 817: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
818:
819: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
820: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
821:
822: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
823: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
824:
825: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
826: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
827:
828: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 829: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 830:
1.192 jufi 831: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
832: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 833: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 834:
1.193 deraadt 835: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
836: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 837: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 838:
1.247 jufi 839: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 840: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
841:
1.247 jufi 842: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 843: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
844: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
845:
1.213 horacio 846: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 847: 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 848: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
849:
1.190 horacio 850: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 851: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
852: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
853: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
854: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
855: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
856: <p>
1.190 horacio 857:
1.247 jufi 858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 859: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
860: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
861: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 862: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 863:
1.195 jufi 864: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 865: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
866: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
867: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 868: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
869: <p>
870:
1.247 jufi 871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 872: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 873: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
874: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
875: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 876:
1.191 jufi 877: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
878: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
879: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
880: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 881: <p>
1.247 jufi 882: </ul>
1.190 horacio 883:
1.191 jufi 884:
1.186 jufi 885: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 886: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 887:
1.247 jufi 888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 889: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 890: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
891: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 892: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 893:
1.188 jufi 894: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 895: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 896: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 897: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
898: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 899: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 900: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 901: <p>
902:
1.191 jufi 903:
1.247 jufi 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 905: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
906: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
907: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 908: </strong></font><br>
909:
910: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
911: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
912: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
913: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
914: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
915: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
916: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
917: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
918: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
919: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
920: familiar?
921: <p>
1.247 jufi 922: </ul>
1.191 jufi 923:
1.178 louis 924: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 925: <ul>
1.178 louis 926:
1.247 jufi 927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 928: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 929: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
930: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 931: </strong></font><br>
932:
933: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
934: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
935: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
936: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
937: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
938: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
939: <p>
940:
1.247 jufi 941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 942: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
943: Open source under the hood</a>,
944: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 945: </strong></font><br>
946:
947: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
948: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
949: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
950: <p>
951:
1.247 jufi 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 953: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
954: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
955: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 956: </strong></font><br>
957:
958: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
959: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
960: <p>
1.247 jufi 961: </ul>
1.179 louis 962:
1.174 louis 963:
1.175 louis 964: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 965: <ul>
1.175 louis 966:
1.247 jufi 967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 968: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
969: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
970: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 971: </strong></font><br>
972:
973: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
974: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
975: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
976: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
977: <p>
978:
1.247 jufi 979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 980: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
981: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
982: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 983: </strong></font><br>
984:
985: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 986: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 987: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
988: <p>
1.247 jufi 989: </ul>
1.175 louis 990:
1.176 louis 991:
1.172 mickey 992: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 993: <ul>
1.172 mickey 994:
1.247 jufi 995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 996: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
997: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 998: </strong></font><br>
999:
1000: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1001: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1002: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1003: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1004: <p>
1005:
1.247 jufi 1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1007: <a
1.269 deraadt 1008: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1009: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1010: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1011: </strong></font><br>
1012:
1013: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1014: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1015: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1016: <p>
1017:
1.247 jufi 1018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1019: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1020: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1021: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1022: </strong></font><br>
1023:
1024: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1025: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1026: <p>
1027:
1.247 jufi 1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1029: <a
1.269 deraadt 1030: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1031: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1032: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1033: </strong></font><br>
1034:
1035: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1036: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1037: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1038: our own Theo de Raadt.
1039: <p>
1040:
1.247 jufi 1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1042: <a
1.269 deraadt 1043: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1044: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1045: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1046: </strong></font><br>
1047:
1048: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1049: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1050: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1051: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1052: shut down.]
1053: <p>
1054:
1.247 jufi 1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1056: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1057: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1058: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1059: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1060: </strong></font><br>
1061:
1062: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1063: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1064: <p>
1.247 jufi 1065: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1066:
1.161 louis 1067: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1068: <ul>
1.161 louis 1069:
1.247 jufi 1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1071: <a
1.269 deraadt 1072: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1073: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1074: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1075: </strong></font><br>
1076:
1077: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1078: by John Wolley
1079: <p>
1080:
1.247 jufi 1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1082: <a
1.269 deraadt 1083: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1084: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1085: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1086: </strong></font><br>
1087:
1088: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1089: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1090: OpenBSD).
1091: <p>
1092:
1.247 jufi 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1094: <a
1.247 jufi 1095: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1096: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1097: </strong></font><br>
1098:
1099: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1100: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1101: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1102: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1103: and hindsight.
1104: <p>
1105:
1.247 jufi 1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1107: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1108: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1112: <p>
1113:
1.247 jufi 1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1115: <a
1.168 provos 1116: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1117: December 7, 2000
1118: </strong></font><br>
1119:
1120: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1121: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1122: us explain.
1123: <p>
1124:
1.247 jufi 1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1126: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1127: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1128: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1129: December 6, 2000
1130: </strong></font><br>
1131:
1132: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1133: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1134: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1135: <p>
1136:
1.247 jufi 1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1138: <a
1.226 horacio 1139: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1140: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142:
1143: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1144: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1145: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1146: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1147: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1148: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1149: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1150: <p>
1.162 millert 1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1153: <a
1.161 louis 1154: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1155: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1156: </strong></font><br>
1157:
1158: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1159: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1160: <p>
1161:
1.247 jufi 1162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1163: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1164: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1165: </strong></font><br>
1166:
1167: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1168: <p>
1169:
1170:
1.247 jufi 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1172: <a
1.226 horacio 1173: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1174: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1175: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1176: </strong></font><br>
1177:
1178: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1179: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1180: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1181: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1182: <p>
1.247 jufi 1183: </ul>
1.169 louis 1184:
1.158 louis 1185: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1186: <ul>
1.147 louis 1187:
1.247 jufi 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1189: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1190: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1191: </strong></font><br>
1192:
1193: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1194: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1198: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1199: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1200: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1201: </strong></font><br>
1202: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1203: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1204: <p>
1205:
1.247 jufi 1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1207: <a
1208: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1209: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1210: </strong></font><br>
1211:
1212: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1213: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1214: <p>
1215:
1.247 jufi 1216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1217: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1218: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1219: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1220:
1.213 horacio 1221: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1222: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1223: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1224: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1225: <p>
1.215 horacio 1226:
1.247 jufi 1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1228: <a
1229: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1230: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1231: </strong></font><br>
1232:
1233: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1234: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1235: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1236: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1237: much of the attitude too).
1238: <p>
1.161 louis 1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1241: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1242: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1243: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1244:
1.157 louis 1245: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1246: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1247: <p>
1.247 jufi 1248: </ul>
1.157 louis 1249:
1250: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1251: <ul>
1.157 louis 1252:
1.247 jufi 1253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1254: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1255: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1256: </strong></font><br>
1257:
1258: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1259: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1260: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1261: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1262: <p>
1263:
1.247 jufi 1264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1265: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1266: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1267: </strong></font><br>
1268:
1269: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1270: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1271: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1272: it because they love coding...
1273: <p>
1274:
1.247 jufi 1275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1276: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1277: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1278: </strong></font><br>
1279:
1280: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1281: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1282: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1283: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1284: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1285: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1286: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1287: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1288: <p>
1289:
1.247 jufi 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1291: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1292: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1293: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1297: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1298: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1299: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1300: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1301: the pizza.
1302: <p>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1305: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1306: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1307: </strong></font><br>
1308:
1309: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1310: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1311: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1312: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1313: problems.
1314: <p>
1315:
1.247 jufi 1316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1317: <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 1318: </strong></font><br>
1319:
1.222 miod 1320: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1321: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1322: - whether they like it or not.
1323: <p>
1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1326: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1327: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1328: </strong></font><br>
1329:
1330: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1331: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1332: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1333: <p>
1.148 aaron 1334:
1.247 jufi 1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1336: <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 1337: </strong></font><br>
1338:
1339: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1340: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1341: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1342: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1343: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1344: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1345: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1346: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1347: <p>
1348:
1.247 jufi 1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1350: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1351: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1352: </strong></font><br>
1353:
1354: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1355: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1356: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1357: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1358: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1359: <p>
1.247 jufi 1360: </ul>
1.147 louis 1361:
1.138 louis 1362: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1363: <ul>
1.138 louis 1364:
1.247 jufi 1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1366: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1367: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1368: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1369: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1370: </strong></font><br>
1371:
1.227 horacio 1372: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1373: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1374: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1375: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1376: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1377: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1378: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1379: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1380: <p>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1383: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1384: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1385: </strong></font><br>
1386:
1387: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1388: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1389: groups, and even Linux.
1390: <p>
1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1393: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1394: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1395: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1399: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1400: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1401: library after installing the OS.
1402: <p>
1403:
1.247 jufi 1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1405: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1406: Sys Admin, September 2000
1407: </strong></font><br>
1408:
1409: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1410: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1411: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1412: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1413: (<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>,
1414: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1415: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1416: <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 1417: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1418: out of the system.
1419: <p>
1420:
1.247 jufi 1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1422: <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
1423: </strong></font><br>
1424:
1425: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1426: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1427: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1428: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1429: the IP filtering and address translation.
1430: <p>
1.247 jufi 1431: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1432:
1.131 louis 1433: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1434: <ul>
1.131 louis 1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1437: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1438: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1439: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1440: </strong></font><br>
1441:
1442: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1443: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1444: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1445: <p>
1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1448: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1449: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1450: </strong></font><br>
1451:
1452: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1453: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1454: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1455: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1456: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1457: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1458: note of"</i>.
1459: <p>
1460:
1.247 jufi 1461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1462: <a
1.247 jufi 1463: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1464: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1465: </strong></font><br>
1466:
1467: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1468: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1469: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1470: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1471: <p>
1472:
1.247 jufi 1473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1474: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1475: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1476: </strong></font><br>
1477:
1478: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1479: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1480: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1481: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1482: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1483: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1484: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1485: <p>
1486:
1.247 jufi 1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1488: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1489: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1490: 2000
1491: </strong></font><br>
1492:
1493: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1494: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1495: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1496: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1497: against current industry practices.
1498: <p>
1499:
1.247 jufi 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1501: <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
1502: </strong></font><br>
1503:
1504: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1505: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1506: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1507: <p>
1508:
1.247 jufi 1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1510: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1511: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1512: </strong></font><br>
1513:
1514: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1515: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1516: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1517: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1518: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1519: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1520: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1521: <p>
1522:
1.247 jufi 1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1524: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1525: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1526: </strong></font><br>
1527:
1528: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1529: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1530: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1531: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1532: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1533: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1534: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1535: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1536: <p>
1.247 jufi 1537: </ul>
1.131 louis 1538:
1.118 louis 1539: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1540: <ul>
1.118 louis 1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1543: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1544: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1545: </strong></font><br>
1546:
1547: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1548: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1549: about time. The article mentions that
1550: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1551: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1552: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1553: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1554: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1555: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1556: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1557: <p>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1560: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1561: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1562: </strong></font><br>
1563:
1564: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1565: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1566: of OpenSSH.
1567: <p>
1568:
1.247 jufi 1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1570: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1571: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573:
1574: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1575: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1576: bridging.
1577: <p>
1578:
1.247 jufi 1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1580: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1581: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1582: </strong></font><br>
1583:
1.121 deraadt 1584: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1585: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1586: <p>
1587:
1.247 jufi 1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1589: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1590: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1591: </strong></font><br>
1592:
1593: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1594: <p>
1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1597: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1598: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1599: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1600: </strong></font><br>
1601:
1.120 deraadt 1602: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1603: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1604: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1605: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1606: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1607: <p>
1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1610: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1611: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1612: </strong></font><br>
1613:
1.222 miod 1614: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1615: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1616: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1617: protocols and their quirks.
1618: <p>
1619:
1.247 jufi 1620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1621: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1622: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1623: </strong></font><br>
1624:
1625: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1626: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1627: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1628: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1629: <p>
1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1632: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1633: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1634: </strong></font><br>
1635:
1636: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1637: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1638: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1639: <p>
1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1642: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1643: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1644: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1645: </strong></font><br>
1646:
1647: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1648: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1649: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1650: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1651: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1652: <p>
1.247 jufi 1653: </ul>
1.118 louis 1654:
1.104 louis 1655: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1656: <ul>
1.104 louis 1657:
1.247 jufi 1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1659: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1660: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662:
1663: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1664: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1665: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1666: be a bit dry.
1667: <p>
1668:
1.247 jufi 1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1670: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1671: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1672: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1673: </strong></font><br>
1674: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1675: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1676: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1677: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1678: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1679: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1680: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1681: <p>
1682:
1.247 jufi 1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1684: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1685: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1686: 2000
1.128 louis 1687: </strong></font><br>
1688:
1689: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1690: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1691: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1692: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1693: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1694: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1695: <p>
1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1698: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1699: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1700: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1701:
1702: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1703: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1704: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1705: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1706: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1707: <p>
1.110 louis 1708:
1.247 jufi 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1710: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1711: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1712: </strong></font><br>
1713:
1714: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1715: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1716: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1717: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1718: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1719: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1720: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1721: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1722: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1723: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1724: <p>
1725:
1.247 jufi 1726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1727: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1728: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1729:
1730: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1731: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1732: <p>
1.108 louis 1733:
1.247 jufi 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1735: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1736: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1737: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1738:
1739: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1740: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1741: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1742: <p>
1.106 louis 1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1745: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1746: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1747: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1748:
1749: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1750: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1751: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1752: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1753: <p>
1.107 louis 1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1756: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1757: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1758: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1759:
1760: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1761: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1762: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1763: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1764: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1765: <p>
1.105 louis 1766:
1.247 jufi 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1768: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1769: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1770: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1771:
1.113 naddy 1772: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1773: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1774: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1775: <p>
1.104 louis 1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1778: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1779: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1780: </strong></font><br>
1781:
1782: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1783: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1784: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1785: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1786: <p>
1.247 jufi 1787: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1788:
1.85 louis 1789: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1790: <ul>
1.85 louis 1791:
1.247 jufi 1792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1793: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1794: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1795: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1796:
1797: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1798: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1799: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1800: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1801: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1802: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1803: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1804: <p>
1.99 louis 1805:
1.247 jufi 1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1807: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1808: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1809: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1810:
1811: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1812: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1813: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1814: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1815: <p>
1.100 louis 1816:
1.247 jufi 1817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1818: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1819: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1820: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1821:
1822: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1823: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1824: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1825: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1826: <p>
1.95 louis 1827:
1.247 jufi 1828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1829: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1830: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1831: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1832:
1833: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1834: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1835: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1836: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1837: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1838: <p>
1.92 louis 1839:
1.247 jufi 1840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1841: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1842: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1843: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1844:
1845: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1846: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1847: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1848: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1849: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1850: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1851: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1852: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1853: <p>
1.91 louis 1854:
1.247 jufi 1855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1856: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1857: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1858: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1859:
1860: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1861: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1862: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1863: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1864: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1865: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1866: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1867: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1868: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1869: <p>
1.90 louis 1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1872: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1873: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1874: </strong></font><br>
1875: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1876: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1877: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1878: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1879: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1880: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1881: <p>
1882:
1.247 jufi 1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1884: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1885: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1886: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1887:
1.113 naddy 1888: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1889: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1890: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1891: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1892: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1893: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1894: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1895: <p>
1.87 louis 1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1898: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1899: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1900: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1901:
1902: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1903: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1904: <p>
1.85 louis 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1907: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1908: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1909: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1910:
1911: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1912: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1913: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1914: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1915: <p>
1.89 louis 1916:
1.247 jufi 1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1918: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1919: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1920: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1921:
1922: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1923: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1924: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1925: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1926: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1927: </ul>
1.85 louis 1928:
1.78 deraadt 1929: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1930: <ul>
1.74 louis 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1933: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1934: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1935: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1936: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1937:
1938: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1939: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1940: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1941: <p>
1.83 louis 1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1944: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1945: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1946: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1947:
1948: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1949: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1950: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1951: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1952: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1953: <p>
1.93 louis 1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1956: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1957: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1958: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1959: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1960:
1.83 louis 1961: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1962: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1963: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1964: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1965: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1966: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1967: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1968: <p>
1.82 aaron 1969:
1.247 jufi 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1971: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1972: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1973: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1974:
1.83 louis 1975: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1976: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1977: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1978: <p>
1.80 louis 1979:
1.247 jufi 1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1981: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1982: Bad Press</a>,
1983: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1984: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1985:
1986: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1987: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1988: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1989: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1990: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1991: <p>
1.247 jufi 1992: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1993:
1994: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1995: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1996:
1.247 jufi 1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1998: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
1999: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2000: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2001: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2002:
2003: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2004: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2005: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2006: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2007: <p>
1.74 louis 2008:
1.247 jufi 2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2010: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2011: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2012: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2013:
1.219 horacio 2014: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2015: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2016: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2017: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2018: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2019: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2020: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2021: <p>
1.88 louis 2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2024: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2025: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2026: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2027:
2028: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2029: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2030: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2031: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2032: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2033: <p>
1.81 louis 2034:
1.247 jufi 2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2036: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2037: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2038: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2039:
2040: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2041: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2042: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2043: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2044: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2045: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2046: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2047: <p>
1.90 louis 2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2050: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2051: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2052: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2053:
2054: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2055: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2056: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2057: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2058: <p>
1.247 jufi 2059: </ul>
1.71 louis 2060:
1.69 deraadt 2061: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2062: <ul>
1.70 louis 2063:
1.247 jufi 2064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2065: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2066: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2067: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2068:
2069: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2070: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2071: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2072: <p>
1.70 louis 2073:
1.247 jufi 2074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2075: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2076: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2078:
2079: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2080: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2081: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2082: <p>
1.68 louis 2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2085: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2086: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2087: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2088: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2089:
1.111 jufi 2090: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2091: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2092: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2093: "secure by default" installation.
2094: <p>
1.64 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2097: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2098: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2099: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2100:
1.113 naddy 2101: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2102: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2103: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2104: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2105: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2106: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2107: <p>
1.66 louis 2108:
1.247 jufi 2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2110: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2111: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2112: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2113:
2114: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2115: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2116: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2117: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2118: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2119: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2120: <p>
1.83 louis 2121:
1.247 jufi 2122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2123: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2124: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2125: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2126:
2127: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2128: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2129: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2130: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2131: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2132: <p>
1.64 louis 2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2135: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2136: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2137: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2138:
2139: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2140: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2141: <p>
1.247 jufi 2142: </ul>
1.65 louis 2143:
1.69 deraadt 2144: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2145: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2146:
1.247 jufi 2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2148: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2149: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2150: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2151:
2152: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2153: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2154: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2155: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2156: <p>
1.88 louis 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2159: <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 2160: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2161:
2162: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2163: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2164: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2165: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2166: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2167: <p>
1.60 louis 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2170: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2171: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2172: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2173: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2174:
2175: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2176: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2177: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2178: <p>
1.58 louis 2179:
1.247 jufi 2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2181: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2183:
2184: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2185: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2186: <p>
1.53 louis 2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2189: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2190: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2191: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2192:
2193: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2194: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2195: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2196: <p>
1.99 louis 2197:
1.247 jufi 2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2199: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2200: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2201:
2202: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2203: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2204: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2205: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2206: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2209: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2210: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2211: </strong></font><br>
2212:
2213: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2214: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2215: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2216: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2217: <p>
2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2220: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2221: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2222: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2223:
2224: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2225: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2226: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2227:
1.247 jufi 2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2229: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2230: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2231:
2232: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2233: in
1.247 jufi 2234: <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 2235: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2236: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2237: <p>
1.53 louis 2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2240: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2241: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2242: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2243: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2244:
1.58 louis 2245: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2246: <p>
1.247 jufi 2247: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2248:
1.69 deraadt 2249: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2250: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2251:
1.247 jufi 2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2253: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2254: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2255: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2256: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2257:
1.58 louis 2258: Kurt Seifried
2259: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2260: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2261: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2262: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2263:
1.247 jufi 2264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2265: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2266: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2267: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2268:
2269: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2270: <p>
1.96 louis 2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2273: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2274: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2275: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2276:
2277: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2278: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2279: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2280: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2281: <p>
1.247 jufi 2282: </ul>
1.86 louis 2283:
1.69 deraadt 2284: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2285: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2288: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2289: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2290: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2291:
2292: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2293: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2294: <p>
1.61 louis 2295:
1.247 jufi 2296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2297: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2298: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2299: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2300: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2301:
2302: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2303: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2304: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2305: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2306: right -- or at least strives to".
2307: <p>
1.48 louis 2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2310: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2311: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2312: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2313: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2314: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2315: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2316: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2317: <p>
1.61 louis 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <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 2320: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2321: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2322:
2323: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2324: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2325: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2326: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2327: <p>
1.46 louis 2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2330: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2331: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2332: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2333:
2334: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2335: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2336: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2339: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2340: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2341: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2342:
2343: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2344: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2345: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2346: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2347: <p>
1.247 jufi 2348: </ul>
1.70 louis 2349:
1.69 deraadt 2350: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2351: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2352:
1.247 jufi 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2354: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2355: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2356: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2357: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2358:
2359: Kurt Seifried
2360: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2361: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2362: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2363: <p>
1.44 philen 2364:
1.247 jufi 2365: <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 2366: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2367: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2368:
2369: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2370: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <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 2373: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2374: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2375:
2376: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2377: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <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 2380: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2381: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2382:
2383: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2384: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2385: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2386: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2387: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2388:
1.247 jufi 2389: <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 2390: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2391: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2392:
1.36 louis 2393: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2394: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2395:
1.247 jufi 2396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2397: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2398: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2399: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2400:
2401: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2402: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2403: </ul>
1.38 louis 2404:
1.69 deraadt 2405: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2406: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2407:
1.247 jufi 2408: <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 2409: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2410: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2411:
2412: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2413: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2414: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2415:
1.113 naddy 2416: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2417: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2418: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2419: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2420:
2421: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2422: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2423: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2424: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2425: <blockquote>
2426: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2427: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2428: <br>
2429: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2430: </code>
2431: </blockquote>
2432: <p>
2433:
1.247 jufi 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2435: <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>
2436: <p>
2437:
2438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2439: <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 2440: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2441:
2442: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2443: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2444: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2445: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2448: <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 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2450:
2451: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2452: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2453: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2454: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2455: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2456: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2457: <p>
1.19 louis 2458:
1.113 naddy 2459: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2460: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2461: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2462:
2463: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2464: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2465: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2466: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2467: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2468: <p>
1.16 louis 2469:
1.247 jufi 2470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2471: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2472: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2473: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2474:
1.57 louis 2475: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2476: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2477: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2478: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2481: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2482: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2483: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2484:
1.113 naddy 2485: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2488: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2489: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2490: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2491:
1.23 louis 2492: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2493: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2494: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2495: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2496: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2497: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2500: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2501: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2502: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2503:
1.199 pvalchev 2504: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2505: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2506: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2507: installation.
1.113 naddy 2508: <p>
1.47 louis 2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2511: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2512: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2513: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2514:
2515: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2516: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2517: </ul>
1.57 louis 2518:
1.69 deraadt 2519: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2520: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2523: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2524: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2525: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2526:
2527: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2528: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2529: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2530: <p>
1.12 louis 2531:
1.247 jufi 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2533: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2534: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2535: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2536:
2537: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2538: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2539: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2540: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2541: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2542: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2543: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2544: <p>
1.247 jufi 2545: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2546:
1.69 deraadt 2547: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2548: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2551: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2552: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2553:
2554: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2555: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2556: available."
1.113 naddy 2557: <p>
1.247 jufi 2558: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2559:
1.69 deraadt 2560: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2561: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2562:
1.247 jufi 2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2564: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2565: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2566:
2567: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2568: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2569: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2570: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2571: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2572: <p>
1.33 louis 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2575: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2576: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2577: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2578:
1.113 naddy 2579: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2580: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2581: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2582: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2583: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2584: <p>
1.247 jufi 2585: </ul>
1.57 louis 2586:
1.69 deraadt 2587: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2588: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2591: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2592: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2593: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2594:
2595: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2596: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2597: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2600: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2601: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2602: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2603: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2604:
2605: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2606: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2609: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2610:
1.113 naddy 2611: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2614: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2615: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2616: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2617:
2618: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2619: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2620: </ul>
1.23 louis 2621:
1.69 deraadt 2622: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2623: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2626: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2627: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2628:
2629: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2630: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2631: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2634: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2635: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2636: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2637:
2638: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2639: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2640: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2641: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2642: </ul>
1.57 louis 2643:
1.69 deraadt 2644: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2645: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2646:
1.247 jufi 2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2648: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2649: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2650: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2651:
2652: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2653: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2654: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2655: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2656: <p>
1.15 louis 2657:
1.247 jufi 2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2659: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2660: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2661: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2662:
2663: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2664: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2665: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2666: columns."
1.113 naddy 2667: <p>
1.247 jufi 2668: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2669:
1.69 deraadt 2670: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2671: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2672:
1.247 jufi 2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2674: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2675: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2676: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2677:
2678: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2679: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2680:
1.113 naddy 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2682: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2683: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2684:
2685: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2686: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2687: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2688: </ul>
1.57 louis 2689:
1.69 deraadt 2690: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2691: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2692:
1.113 naddy 2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2694: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2695: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2696: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2697:
1.222 miod 2698: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2699: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2700: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2701: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2702: <p>
1.247 jufi 2703: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2704:
1.69 deraadt 2705: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2706: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2709: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2710: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2711:
1.69 deraadt 2712: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2713: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2714: <p>
1.247 jufi 2715: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2716:
1.69 deraadt 2717: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2718: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2719:
1.247 jufi 2720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2721: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2722: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2723: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2724:
2725: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2726: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2727: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2730: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2731: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2732: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2733: <p>
1.247 jufi 2734: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2735:
1.69 deraadt 2736: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2737: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2740: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2741: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2742: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2743: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2744: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2745:
2746: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2747: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2748: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2749: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2750: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2751: <p>
1.247 jufi 2752: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2753:
2754: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2755: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2756:
1.247 jufi 2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2758: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2759: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2760:
1.69 deraadt 2761: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2762: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2763: <p>
1.112 naddy 2764:
1.247 jufi 2765: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2766: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2767:
1.113 naddy 2768: <hr>
2769: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2770: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2771:
1.200 niklas 2772: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <ul>
2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2776: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2777: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2778:
2779: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2780: <p>
2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2783:
2784: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <ul>
2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2788: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2789: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2790:
2791: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2792: <p>
2793:
1.247 jufi 2794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2795: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2796: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2797:
2798: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2799: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2800: <p>
2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2803:
2804: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <ul>
2807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2808: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2809: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2810:
2811: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2812: <p>
2813:
1.247 jufi 2814: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2815:
1.102 niklas 2816: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <ul>
2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2820: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2821: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2822:
2823: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2824: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2825: <p>
1.102 niklas 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2828:
1.84 niklas 2829: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2830:
1.247 jufi 2831: <ul>
2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2833: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2834: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2835:
2836: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2837: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2838: <p>
1.84 niklas 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2841:
1.69 deraadt 2842: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2843:
1.247 jufi 2844: <ul>
2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2846: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2847: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2848:
1.222 miod 2849: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2850: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2851: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2852: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2855: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2856: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2857: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2858: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2859:
1.20 louis 2860: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2861: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2862: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2863: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2864: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2867:
1.113 naddy 2868: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2869: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2870: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2871:
2872:
2873: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2874: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2877: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2878: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2879:
2880: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2881: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2882: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2883:
2884: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2885: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2886:
1.247 jufi 2887: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2888:
2889:
1.170 louis 2890: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.170 louis 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2894: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2895: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2896: </strong></font><br>
2897:
2898: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2899: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2900: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2901: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2902: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2903: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2904: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2905: <p>
1.247 jufi 2906: </ul>
1.170 louis 2907:
1.69 deraadt 2908: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2909: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2910:
1.247 jufi 2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2912: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2913: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2914: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2915:
2916: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2917: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2918: translating and reprinting articles from
2919: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2920: <p>
1.247 jufi 2921: </ul>
1.20 louis 2922:
1.113 naddy 2923: <hr>
2924: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2925: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2926:
1.246 jufi 2927: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2928: <ul>
2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2930: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2931: December 04, 2002
2932: </strong></font><br>
2933: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2934: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2935: <p>
1.247 jufi 2936: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2937:
1.151 louis 2938: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2939: <ul>
1.151 louis 2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2942: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2943: </strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2946: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2947: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2948: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2949: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2950: <p>
1.247 jufi 2951: </ul>
1.151 louis 2952:
1.72 louis 2953: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2954: <ul>
1.72 louis 2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2957: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2958: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2959: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2960:
1.101 jufi 2961: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2962: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2963: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2964: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2965: Giving way to
2966: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2967: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2968: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2969: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2970: <p>
1.247 jufi 2971: </ul>
1.72 louis 2972:
1.69 deraadt 2973: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2974: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2977: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2978: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2980:
2981: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2982: <p>
1.247 jufi 2983: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2984:
1.50 louis 2985:
1.113 naddy 2986: <hr>
2987: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2988: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2989:
1.69 deraadt 2990: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2991: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2994: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2995: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2996: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2997:
2998: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 2999: <p>
1.247 jufi 3000: </ul>
1.62 form 3001:
1.69 deraadt 3002: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3003: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3006: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3007: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3008: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3009:
1.59 form 3010: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3011: <p>
1.112 naddy 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3014:
1.113 naddy 3015: <hr>
3016: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3017: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3018: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3021: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3022: Radio, August 2, 2000
3023: </strong></font><br>
3024:
3025: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3026: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3027: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3028: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3029: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3030: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3031: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3032: <p>
3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3035: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3036: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3037: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3038: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3039:
3040: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3041: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3042: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3043: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3044: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3045: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3046: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3047: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3048: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3049: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3050: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3051: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3052: <p>
1.247 jufi 3053: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3054:
1.113 naddy 3055: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3056: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3057: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3058:
3059: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3060: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3063: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3064: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3065: </strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3068: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3069: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3070: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3071: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3072: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3073: A
1.216 horacio 3074: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3075: <p>
1.247 jufi 3076: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3077:
1.252 miod 3078: <hr>
3079: <a name=fr></a>
3080: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3081:
3082: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3083: <ul>
3084:
3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3086: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3087: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3088: </strong></font><br>
3089:
3090: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3091: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3092: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3093: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3094: <p>
3095: </ul>
3096:
1.216 horacio 3097:
3098: <hr>
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