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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>
1.272 ! deraadt 85: <li><a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">Wired News</a>
1.271 deraadt 86: </ul>
87: <p>
1.272 ! deraadt 88: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
! 89: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
! 90: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." These papers
! 91: proceed to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 92: <p>
93: <ul>
1.270 deraadt 94: <li><a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">Miami Herald, FL</a>
95: <li><a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Agency_denies_dropping_project:.shtml">Boston Globe, MA</a>
1.263 deraadt 96: </ul>
1.262 beck 97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 100: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
101: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 102: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 103: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 104: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 105: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
106: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
110: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
111: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 112: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 113: </strong></font><br>
114: Another report on the DARPA funding.
115: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
116: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
117: <p>
118:
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 120: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
121: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 122: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 123: </strong></font><br>
124: (also online at
125: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
126: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
127: <br>
128: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
129: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
130: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
131: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
132: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
133: Goes on to say:
134: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
135: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
136: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
137: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
138: <p>
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
140: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
141: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 142: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 143: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 144: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 145: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
146: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
147: without notice or justification.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
151: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
152: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 153: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 154: </strong></font><br>
155: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
156: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
157: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
158: effective today, without any warning..."
159: <p>
1.257 ian 160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 162: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
163: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 164: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 165: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 166: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
167: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
168: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
169: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
170: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 171: <p>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 174: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
175: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 176: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 177: </strong></font><br>
178: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
179: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
180: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
181: quoting two of them:
182: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
183: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
184: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
185: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
186: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
187: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
188: <p>
189:
1.255 ian 190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 191: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
192: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 193: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 194: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 195: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 196: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
197: security experts for more than three decades."
198: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
199: <p>
1.261 ian 200:
1.254 drahn 201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 202: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
203: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 204: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 205: </strong></font><br>
206: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
207: from US DARPA.
208: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
209: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
210: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
211: the BSD license.
212: <p>
213: </ul>
214:
1.251 ian 215: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
216: <ul>
217:
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
219: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
220: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 221: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 222: </strong></font><br>
223: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
224: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
225: Mentions
226: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
227: and
228: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
229: programs.
230: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
231: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
232: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
233: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
234: <p>
1.260 ian 235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
237: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
238: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
239: </strong></font><br>
240: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
241: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
242: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
243: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
244: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
245: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
246: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
247: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
248: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
249: put into service."
250: <p>
251: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
252: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
253: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
254: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
255: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
256: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
257: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
258: computers with security features."
259: <p>
1.251 ian 260: </ul>
261:
1.249 jufi 262: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
263: <ul>
264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
265: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
266: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 267: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 268: </strong></font><br>
269: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
270: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
271: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
272: <p>
273: </ul>
274:
1.246 jufi 275: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 276: <ul>
1.246 jufi 277:
1.247 jufi 278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 279: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 280: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
281: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 282: </strong></font><br>
283: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
284: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
285: <p>
286:
1.247 jufi 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 288: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 289: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
290: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 291: </strong></font><br>
292: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
293: in their annual OpenHack security test.
294: <p>
1.247 jufi 295: </ul>
1.246 jufi 296:
1.244 jufi 297: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 298: <ul>
1.246 jufi 299:
1.247 jufi 300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 301: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
302: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
303: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 304: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 305: </strong></font><br>
306: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
307: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
308: md5 digests.
309: <p>
310:
1.247 jufi 311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 312: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 313: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
314: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 315: </strong></font><br>
316: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
317: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
318: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
319: right the first time."
320: <p>
1.247 jufi 321: </ul>
1.244 jufi 322:
323:
324: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 325: <ul>
1.244 jufi 326:
1.247 jufi 327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 328: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 329: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
330: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 331: </strong></font><br>
332: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
333: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
334: part 6</a>.
335: <p>
336:
1.247 jufi 337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 338: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 339: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
340: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 341: </strong></font><br>
342: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
343: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
344: <p>
1.247 jufi 345: </ul>
1.242 jufi 346:
347: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 348: <ul>
1.242 jufi 349:
1.247 jufi 350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 351: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 352: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
353: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 354: </strong></font><br>
355: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
356: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
357: <p>
358:
1.247 jufi 359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 360: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 361: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
362: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 363: </strong></font><br>
364: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
365: this time using pf.
366: <p>
1.247 jufi 367: </ul>
1.242 jufi 368:
369: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 370: <ul>
1.242 jufi 371:
1.247 jufi 372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 373: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 374: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
375: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 376: </strong></font><br>
377: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
378: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
379: their rotation.
380: <p>
381:
1.247 jufi 382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 383: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 384: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
385: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 386: </strong></font><br>
387: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
388: <p>
1.247 jufi 389: </ul>
1.242 jufi 390:
1.239 jufi 391: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 392: <ul>
1.239 jufi 393:
1.247 jufi 394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 395: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 396: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
397: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 398: </strong></font><br>
399: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
400: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
401: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
402: <p>
403:
1.247 jufi 404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 405: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 406: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
407: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 408: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 409: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
410: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
411: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 412: <p>
1.247 jufi 413: </ul>
1.239 jufi 414:
1.235 lebel 415: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 416: <ul>
1.235 lebel 417:
1.239 jufi 418:
1.247 jufi 419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 420: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 421: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
422: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 423: </strong></font><br>
424: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
425: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
426: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
427: <p>
1.247 jufi 428: </ul>
1.235 lebel 429:
1.228 horacio 430: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 431: <ul>
1.228 horacio 432:
1.247 jufi 433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 434: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 435: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
436: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 437: </strong></font><br>
438: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
439: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
440: <p>
441:
1.247 jufi 442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 443: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 444: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
445: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 446: </strong></font><br>
447: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
448: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
449: <p>
450:
1.247 jufi 451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 452: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 453: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
454: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 455: </strong></font><br>
456: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
457: on the desktop of his parents.
458: <p>
459:
1.247 jufi 460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 461: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 462: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
463: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 464: </strong></font><br>
465: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
466: using IPFilter.
467:
468: <p>
469:
1.247 jufi 470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 471: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 472: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
473: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 474: </strong></font><br>
475: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
476: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
477: perspectives of the four OS.
478: <br>
479: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 480: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 481: <p>
482:
1.247 jufi 483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 484: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
485: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 486: software and security</a>,
487: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 488: </strong></font><br>
489:
490: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
491: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
492: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
493: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
494: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
495: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
496: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
497: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
498: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
499: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
500: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
501: security conscious team beyond doubt.
502: <p>
1.247 jufi 503: </ul>
1.228 horacio 504:
1.225 horacio 505: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 506: <ul>
1.225 horacio 507:
1.247 jufi 508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 509: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
510: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 511: Interview</a>,
512: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 513: </strong></font><br>
514:
515: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
516: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
517: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 518: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 519: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
520: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
521: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
522: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
523: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 524: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 525: of choice.
526: <p>
1.247 jufi 527: </ul>
1.225 horacio 528:
529: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 530: <ul>
1.225 horacio 531:
1.247 jufi 532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 533: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 534: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
535: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 536: </strong></font><br>
537:
538: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
539: <p>
540:
1.247 jufi 541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 542: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 543: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
544: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 545: </strong></font><br>
546:
547: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
548: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
549: <p>
1.247 jufi 550: </ul>
1.225 horacio 551:
1.218 horacio 552: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 553: <ul>
1.218 horacio 554:
1.247 jufi 555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 556: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 557: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
558: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
562: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
563: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
564: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
565: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
566: subjects. Worth a read.
567: <p>
568:
569:
1.247 jufi 570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 571: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 572: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
573: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 574: </strong></font><br>
575:
576: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
577: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
578: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
579: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
580: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
581: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
582: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
583: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
584: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 585: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 586: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
587: on other operating systems.<br>
588: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
589: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
590: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
591: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
592: <p>
593:
1.247 jufi 594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 595: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 596: Operating System 2010</a>,
597: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 598: </strong></font><br>
599:
600: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
601: covering the level of software integration into the core
602: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
603: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
604: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
605: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
606: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
607: <p>
608:
1.247 jufi 609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 610: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 611: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
612: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 613: </strong></font><br>
614:
615: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
616: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
617: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
618: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
619: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
620: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
621: <p>
1.247 jufi 622: </ul>
1.221 horacio 623:
1.210 jufi 624: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 625: <ul>
1.215 horacio 626:
1.247 jufi 627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 628: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 629: Already a Contender</a>,
630: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 631: </strong></font><br>
632:
633: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
634: source software in response to an article which claimed that
635: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
636: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
637: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
638: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
639: <p>
640:
1.247 jufi 641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 642: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 643: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
644: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 645: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 646:
1.224 horacio 647: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
648: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
649: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
650: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
651: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
652: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 653: <p>
1.247 jufi 654: </ul>
1.215 horacio 655:
656: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 657: <ul>
1.215 horacio 658:
1.247 jufi 659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 660: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
661: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 662: Division</a>,
663: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 664: </strong></font><br>
665:
666: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
667: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 668: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 669: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
670: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
671: investment</em>.<br>
672: The implementation details can be seen on their
673: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
674: <p>
675:
1.247 jufi 676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 677: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 678: Thinking about Security</a>,
679: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 680: </strong></font><br>
681:
682: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
683: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
684: security and says that even secured operating systems running
685: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
686: to time.<br>
687: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
688: system and just the most secure system.
689: <p>
690:
1.247 jufi 691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 692: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 693: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
694: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 695: </strong></font><br>
696:
697: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
698: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
699: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
700: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
701: choice:<br>
702: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
703: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
704: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
705: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
706: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
707: network security devices and as such must be well
708: armored."</em><br>
709: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
710: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
711: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
712: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
713: <br>
714: Bravo!
715: <p>
1.247 jufi 716: </ul>
1.210 jufi 717:
1.207 ian 718: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 719: <ul>
1.215 horacio 720:
1.247 jufi 721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 722: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
723: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
724: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 725:
1.207 ian 726: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
727: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 728: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 729: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
730: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
731: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 732: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 733: <p>
1.247 jufi 734: </ul>
1.207 ian 735:
1.194 jufi 736: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 737: <ul>
1.194 jufi 738:
1.247 jufi 739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 740: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 741: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
742: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 743: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 744:
1.240 miod 745: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 746: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
747: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
748: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
749: <p>
750:
1.247 jufi 751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 752: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 753: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
754: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
755: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 756:
1.240 miod 757: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 758: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 759: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
760: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
761: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 762: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 763: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
764: <br>
765: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
766: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
767: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
768: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
769: <p>
770:
1.247 jufi 771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 772: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
773: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 774: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 775: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 776:
1.194 jufi 777: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
778: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
779: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
780: <br>
781: The new
782: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 783: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 784: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
785: <p>
1.247 jufi 786: </ul>
1.194 jufi 787:
1.190 horacio 788: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 789: <ul>
1.190 horacio 790:
1.247 jufi 791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 792:
793: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
794: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
795:
796: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
797: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
798:
799: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
800: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
801:
1.212 horacio 802: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
803: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 804: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
805:
1.211 horacio 806: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
807: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 808: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
809:
1.247 jufi 810: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 811: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
812:
1.247 jufi 813: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 814: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
815:
1.212 horacio 816: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
817: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 818: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
819:
820: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
821: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
822:
823: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
824: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
825:
826: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
827: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
828:
829: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 830: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 831:
1.192 jufi 832: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
833: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 834: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 835:
1.193 deraadt 836: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
837: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 838: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 839:
1.247 jufi 840: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 841: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
842:
1.247 jufi 843: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 844: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
845: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
846:
1.213 horacio 847: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 848: 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 849: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
850:
1.190 horacio 851: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 852: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
853: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
854: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
855: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
856: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
857: <p>
1.190 horacio 858:
1.247 jufi 859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 860: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
861: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
862: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 863: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 864:
1.195 jufi 865: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 866: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
867: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
868: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 869: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
870: <p>
871:
1.247 jufi 872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 873: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 874: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
875: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
876: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 877:
1.191 jufi 878: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
879: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
880: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
881: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 882: <p>
1.247 jufi 883: </ul>
1.190 horacio 884:
1.191 jufi 885:
1.186 jufi 886: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 887: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 888:
1.247 jufi 889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 890: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 891: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
892: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 893: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 894:
1.188 jufi 895: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 896: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 897: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 898: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
899: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 900: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 901: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 902: <p>
903:
1.191 jufi 904:
1.247 jufi 905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 906: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
907: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
908: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 909: </strong></font><br>
910:
911: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
912: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
913: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
914: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
915: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
916: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
917: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
918: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
919: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
920: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
921: familiar?
922: <p>
1.247 jufi 923: </ul>
1.191 jufi 924:
1.178 louis 925: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 926: <ul>
1.178 louis 927:
1.247 jufi 928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 929: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 930: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
931: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 932: </strong></font><br>
933:
934: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
935: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
936: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
937: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
938: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
939: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
940: <p>
941:
1.247 jufi 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 943: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
944: Open source under the hood</a>,
945: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 946: </strong></font><br>
947:
948: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
949: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
950: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
951: <p>
952:
1.247 jufi 953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 954: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
955: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
956: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 957: </strong></font><br>
958:
959: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
960: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
961: <p>
1.247 jufi 962: </ul>
1.179 louis 963:
1.174 louis 964:
1.175 louis 965: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 966: <ul>
1.175 louis 967:
1.247 jufi 968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 969: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
970: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
971: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 972: </strong></font><br>
973:
974: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
975: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
976: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
977: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
978: <p>
979:
1.247 jufi 980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 981: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
982: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
983: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 984: </strong></font><br>
985:
986: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 987: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 988: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
989: <p>
1.247 jufi 990: </ul>
1.175 louis 991:
1.176 louis 992:
1.172 mickey 993: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 994: <ul>
1.172 mickey 995:
1.247 jufi 996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 997: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
998: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 999: </strong></font><br>
1000:
1001: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1002: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1003: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1004: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1005: <p>
1006:
1.247 jufi 1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1008: <a
1.269 deraadt 1009: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1010: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1011: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1012: </strong></font><br>
1013:
1014: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1015: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1016: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1017: <p>
1018:
1.247 jufi 1019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1020: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1021: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1022: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1023: </strong></font><br>
1024:
1025: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1026: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1027: <p>
1028:
1.247 jufi 1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1030: <a
1.269 deraadt 1031: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1032: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1033: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1034: </strong></font><br>
1035:
1036: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1037: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1038: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1039: our own Theo de Raadt.
1040: <p>
1041:
1.247 jufi 1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1043: <a
1.269 deraadt 1044: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1045: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1046: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1047: </strong></font><br>
1048:
1049: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1050: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1051: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1052: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1053: shut down.]
1054: <p>
1055:
1.247 jufi 1056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1057: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1058: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1059: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1060: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1064: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1065: <p>
1.247 jufi 1066: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1067:
1.161 louis 1068: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1069: <ul>
1.161 louis 1070:
1.247 jufi 1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1072: <a
1.269 deraadt 1073: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1074: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1075: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1076: </strong></font><br>
1077:
1078: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1079: by John Wolley
1080: <p>
1081:
1.247 jufi 1082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1083: <a
1.269 deraadt 1084: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1085: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1086: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1087: </strong></font><br>
1088:
1089: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1090: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1091: OpenBSD).
1092: <p>
1093:
1.247 jufi 1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1095: <a
1.247 jufi 1096: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1097: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1098: </strong></font><br>
1099:
1100: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1101: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1102: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1103: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1104: and hindsight.
1105: <p>
1106:
1.247 jufi 1107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1108: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1109: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1110: </strong></font><br>
1111:
1112: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1113: <p>
1114:
1.247 jufi 1115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1116: <a
1.168 provos 1117: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1118: December 7, 2000
1119: </strong></font><br>
1120:
1121: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1122: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1123: us explain.
1124: <p>
1125:
1.247 jufi 1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1127: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1128: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1129: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1130: December 6, 2000
1131: </strong></font><br>
1132:
1133: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1134: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1135: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1136: <p>
1137:
1.247 jufi 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1139: <a
1.226 horacio 1140: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1141: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1142: </strong></font><br>
1143:
1144: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1145: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1146: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1147: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1148: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1149: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1150: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1151: <p>
1.162 millert 1152:
1.247 jufi 1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1154: <a
1.161 louis 1155: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1156: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1157: </strong></font><br>
1158:
1159: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1160: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1161: <p>
1162:
1.247 jufi 1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1164: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1165: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1166: </strong></font><br>
1167:
1168: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1169: <p>
1170:
1171:
1.247 jufi 1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1173: <a
1.226 horacio 1174: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1175: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1176: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1177: </strong></font><br>
1178:
1179: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1180: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1181: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1182: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1183: <p>
1.247 jufi 1184: </ul>
1.169 louis 1185:
1.158 louis 1186: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1187: <ul>
1.147 louis 1188:
1.247 jufi 1189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1190: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1191: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1192: </strong></font><br>
1193:
1194: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1195: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1196: <p>
1197:
1.247 jufi 1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1199: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1200: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1201: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1202: </strong></font><br>
1203: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1204: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1205: <p>
1206:
1.247 jufi 1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1208: <a
1209: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1210: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1211: </strong></font><br>
1212:
1213: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1214: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1215: <p>
1216:
1.247 jufi 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1218: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1219: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1220: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1221:
1.213 horacio 1222: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1223: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1224: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1225: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1226: <p>
1.215 horacio 1227:
1.247 jufi 1228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1229: <a
1230: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1231: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1232: </strong></font><br>
1233:
1234: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1235: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1236: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1237: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1238: much of the attitude too).
1239: <p>
1.161 louis 1240:
1.247 jufi 1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1242: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1243: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1244: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1245:
1.157 louis 1246: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1247: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1248: <p>
1.247 jufi 1249: </ul>
1.157 louis 1250:
1251: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1252: <ul>
1.157 louis 1253:
1.247 jufi 1254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1255: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1256: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1257: </strong></font><br>
1258:
1259: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1260: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1261: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1262: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1263: <p>
1264:
1.247 jufi 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1266: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1267: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1268: </strong></font><br>
1269:
1270: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1271: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1272: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1273: it because they love coding...
1274: <p>
1275:
1.247 jufi 1276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1277: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1278: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1279: </strong></font><br>
1280:
1281: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1282: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1283: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1284: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1285: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1286: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1287: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1288: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1289: <p>
1290:
1.247 jufi 1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1292: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1293: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1294: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1295: </strong></font><br>
1296:
1297: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1298: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1299: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1300: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1301: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1302: the pizza.
1303: <p>
1304:
1.247 jufi 1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1306: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1307: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1308: </strong></font><br>
1309:
1310: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1311: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1312: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1313: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1314: problems.
1315: <p>
1316:
1.247 jufi 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1318: <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 1319: </strong></font><br>
1320:
1.222 miod 1321: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1322: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1323: - whether they like it or not.
1324: <p>
1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1327: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1328: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1332: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1333: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1334: <p>
1.148 aaron 1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1337: <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 1338: </strong></font><br>
1339:
1340: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1341: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1342: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1343: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1344: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1345: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1346: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1347: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1348: <p>
1349:
1.247 jufi 1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1351: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1352: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1353: </strong></font><br>
1354:
1355: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1356: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1357: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1358: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1359: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1360: <p>
1.247 jufi 1361: </ul>
1.147 louis 1362:
1.138 louis 1363: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1364: <ul>
1.138 louis 1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1367: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1368: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1369: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1370: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1371: </strong></font><br>
1372:
1.227 horacio 1373: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1374: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1375: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1376: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1377: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1378: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1379: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1380: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1381: <p>
1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1384: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1385: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1389: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1390: groups, and even Linux.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1394: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1395: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1396: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1400: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1401: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1402: library after installing the OS.
1403: <p>
1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1406: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1407: Sys Admin, September 2000
1408: </strong></font><br>
1409:
1410: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1411: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1412: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1413: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1414: (<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>,
1415: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1416: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1417: <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 1418: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1419: out of the system.
1420: <p>
1421:
1.247 jufi 1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1423: <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
1424: </strong></font><br>
1425:
1426: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1427: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1428: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1429: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1430: the IP filtering and address translation.
1431: <p>
1.247 jufi 1432: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1433:
1.131 louis 1434: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1435: <ul>
1.131 louis 1436:
1.247 jufi 1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1438: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1439: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1440: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1441: </strong></font><br>
1442:
1443: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1444: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1445: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1446: <p>
1447:
1.247 jufi 1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1449: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1450: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1451: </strong></font><br>
1452:
1453: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1454: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1455: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1456: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1457: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1458: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1459: note of"</i>.
1460: <p>
1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1463: <a
1.247 jufi 1464: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1465: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1466: </strong></font><br>
1467:
1468: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1469: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1470: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1471: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1472: <p>
1473:
1.247 jufi 1474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1475: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1476: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1477: </strong></font><br>
1478:
1479: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1480: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1481: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1482: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1483: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1484: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1485: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1486: <p>
1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1489: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1490: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1491: 2000
1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1495: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1496: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1497: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1498: against current industry practices.
1499: <p>
1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1502: <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
1503: </strong></font><br>
1504:
1505: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1506: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1507: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1508: <p>
1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1511: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1512: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1513: </strong></font><br>
1514:
1515: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1516: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1517: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1518: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1519: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1520: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1521: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1522: <p>
1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1525: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1526: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1527: </strong></font><br>
1528:
1529: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1530: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1531: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1532: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1533: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1534: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1535: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1536: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1537: <p>
1.247 jufi 1538: </ul>
1.131 louis 1539:
1.118 louis 1540: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1541: <ul>
1.118 louis 1542:
1.247 jufi 1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1544: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1545: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1546: </strong></font><br>
1547:
1548: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1549: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1550: about time. The article mentions that
1551: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1552: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1553: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1554: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1555: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1556: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1557: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1558: <p>
1559:
1.247 jufi 1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1561: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1562: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1563: </strong></font><br>
1564:
1565: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1566: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1567: of OpenSSH.
1568: <p>
1569:
1.247 jufi 1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1571: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1572: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1573: </strong></font><br>
1574:
1575: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1576: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1577: bridging.
1578: <p>
1579:
1.247 jufi 1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1581: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1582: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1583: </strong></font><br>
1584:
1.121 deraadt 1585: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1586: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1587: <p>
1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1590: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1591: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1592: </strong></font><br>
1593:
1594: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1595: <p>
1596:
1.247 jufi 1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1598: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1599: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1600: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1601: </strong></font><br>
1602:
1.120 deraadt 1603: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1604: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1605: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1606: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1607: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1608: <p>
1609:
1.247 jufi 1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1611: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1612: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1.222 miod 1615: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1616: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1617: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1618: protocols and their quirks.
1619: <p>
1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1622: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1623: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1624: </strong></font><br>
1625:
1626: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1627: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1628: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1629: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1630: <p>
1631:
1.247 jufi 1632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1633: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1634: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1635: </strong></font><br>
1636:
1637: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1638: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1639: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1640: <p>
1641:
1.247 jufi 1642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1643: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1644: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1645: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1646: </strong></font><br>
1647:
1648: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1649: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1650: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1651: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1652: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1653: <p>
1.247 jufi 1654: </ul>
1.118 louis 1655:
1.104 louis 1656: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1657: <ul>
1.104 louis 1658:
1.247 jufi 1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1660: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1661: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1662: </strong></font><br>
1663:
1664: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1665: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1666: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1667: be a bit dry.
1668: <p>
1669:
1.247 jufi 1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1671: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1672: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1673: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1674: </strong></font><br>
1675: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1676: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1677: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1678: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1679: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1680: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1681: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1682: <p>
1683:
1.247 jufi 1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1685: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1686: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1687: 2000
1.128 louis 1688: </strong></font><br>
1689:
1690: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1691: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1692: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1693: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1694: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1695: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1696: <p>
1697:
1.247 jufi 1698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1699: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1700: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1701: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1702:
1703: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1704: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1705: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1706: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1707: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1708: <p>
1.110 louis 1709:
1.247 jufi 1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1711: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1712: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1713: </strong></font><br>
1714:
1715: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1716: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1717: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1718: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1719: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1720: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1721: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1722: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1723: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1724: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1725: <p>
1726:
1.247 jufi 1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1728: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1729: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1730:
1731: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1732: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1733: <p>
1.108 louis 1734:
1.247 jufi 1735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1736: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1737: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1738: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1739:
1740: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1741: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1742: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1743: <p>
1.106 louis 1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1746: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1747: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1748: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1749:
1750: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1751: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1752: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1753: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1754: <p>
1.107 louis 1755:
1.247 jufi 1756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1757: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1758: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1759: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1760:
1761: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1762: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1763: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1764: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1765: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1766: <p>
1.105 louis 1767:
1.247 jufi 1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1769: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1770: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1771: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1772:
1.113 naddy 1773: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1774: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1775: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1776: <p>
1.104 louis 1777:
1.247 jufi 1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1779: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1780: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1784: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1785: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1786: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1787: <p>
1.247 jufi 1788: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1789:
1.85 louis 1790: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1791: <ul>
1.85 louis 1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1794: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1795: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1796: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1797:
1798: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1799: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1800: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1801: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1802: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1803: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1804: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1805: <p>
1.99 louis 1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1808: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1809: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1810: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1811:
1812: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1813: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1814: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1815: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1816: <p>
1.100 louis 1817:
1.247 jufi 1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1819: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1820: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1821: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1822:
1823: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1824: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1825: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1826: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1827: <p>
1.95 louis 1828:
1.247 jufi 1829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1830: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1831: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1832: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1833:
1834: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1835: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1836: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1837: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1838: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1839: <p>
1.92 louis 1840:
1.247 jufi 1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1842: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1843: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1844: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1845:
1846: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1847: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1848: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1849: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1850: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1851: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1852: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1853: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1854: <p>
1.91 louis 1855:
1.247 jufi 1856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1857: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1858: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1859: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1860:
1861: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1862: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1863: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1864: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1865: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1866: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1867: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1868: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1869: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1870: <p>
1.90 louis 1871:
1.247 jufi 1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1873: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1874: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1875: </strong></font><br>
1876: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1877: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1878: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1879: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1880: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1881: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1882: <p>
1883:
1.247 jufi 1884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1885: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1886: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1887: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1888:
1.113 naddy 1889: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1890: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1891: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1892: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1893: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1894: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1895: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1896: <p>
1.87 louis 1897:
1.247 jufi 1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1899: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1900: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1901: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1902:
1903: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1904: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1905: <p>
1.85 louis 1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1908: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1909: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1910: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1911:
1912: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1913: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1914: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1915: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1916: <p>
1.89 louis 1917:
1.247 jufi 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1919: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1920: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1921: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1922:
1923: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1924: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1925: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1926: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1927: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1928: </ul>
1.85 louis 1929:
1.78 deraadt 1930: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1931: <ul>
1.74 louis 1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1934: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 1935: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 1936: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 1937: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 1938:
1939: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
1940: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
1941: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1942: <p>
1.83 louis 1943:
1.247 jufi 1944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 1945: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
1946: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1947: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 1948:
1949: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
1950: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 1951: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 1952: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
1953: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 1954: <p>
1.93 louis 1955:
1.247 jufi 1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1957: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
1958: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
1959: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 1961:
1.83 louis 1962: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
1963: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
1964: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
1965: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
1966: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 1967: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
1968: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
1969: <p>
1.82 aaron 1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1972: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 1973: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 1975:
1.83 louis 1976: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
1977: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
1978: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 1979: <p>
1.80 louis 1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1982: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 1983: Bad Press</a>,
1984: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 1985: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 1986:
1987: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 1988: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 1989: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
1990: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
1991: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 1992: <p>
1.247 jufi 1993: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 1994:
1995: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1996: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 1997:
1.247 jufi 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1999: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2000: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2001: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2002: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2003:
2004: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2005: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2006: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2007: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2008: <p>
1.74 louis 2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2011: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2012: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2013: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2014:
1.219 horacio 2015: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2016: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2017: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2018: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2019: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2020: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2021: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2022: <p>
1.88 louis 2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2025: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2026: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2028:
2029: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2030: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2031: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2032: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2033: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.81 louis 2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2037: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2038: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2039: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2040:
2041: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2042: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2043: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2044: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2045: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2046: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2047: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2048: <p>
1.90 louis 2049:
1.247 jufi 2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2051: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2052: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2053: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2054:
2055: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2056: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2057: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2058: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2059: <p>
1.247 jufi 2060: </ul>
1.71 louis 2061:
1.69 deraadt 2062: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2063: <ul>
1.70 louis 2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2066: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2067: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2068: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2069:
2070: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2071: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2072: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2073: <p>
1.70 louis 2074:
1.247 jufi 2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2076: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2077: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2078: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2079:
2080: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2081: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2082: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2083: <p>
1.68 louis 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2086: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2087: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2088: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2089: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2090:
1.111 jufi 2091: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2092: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2093: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2094: "secure by default" installation.
2095: <p>
1.64 louis 2096:
1.247 jufi 2097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2098: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2099: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2101:
1.113 naddy 2102: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2103: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2104: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2105: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2106: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2107: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2108: <p>
1.66 louis 2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2111: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2112: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2114:
2115: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2116: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2117: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2118: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2119: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2120: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2121: <p>
1.83 louis 2122:
1.247 jufi 2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2124: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2125: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2126: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2127:
2128: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2129: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2130: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2131: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2132: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2133: <p>
1.64 louis 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2136: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2137: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2139:
2140: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2141: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2142: <p>
1.247 jufi 2143: </ul>
1.65 louis 2144:
1.69 deraadt 2145: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2146: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2147:
1.247 jufi 2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2149: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2150: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2151: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2152:
2153: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2154: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2155: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2156: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2157: <p>
1.88 louis 2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2160: <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 2161: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2162:
2163: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2164: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2165: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2166: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2167: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2168: <p>
1.60 louis 2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2171: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2172: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2173: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2174: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2175:
2176: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2177: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2178: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2179: <p>
1.58 louis 2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2182: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2184:
2185: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2186: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2187: <p>
1.53 louis 2188:
1.247 jufi 2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2190: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2191: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2192: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2193:
2194: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2195: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2196: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2197: <p>
1.99 louis 2198:
1.247 jufi 2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2200: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2201: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2202:
2203: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2204: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2205: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2206: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2207: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2208:
1.247 jufi 2209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2210: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2211: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2212: </strong></font><br>
2213:
2214: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2215: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2216: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2217: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2218: <p>
2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2221: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2222: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2223: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2224:
2225: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2226: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2227: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2228:
1.247 jufi 2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2230: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2231: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2232:
2233: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2234: in
1.247 jufi 2235: <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 2236: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2237: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2238: <p>
1.53 louis 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2241: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2242: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2243: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2244: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2245:
1.58 louis 2246: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2247: <p>
1.247 jufi 2248: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2249:
1.69 deraadt 2250: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2251: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2252:
1.247 jufi 2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2254: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2255: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2256: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2257: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2258:
1.58 louis 2259: Kurt Seifried
2260: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2261: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2262: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2263: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2266: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2267: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2269:
2270: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2271: <p>
1.96 louis 2272:
1.247 jufi 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2274: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2275: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2276: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2277:
2278: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2279: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2280: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2281: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2282: <p>
1.247 jufi 2283: </ul>
1.86 louis 2284:
1.69 deraadt 2285: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2286: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2287:
1.247 jufi 2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2289: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2290: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2292:
2293: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2294: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2295: <p>
1.61 louis 2296:
1.247 jufi 2297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2298: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2299: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2300: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2301: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2302:
2303: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2304: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2305: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2306: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2307: right -- or at least strives to".
2308: <p>
1.48 louis 2309:
1.247 jufi 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2311: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2312: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2313: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2314: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2315: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2316: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2317: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2318: <p>
1.61 louis 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <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 2321: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2322: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2323:
2324: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2325: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2326: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2327: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2328: <p>
1.46 louis 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2331: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2332: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2333: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2334:
2335: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2336: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2337: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2338:
1.247 jufi 2339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2340: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2341: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2342: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2343:
2344: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2345: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2346: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2347: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2348: <p>
1.247 jufi 2349: </ul>
1.70 louis 2350:
1.69 deraadt 2351: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2352: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2353:
1.247 jufi 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2355: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2356: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2357: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2358: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2359:
2360: Kurt Seifried
2361: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2362: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2363: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2364: <p>
1.44 philen 2365:
1.247 jufi 2366: <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 2367: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2368: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2369:
2370: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2371: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <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 2374: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2375: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2376:
2377: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2378: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2379:
1.247 jufi 2380: <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 2381: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2382: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2383:
2384: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2385: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2386: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2387: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2388: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <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 2391: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2392: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2393:
1.36 louis 2394: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2395: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2398: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2399: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2401:
2402: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2403: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2404: </ul>
1.38 louis 2405:
1.69 deraadt 2406: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2407: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2408:
1.247 jufi 2409: <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 2410: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2411: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2412:
2413: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2414: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2415: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2416:
1.113 naddy 2417: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2418: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2419: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2420: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2421:
2422: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2423: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2424: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2425: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2426: <blockquote>
2427: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2428: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2429: <br>
2430: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2431: </code>
2432: </blockquote>
2433: <p>
2434:
1.247 jufi 2435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2436: <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>
2437: <p>
2438:
2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2440: <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 2441: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2442:
2443: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2444: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2445: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2446: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2447:
1.247 jufi 2448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2449: <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 2450: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2451:
2452: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2453: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2454: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2455: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2456: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2457: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2458: <p>
1.19 louis 2459:
1.113 naddy 2460: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2461: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2462: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2463:
2464: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2465: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2466: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2467: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2468: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2469: <p>
1.16 louis 2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2472: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2473: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2474: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2475:
1.57 louis 2476: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2477: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2478: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2479: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2482: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2483: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2484: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2485:
1.113 naddy 2486: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2489: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2490: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2491: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2492:
1.23 louis 2493: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2494: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2495: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2496: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2497: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2498: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2499:
1.247 jufi 2500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2501: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2502: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2503: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2504:
1.199 pvalchev 2505: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2506: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2507: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2508: installation.
1.113 naddy 2509: <p>
1.47 louis 2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2512: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2513: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2514: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2515:
2516: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2517: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2518: </ul>
1.57 louis 2519:
1.69 deraadt 2520: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2521: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2522:
1.247 jufi 2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2524: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2525: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2526: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2527:
2528: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2529: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2530: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2531: <p>
1.12 louis 2532:
1.247 jufi 2533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2534: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2535: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2536: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2537:
2538: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2539: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2540: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2541: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2542: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2543: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2544: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2545: <p>
1.247 jufi 2546: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2547:
1.69 deraadt 2548: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2549: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2550:
1.247 jufi 2551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2552: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2553: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2554:
2555: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2556: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2557: available."
1.113 naddy 2558: <p>
1.247 jufi 2559: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2560:
1.69 deraadt 2561: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2562: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2565: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2566: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2567:
2568: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2569: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2570: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2571: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2572: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2573: <p>
1.33 louis 2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2576: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2577: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2578: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2579:
1.113 naddy 2580: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2581: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2582: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2583: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2584: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2585: <p>
1.247 jufi 2586: </ul>
1.57 louis 2587:
1.69 deraadt 2588: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2589: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2590:
1.247 jufi 2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2592: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2593: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2594: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2595:
2596: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2597: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2598: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2601: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2602: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2603: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2604: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2605:
2606: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2607: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2610: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2611:
1.113 naddy 2612: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2615: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2616: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2617: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2618:
2619: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2620: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2621: </ul>
1.23 louis 2622:
1.69 deraadt 2623: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2624: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2625:
1.247 jufi 2626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2627: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2628: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2629:
2630: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2631: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2632: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2635: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2636: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2638:
2639: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2640: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2641: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2642: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2643: </ul>
1.57 louis 2644:
1.69 deraadt 2645: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2646: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2647:
1.247 jufi 2648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2649: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2650: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2651: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2652:
2653: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2654: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2655: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2656: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2657: <p>
1.15 louis 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2660: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2661: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2662: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2663:
2664: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2665: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2666: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2667: columns."
1.113 naddy 2668: <p>
1.247 jufi 2669: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2670:
1.69 deraadt 2671: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2672: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2675: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2676: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2677: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2678:
2679: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2680: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2681:
1.113 naddy 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2683: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2684: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2685:
2686: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2687: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2688: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2689: </ul>
1.57 louis 2690:
1.69 deraadt 2691: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2692: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2693:
1.113 naddy 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2695: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2696: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2697: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2698:
1.222 miod 2699: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2700: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2701: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2702: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2703: <p>
1.247 jufi 2704: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2705:
1.69 deraadt 2706: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2707: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2710: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2711: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2712:
1.69 deraadt 2713: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2714: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2715: <p>
1.247 jufi 2716: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2717:
1.69 deraadt 2718: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2719: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2722: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2723: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2724: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2725:
2726: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2727: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2728: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2731: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2732: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2733: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2734: <p>
1.247 jufi 2735: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2736:
1.69 deraadt 2737: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2738: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2741: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2742: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2743: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2744: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2745: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2746:
2747: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2748: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2749: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2750: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2751: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2752: <p>
1.247 jufi 2753: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2754:
2755: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2756: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2759: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2760: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2761:
1.69 deraadt 2762: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2763: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2764: <p>
1.112 naddy 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2767: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2768:
1.113 naddy 2769: <hr>
2770: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2771: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2772:
1.200 niklas 2773: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <ul>
2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2777: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2778: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2779:
2780: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2781: <p>
2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2784:
2785: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <ul>
2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2789: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2790: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2791:
2792: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2793: <p>
2794:
1.247 jufi 2795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2796: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2797: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2798:
2799: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2800: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2801: <p>
2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2804:
2805: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <ul>
2808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2809: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2810: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2811:
2812: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2813: <p>
2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2816:
1.102 niklas 2817: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: <ul>
2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2821: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2822: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2823:
2824: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2825: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2826: <p>
1.102 niklas 2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2829:
1.84 niklas 2830: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2831:
1.247 jufi 2832: <ul>
2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2834: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2835: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2836:
2837: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2838: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2839: <p>
1.84 niklas 2840:
1.247 jufi 2841: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2842:
1.69 deraadt 2843: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <ul>
2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2847: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2848: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2849:
1.222 miod 2850: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2851: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2852: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2853: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2856: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2857: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2858: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2859: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2860:
1.20 louis 2861: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2862: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2863: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2864: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2865: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2866:
1.247 jufi 2867: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2868:
1.113 naddy 2869: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2870: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2871: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2872:
2873:
2874: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2875: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2876:
1.247 jufi 2877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2878: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2879: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2880:
2881: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2882: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2883: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2884:
2885: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2886: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2887:
1.247 jufi 2888: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2889:
2890:
1.170 louis 2891: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2892: <ul>
1.170 louis 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2895: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2896: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2897: </strong></font><br>
2898:
2899: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2900: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2901: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2902: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2903: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2904: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2905: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2906: <p>
1.247 jufi 2907: </ul>
1.170 louis 2908:
1.69 deraadt 2909: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2910: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2913: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2914: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2915: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2916:
2917: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2918: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2919: translating and reprinting articles from
2920: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2921: <p>
1.247 jufi 2922: </ul>
1.20 louis 2923:
1.113 naddy 2924: <hr>
2925: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2926: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2927:
1.246 jufi 2928: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 2929: <ul>
2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 2931: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
2932: December 04, 2002
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
2935: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
2936: <p>
1.247 jufi 2937: </ul>
1.246 jufi 2938:
1.151 louis 2939: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2940: <ul>
1.151 louis 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 2943: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2944: </strong></font><br>
2945:
2946: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2947: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2948: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2949: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2950: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2951: <p>
1.247 jufi 2952: </ul>
1.151 louis 2953:
1.72 louis 2954: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2955: <ul>
1.72 louis 2956:
1.247 jufi 2957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 2958: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 2959: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 2960: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 2961:
1.101 jufi 2962: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 2963: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2964: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 2965: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 2966: Giving way to
2967: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2968: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2969: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2970: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 2971: <p>
1.247 jufi 2972: </ul>
1.72 louis 2973:
1.69 deraadt 2974: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2975: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2976:
1.247 jufi 2977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2978: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 2979: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 2980: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 2981:
2982: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2983: <p>
1.247 jufi 2984: </ul>
1.112 naddy 2985:
1.50 louis 2986:
1.113 naddy 2987: <hr>
2988: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 2989: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 2990:
1.69 deraadt 2991: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2992: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 2995: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 2996: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 2997: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 2998:
2999: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3000: <p>
1.247 jufi 3001: </ul>
1.62 form 3002:
1.69 deraadt 3003: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3004: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3005:
1.247 jufi 3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3007: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3008: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3009: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3010:
1.59 form 3011: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3012: <p>
1.112 naddy 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3015:
1.113 naddy 3016: <hr>
3017: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3018: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3019: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3022: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3023: Radio, August 2, 2000
3024: </strong></font><br>
3025:
3026: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3027: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3028: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3029: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3030: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3031: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3032: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3033: <p>
3034:
1.247 jufi 3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3036: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3037: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3038: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3039: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3040:
3041: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3042: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3043: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3044: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3045: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3046: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3047: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3048: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3049: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3050: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3051: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3052: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3053: <p>
1.247 jufi 3054: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3055:
1.113 naddy 3056: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3057: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3058: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3059:
3060: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3061: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3062:
1.247 jufi 3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3064: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3065: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3066: </strong></font><br>
3067:
3068: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3069: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3070: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3071: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3072: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3073: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3074: A
1.216 horacio 3075: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3076: <p>
1.247 jufi 3077: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3078:
1.252 miod 3079: <hr>
3080: <a name=fr></a>
3081: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3082:
3083: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3084: <ul>
3085:
3086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3087: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3088: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3089: </strong></font><br>
3090:
3091: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3092: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3093: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3094: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3095: <p>
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