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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>,
1.273 ! deraadt 68: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 69: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 70: </strong></font><br>
71: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 ! deraadt 72: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
! 73: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
! 74: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
! 75: <ul>
! 76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 77: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
! 78: article</a>,
! 79: ABC News.
! 80: </strong></font>
! 81:
! 82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 83: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
! 84: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
! 85: Seattle Post Intelligencer.
! 86: </strong></font>
! 87:
! 88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 89: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/17/ap/HiTech/apnews42742-03.txt">
! 90: [Article was pulled]</a>,
! 91: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
! 92: </strong></font>
! 93:
! 94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 95: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
! 96: article</a>,
! 97: Lakeland Leger
! 98: </strong></font>
! 99:
! 100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 101: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
! 102: article</a>
! 103: Times Daily, AL.
! 104: </strong></font>
! 105:
! 106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 107: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
! 108: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
! 109: Boston.com, MA.
! 110: </strong></font>
! 111:
! 112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 113: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
! 114: article</a>
! 115: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
! 116: </strong></font>
! 117:
! 118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 119: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">Rapid City Journal, SD
! 120: </a>
! 121: </strong></font>
! 122:
! 123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 124: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
! 125: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
! 126: Infoshop News.
! 127: </strong></font>
! 128:
! 129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 130: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
! 131: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
! 132: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
! 133: </strong></font>
! 134:
! 135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 136: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
! 137: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
! 138: NEPA News, PA.
! 139: </strong></font>
! 140:
! 141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 142: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
! 143: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
! 144: Wired News.
! 145: </strong></font>
! 146:
1.271 deraadt 147: </ul>
148: <p>
1.272 deraadt 149: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
150: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
151: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." These papers
152: proceed to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 153: <p>
154: <ul>
1.273 ! deraadt 155:
! 156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 157: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
! 158: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
! 159: Miami Herald, FL.
! 160: </strong></font>
! 161:
! 162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 163: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Agency_denies_dropping_project:.shtml">
! 164: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
! 165: Boston Globe, MA.
! 166: </strong></font>
1.263 deraadt 167: </ul>
1.262 beck 168: <p>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 171: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
172: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 173: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 174: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 175: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 176: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
177: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
181: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
182: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 183: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 184: </strong></font><br>
185: Another report on the DARPA funding.
186: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
187: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 191: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
192: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 193: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 194: </strong></font><br>
195: (also online at
196: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
197: BusinessWeek.com</a>)
198: <br>
199: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
200: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
201: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
202: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
203: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
204: Goes on to say:
205: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
206: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
207: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
208: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
209: <p>
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
211: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
212: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 213: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 214: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 215: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 216: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
217: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
218: without notice or justification.
219: <p>
220:
221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
222: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
223: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 224: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 225: </strong></font><br>
226: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
227: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
228: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
229: effective today, without any warning..."
230: <p>
1.257 ian 231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 233: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
234: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 235: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 236: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 237: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
238: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
239: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
240: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
241: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 245: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
246: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 247: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 248: </strong></font><br>
249: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
250: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
251: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
252: quoting two of them:
253: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
254: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
255: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
256: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
257: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
258: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
259: <p>
260:
1.255 ian 261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 262: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
263: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 264: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 265: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 266: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 267: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
268: security experts for more than three decades."
269: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
270: <p>
1.261 ian 271:
1.254 drahn 272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 273: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
274: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 275: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 276: </strong></font><br>
277: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
278: from US DARPA.
279: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
280: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
281: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
282: the BSD license.
283: <p>
284: </ul>
285:
1.251 ian 286: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
287: <ul>
288:
289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
290: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
291: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 292: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 293: </strong></font><br>
294: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
295: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
296: Mentions
297: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
298: and
299: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
300: programs.
301: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
302: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
303: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
304: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
305: <p>
1.260 ian 306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
308: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
309: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
310: </strong></font><br>
311: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
312: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
313: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
314: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
315: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
316: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
317: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
318: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
319: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
320: put into service."
321: <p>
322: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
323: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
324: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
325: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
326: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
327: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
328: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
329: computers with security features."
330: <p>
1.251 ian 331: </ul>
332:
1.249 jufi 333: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
334: <ul>
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
336: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
337: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 338: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 339: </strong></font><br>
340: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
341: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
342: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
343: <p>
344: </ul>
345:
1.246 jufi 346: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 347: <ul>
1.246 jufi 348:
1.247 jufi 349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 350: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 351: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
352: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 353: </strong></font><br>
354: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
355: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
356: <p>
357:
1.247 jufi 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 359: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 360: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
361: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 362: </strong></font><br>
363: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
364: in their annual OpenHack security test.
365: <p>
1.247 jufi 366: </ul>
1.246 jufi 367:
1.244 jufi 368: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 369: <ul>
1.246 jufi 370:
1.247 jufi 371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 372: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
373: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
374: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 375: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 376: </strong></font><br>
377: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
378: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
379: md5 digests.
380: <p>
381:
1.247 jufi 382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 383: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 384: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
385: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 386: </strong></font><br>
387: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
388: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
389: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
390: right the first time."
391: <p>
1.247 jufi 392: </ul>
1.244 jufi 393:
394:
395: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 396: <ul>
1.244 jufi 397:
1.247 jufi 398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 399: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 400: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
401: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 402: </strong></font><br>
403: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
404: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
405: part 6</a>.
406: <p>
407:
1.247 jufi 408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 409: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 410: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
411: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 412: </strong></font><br>
413: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
414: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
415: <p>
1.247 jufi 416: </ul>
1.242 jufi 417:
418: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 419: <ul>
1.242 jufi 420:
1.247 jufi 421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 422: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 423: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
424: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 425: </strong></font><br>
426: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
427: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
428: <p>
429:
1.247 jufi 430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 431: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 432: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
433: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 434: </strong></font><br>
435: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
436: this time using pf.
437: <p>
1.247 jufi 438: </ul>
1.242 jufi 439:
440: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 441: <ul>
1.242 jufi 442:
1.247 jufi 443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 444: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 445: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
446: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 447: </strong></font><br>
448: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
449: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
450: their rotation.
451: <p>
452:
1.247 jufi 453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 454: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 455: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
456: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 457: </strong></font><br>
458: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
459: <p>
1.247 jufi 460: </ul>
1.242 jufi 461:
1.239 jufi 462: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 463: <ul>
1.239 jufi 464:
1.247 jufi 465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 466: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 467: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
468: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 469: </strong></font><br>
470: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
471: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
472: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
473: <p>
474:
1.247 jufi 475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 476: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 477: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
478: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 479: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 480: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
481: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
482: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 483: <p>
1.247 jufi 484: </ul>
1.239 jufi 485:
1.235 lebel 486: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 487: <ul>
1.235 lebel 488:
1.239 jufi 489:
1.247 jufi 490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 491: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 492: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
493: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 494: </strong></font><br>
495: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
496: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
497: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
498: <p>
1.247 jufi 499: </ul>
1.235 lebel 500:
1.228 horacio 501: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 502: <ul>
1.228 horacio 503:
1.247 jufi 504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 505: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 506: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
507: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 508: </strong></font><br>
509: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
510: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
511: <p>
512:
1.247 jufi 513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 514: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 515: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
516: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 517: </strong></font><br>
518: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
519: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
520: <p>
521:
1.247 jufi 522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 523: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 524: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
525: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 526: </strong></font><br>
527: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
528: on the desktop of his parents.
529: <p>
530:
1.247 jufi 531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 532: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 533: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
534: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 535: </strong></font><br>
536: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
537: using IPFilter.
538:
539: <p>
540:
1.247 jufi 541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 542: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 543: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
544: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 545: </strong></font><br>
546: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
547: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
548: perspectives of the four OS.
549: <br>
550: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 551: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 552: <p>
553:
1.247 jufi 554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 555: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
556: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 557: software and security</a>,
558: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 559: </strong></font><br>
560:
561: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
562: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
563: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
564: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
565: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
566: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
567: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
568: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
569: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
570: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
571: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
572: security conscious team beyond doubt.
573: <p>
1.247 jufi 574: </ul>
1.228 horacio 575:
1.225 horacio 576: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 577: <ul>
1.225 horacio 578:
1.247 jufi 579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 580: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
581: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 582: Interview</a>,
583: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 584: </strong></font><br>
585:
586: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
587: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
588: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 589: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 590: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
591: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
592: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
593: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
594: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 595: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 596: of choice.
597: <p>
1.247 jufi 598: </ul>
1.225 horacio 599:
600: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 601: <ul>
1.225 horacio 602:
1.247 jufi 603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 604: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 605: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
606: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 607: </strong></font><br>
608:
609: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
610: <p>
611:
1.247 jufi 612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 613: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 614: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
615: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 616: </strong></font><br>
617:
618: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
619: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
620: <p>
1.247 jufi 621: </ul>
1.225 horacio 622:
1.218 horacio 623: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 624: <ul>
1.218 horacio 625:
1.247 jufi 626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 627: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 628: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
629: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 630: </strong></font><br>
631:
632: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
633: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
634: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
635: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
636: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
637: subjects. Worth a read.
638: <p>
639:
640:
1.247 jufi 641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 642: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 643: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
644: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 645: </strong></font><br>
646:
647: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
648: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
649: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
650: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
651: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
652: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
653: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
654: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
655: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 656: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 657: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
658: on other operating systems.<br>
659: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
660: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
661: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
662: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
663: <p>
664:
1.247 jufi 665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 666: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 667: Operating System 2010</a>,
668: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 669: </strong></font><br>
670:
671: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
672: covering the level of software integration into the core
673: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
674: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
675: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
676: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
677: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
678: <p>
679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 681: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 682: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
683: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 684: </strong></font><br>
685:
686: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
687: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
688: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
689: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
690: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
691: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
692: <p>
1.247 jufi 693: </ul>
1.221 horacio 694:
1.210 jufi 695: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 696: <ul>
1.215 horacio 697:
1.247 jufi 698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 699: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 700: Already a Contender</a>,
701: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 702: </strong></font><br>
703:
704: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
705: source software in response to an article which claimed that
706: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
707: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
708: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
709: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
710: <p>
711:
1.247 jufi 712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 713: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 714: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
715: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 716: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 717:
1.224 horacio 718: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
719: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
720: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
721: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
722: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
723: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 724: <p>
1.247 jufi 725: </ul>
1.215 horacio 726:
727: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 728: <ul>
1.215 horacio 729:
1.247 jufi 730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 731: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
732: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 733: Division</a>,
734: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 735: </strong></font><br>
736:
737: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
738: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 739: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 740: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
741: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
742: investment</em>.<br>
743: The implementation details can be seen on their
744: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
745: <p>
746:
1.247 jufi 747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 748: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 749: Thinking about Security</a>,
750: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 751: </strong></font><br>
752:
753: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
754: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
755: security and says that even secured operating systems running
756: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
757: to time.<br>
758: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
759: system and just the most secure system.
760: <p>
761:
1.247 jufi 762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 763: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 764: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
765: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 766: </strong></font><br>
767:
768: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
769: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
770: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
771: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
772: choice:<br>
773: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
774: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
775: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
776: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
777: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
778: network security devices and as such must be well
779: armored."</em><br>
780: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
781: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
782: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
783: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
784: <br>
785: Bravo!
786: <p>
1.247 jufi 787: </ul>
1.210 jufi 788:
1.207 ian 789: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 790: <ul>
1.215 horacio 791:
1.247 jufi 792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 793: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
794: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
795: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 796:
1.207 ian 797: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
798: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 799: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 800: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
801: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
802: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 803: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 804: <p>
1.247 jufi 805: </ul>
1.207 ian 806:
1.194 jufi 807: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 808: <ul>
1.194 jufi 809:
1.247 jufi 810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 811: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 812: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
813: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 814: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 815:
1.240 miod 816: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 817: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
818: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
819: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
820: <p>
821:
1.247 jufi 822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 823: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 824: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
825: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
826: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 827:
1.240 miod 828: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 829: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 830: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
831: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
832: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 833: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 834: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
835: <br>
836: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
837: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
838: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
839: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
840: <p>
841:
1.247 jufi 842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 843: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
844: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 845: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 846: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 847:
1.194 jufi 848: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
849: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
850: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
851: <br>
852: The new
853: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 854: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 855: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
856: <p>
1.247 jufi 857: </ul>
1.194 jufi 858:
1.190 horacio 859: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 860: <ul>
1.190 horacio 861:
1.247 jufi 862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 863:
864: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
865: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
866:
867: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
868: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
869:
870: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
871: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
872:
1.212 horacio 873: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
874: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 875: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
876:
1.211 horacio 877: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
878: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 879: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
880:
1.247 jufi 881: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 882: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
883:
1.247 jufi 884: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 885: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
886:
1.212 horacio 887: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
888: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 889: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
890:
891: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
892: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
893:
894: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
895: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
896:
897: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
898: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
899:
900: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 901: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 902:
1.192 jufi 903: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
904: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 905: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 906:
1.193 deraadt 907: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
908: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 909: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 910:
1.247 jufi 911: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 912: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
913:
1.247 jufi 914: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 915: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
916: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
917:
1.213 horacio 918: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 919: 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 920: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
921:
1.190 horacio 922: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 923: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
924: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
925: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
926: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
927: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
928: <p>
1.190 horacio 929:
1.247 jufi 930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 931: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
932: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
933: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 934: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 935:
1.195 jufi 936: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 937: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
938: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
939: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 940: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
941: <p>
942:
1.247 jufi 943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 944: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 945: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
946: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
947: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 948:
1.191 jufi 949: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
950: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
951: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
952: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 953: <p>
1.247 jufi 954: </ul>
1.190 horacio 955:
1.191 jufi 956:
1.186 jufi 957: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 958: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 959:
1.247 jufi 960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 961: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 962: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
963: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 964: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 965:
1.188 jufi 966: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 967: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 968: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 969: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
970: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 971: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 972: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 973: <p>
974:
1.191 jufi 975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 977: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
978: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
979: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 980: </strong></font><br>
981:
982: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
983: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
984: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
985: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
986: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
987: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
988: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
989: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
990: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
991: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
992: familiar?
993: <p>
1.247 jufi 994: </ul>
1.191 jufi 995:
1.178 louis 996: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 997: <ul>
1.178 louis 998:
1.247 jufi 999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1000: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1001: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1002: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1003: </strong></font><br>
1004:
1005: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1006: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1007: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1008: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1009: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1010: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1011: <p>
1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1014: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1015: Open source under the hood</a>,
1016: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1017: </strong></font><br>
1018:
1019: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1020: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1021: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1022: <p>
1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1025: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1026: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1027: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1028: </strong></font><br>
1029:
1030: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1031: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1032: <p>
1.247 jufi 1033: </ul>
1.179 louis 1034:
1.174 louis 1035:
1.175 louis 1036: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1037: <ul>
1.175 louis 1038:
1.247 jufi 1039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1040: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1041: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1042: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1043: </strong></font><br>
1044:
1045: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1046: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1047: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1048: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1049: <p>
1050:
1.247 jufi 1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1052: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1053: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1054: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1055: </strong></font><br>
1056:
1057: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1058: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1059: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1060: <p>
1.247 jufi 1061: </ul>
1.175 louis 1062:
1.176 louis 1063:
1.172 mickey 1064: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1065: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1066:
1.247 jufi 1067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1068: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1069: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1070: </strong></font><br>
1071:
1072: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1073: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1074: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1075: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1076: <p>
1077:
1.247 jufi 1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1079: <a
1.269 deraadt 1080: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1081: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1082: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1083: </strong></font><br>
1084:
1085: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1086: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1087: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1088: <p>
1089:
1.247 jufi 1090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1091: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1092: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1093: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1094: </strong></font><br>
1095:
1096: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1097: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1098: <p>
1099:
1.247 jufi 1100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1101: <a
1.269 deraadt 1102: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1103: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1104: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1105: </strong></font><br>
1106:
1107: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1108: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1109: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1110: our own Theo de Raadt.
1111: <p>
1112:
1.247 jufi 1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1114: <a
1.269 deraadt 1115: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1116: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1117: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1118: </strong></font><br>
1119:
1120: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1121: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1122: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1123: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1124: shut down.]
1125: <p>
1126:
1.247 jufi 1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1128: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1129: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1130: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1131: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1132: </strong></font><br>
1133:
1134: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1135: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1136: <p>
1.247 jufi 1137: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1138:
1.161 louis 1139: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1140: <ul>
1.161 louis 1141:
1.247 jufi 1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1143: <a
1.269 deraadt 1144: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1145: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1146: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1147: </strong></font><br>
1148:
1149: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1150: by John Wolley
1151: <p>
1152:
1.247 jufi 1153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1154: <a
1.269 deraadt 1155: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1156: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1157: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1158: </strong></font><br>
1159:
1160: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1161: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1162: OpenBSD).
1163: <p>
1164:
1.247 jufi 1165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1166: <a
1.247 jufi 1167: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1168: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1169: </strong></font><br>
1170:
1171: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1172: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1173: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1174: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1175: and hindsight.
1176: <p>
1177:
1.247 jufi 1178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1179: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1180: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1181: </strong></font><br>
1182:
1183: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1184: <p>
1185:
1.247 jufi 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1187: <a
1.168 provos 1188: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1189: December 7, 2000
1190: </strong></font><br>
1191:
1192: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1193: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1194: us explain.
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1198: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1199: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1200: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1201: December 6, 2000
1202: </strong></font><br>
1203:
1204: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1205: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1206: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1207: <p>
1208:
1.247 jufi 1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1210: <a
1.226 horacio 1211: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1212: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1213: </strong></font><br>
1214:
1215: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1216: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1217: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1218: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1219: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1220: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1221: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1222: <p>
1.162 millert 1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1225: <a
1.161 louis 1226: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1227: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1228: </strong></font><br>
1229:
1230: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1231: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1232: <p>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1235: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1236: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1237: </strong></font><br>
1238:
1239: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1240: <p>
1241:
1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1244: <a
1.226 horacio 1245: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1246: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1247: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1248: </strong></font><br>
1249:
1250: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1251: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1252: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1253: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1254: <p>
1.247 jufi 1255: </ul>
1.169 louis 1256:
1.158 louis 1257: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1258: <ul>
1.147 louis 1259:
1.247 jufi 1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1261: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1262: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1263: </strong></font><br>
1264:
1265: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1266: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1270: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1271: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1272: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1275: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1279: <a
1280: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1281: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1282: </strong></font><br>
1283:
1284: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1285: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1286: <p>
1287:
1.247 jufi 1288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1289: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1290: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1291: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1292:
1.213 horacio 1293: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1294: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1295: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1296: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1297: <p>
1.215 horacio 1298:
1.247 jufi 1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1300: <a
1301: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1302: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304:
1305: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1306: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1307: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1308: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1309: much of the attitude too).
1310: <p>
1.161 louis 1311:
1.247 jufi 1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1313: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1314: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1315: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1316:
1.157 louis 1317: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1318: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1319: <p>
1.247 jufi 1320: </ul>
1.157 louis 1321:
1322: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1323: <ul>
1.157 louis 1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1326: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1327: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1328: </strong></font><br>
1329:
1330: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1331: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1332: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1333: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1334: <p>
1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1337: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1338: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1339: </strong></font><br>
1340:
1341: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1342: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1343: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1344: it because they love coding...
1345: <p>
1346:
1.247 jufi 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1348: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1349: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1353: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1354: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1355: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1356: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1357: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1358: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1359: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1360: <p>
1361:
1.247 jufi 1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1363: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1364: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1365: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1366: </strong></font><br>
1367:
1368: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1369: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1370: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1371: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1372: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1373: the pizza.
1374: <p>
1375:
1.247 jufi 1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1377: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1378: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1379: </strong></font><br>
1380:
1381: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1382: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1383: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1384: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1385: problems.
1386: <p>
1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1389: <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 1390: </strong></font><br>
1391:
1.222 miod 1392: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1393: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1394: - whether they like it or not.
1395: <p>
1396:
1.247 jufi 1397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1398: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1399: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1400: </strong></font><br>
1401:
1402: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1403: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1404: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1405: <p>
1.148 aaron 1406:
1.247 jufi 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1408: <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 1409: </strong></font><br>
1410:
1411: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1412: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1413: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1414: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1415: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1416: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1417: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1418: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1419: <p>
1420:
1.247 jufi 1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1422: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1423: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1424: </strong></font><br>
1425:
1426: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1427: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1428: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1429: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1430: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1431: <p>
1.247 jufi 1432: </ul>
1.147 louis 1433:
1.138 louis 1434: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1435: <ul>
1.138 louis 1436:
1.247 jufi 1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1438: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1439: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1440: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1441: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1442: </strong></font><br>
1443:
1.227 horacio 1444: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1445: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1446: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1447: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1448: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1449: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1450: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1451: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1452: <p>
1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1455: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1456: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1457: </strong></font><br>
1458:
1459: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1460: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1461: groups, and even Linux.
1462: <p>
1463:
1.247 jufi 1464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1465: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1466: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1467: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1468: </strong></font><br>
1469:
1470: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1471: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1472: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1473: library after installing the OS.
1474: <p>
1475:
1.247 jufi 1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1477: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1478: Sys Admin, September 2000
1479: </strong></font><br>
1480:
1481: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1482: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1483: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1484: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1485: (<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>,
1486: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1487: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1488: <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 1489: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1490: out of the system.
1491: <p>
1492:
1.247 jufi 1493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1494: <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
1495: </strong></font><br>
1496:
1497: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1498: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1499: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1500: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1501: the IP filtering and address translation.
1502: <p>
1.247 jufi 1503: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1504:
1.131 louis 1505: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1506: <ul>
1.131 louis 1507:
1.247 jufi 1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1509: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1510: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1511: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1512: </strong></font><br>
1513:
1514: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1515: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1516: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1517: <p>
1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1520: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1521: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1522: </strong></font><br>
1523:
1524: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1525: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1526: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1527: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1528: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1529: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1530: note of"</i>.
1531: <p>
1532:
1.247 jufi 1533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1534: <a
1.247 jufi 1535: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1536: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1537: </strong></font><br>
1538:
1539: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1540: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1541: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1542: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1543: <p>
1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1546: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1547: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1548: </strong></font><br>
1549:
1550: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1551: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1552: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1553: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1554: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1555: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1556: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1557: <p>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1560: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1561: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1562: 2000
1563: </strong></font><br>
1564:
1565: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1566: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1567: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1568: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1569: against current industry practices.
1570: <p>
1571:
1.247 jufi 1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1573: <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
1574: </strong></font><br>
1575:
1576: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1577: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1578: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1579: <p>
1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1582: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1583: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1584: </strong></font><br>
1585:
1586: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1587: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1588: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1589: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1590: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1591: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1592: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1593: <p>
1594:
1.247 jufi 1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1596: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1597: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1598: </strong></font><br>
1599:
1600: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1601: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1602: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1603: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1604: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1605: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1606: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1607: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1608: <p>
1.247 jufi 1609: </ul>
1.131 louis 1610:
1.118 louis 1611: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1612: <ul>
1.118 louis 1613:
1.247 jufi 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1615: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1616: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1617: </strong></font><br>
1618:
1619: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1620: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1621: about time. The article mentions that
1622: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1623: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1624: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1625: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1626: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1627: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1628: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1629: <p>
1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1632: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1633: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1634: </strong></font><br>
1635:
1636: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1637: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1638: of OpenSSH.
1639: <p>
1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1642: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1643: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1644: </strong></font><br>
1645:
1646: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1647: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1648: bridging.
1649: <p>
1650:
1.247 jufi 1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1652: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1653: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1654: </strong></font><br>
1655:
1.121 deraadt 1656: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1657: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1658: <p>
1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1661: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1662: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1663: </strong></font><br>
1664:
1665: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1666: <p>
1667:
1.247 jufi 1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1669: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1670: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1671: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1672: </strong></font><br>
1673:
1.120 deraadt 1674: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1675: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1676: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1677: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1678: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1679: <p>
1680:
1.247 jufi 1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1682: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1683: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1684: </strong></font><br>
1685:
1.222 miod 1686: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1687: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1688: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1689: protocols and their quirks.
1690: <p>
1691:
1.247 jufi 1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1693: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1694: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1695: </strong></font><br>
1696:
1697: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1698: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1699: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1700: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1701: <p>
1702:
1.247 jufi 1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1704: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1705: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1709: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1710: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1711: <p>
1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1714: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1715: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1716: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1717: </strong></font><br>
1718:
1719: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1720: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1721: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1722: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1723: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1724: <p>
1.247 jufi 1725: </ul>
1.118 louis 1726:
1.104 louis 1727: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1728: <ul>
1.104 louis 1729:
1.247 jufi 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1731: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1732: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1733: </strong></font><br>
1734:
1735: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1736: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1737: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1738: be a bit dry.
1739: <p>
1740:
1.247 jufi 1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1742: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1743: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1744: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1745: </strong></font><br>
1746: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1747: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1748: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1749: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1750: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1751: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1752: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1753: <p>
1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1756: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1757: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1758: 2000
1.128 louis 1759: </strong></font><br>
1760:
1761: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1762: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1763: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1764: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1765: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1766: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1767: <p>
1768:
1.247 jufi 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1770: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1771: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1772: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1773:
1774: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1775: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1776: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1777: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1778: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1779: <p>
1.110 louis 1780:
1.247 jufi 1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1782: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1783: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1784: </strong></font><br>
1785:
1786: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1787: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1788: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1789: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1790: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1791: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1792: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1793: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1794: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1795: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1796: <p>
1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1799: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1800: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1801:
1802: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1803: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1804: <p>
1.108 louis 1805:
1.247 jufi 1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1807: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1808: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1809: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1810:
1811: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1812: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1813: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1814: <p>
1.106 louis 1815:
1.247 jufi 1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1817: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1818: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1819: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1820:
1821: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1822: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1823: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1824: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1825: <p>
1.107 louis 1826:
1.247 jufi 1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1828: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1829: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1830: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1831:
1832: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1833: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1834: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1835: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1836: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1837: <p>
1.105 louis 1838:
1.247 jufi 1839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1840: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1841: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1842: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1843:
1.113 naddy 1844: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1845: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1846: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1847: <p>
1.104 louis 1848:
1.247 jufi 1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1850: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1851: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1855: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1856: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1857: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1858: <p>
1.247 jufi 1859: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1860:
1.85 louis 1861: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1862: <ul>
1.85 louis 1863:
1.247 jufi 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1865: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1866: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1867: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1868:
1869: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1870: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1871: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1872: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1873: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1874: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1875: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1876: <p>
1.99 louis 1877:
1.247 jufi 1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1879: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1880: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1881: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1882:
1883: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1884: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1885: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1886: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1887: <p>
1.100 louis 1888:
1.247 jufi 1889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1890: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1891: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1893:
1894: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1895: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1896: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1897: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1898: <p>
1.95 louis 1899:
1.247 jufi 1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1901: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1902: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1903: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1904:
1905: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1906: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1907: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1908: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1909: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1910: <p>
1.92 louis 1911:
1.247 jufi 1912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1913: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1914: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1915: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1916:
1917: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1918: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1919: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1920: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1921: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1922: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1923: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1924: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1925: <p>
1.91 louis 1926:
1.247 jufi 1927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1928: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1929: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1930: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1931:
1932: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1933: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1934: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1935: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1936: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1937: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1938: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1939: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1940: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1941: <p>
1.90 louis 1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1944: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1945: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1946: </strong></font><br>
1947: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1948: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1949: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1950: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1951: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1952: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1953: <p>
1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 1956: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
1957: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 1958: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 1959:
1.113 naddy 1960: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
1961: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 1962: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
1963: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
1964: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
1965: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
1966: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 1967: <p>
1.87 louis 1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1970: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
1971: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 1972: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1973:
1974: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 1975: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 1976: <p>
1.85 louis 1977:
1.247 jufi 1978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 1979: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
1980: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1981: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 1982:
1983: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 1984: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 1985: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
1986: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 1987: <p>
1.89 louis 1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 1990: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
1991: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 1992: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 1993:
1994: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
1995: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
1996: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
1997: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
1998: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 1999: </ul>
1.85 louis 2000:
1.78 deraadt 2001: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2002: <ul>
1.74 louis 2003:
1.247 jufi 2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2005: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2006: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2007: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2008: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2009:
2010: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2011: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2012: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2013: <p>
1.83 louis 2014:
1.247 jufi 2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2016: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2017: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2018: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2019:
2020: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2021: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2022: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2023: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2024: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2025: <p>
1.93 louis 2026:
1.247 jufi 2027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2028: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2029: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2030: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2031: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2032:
1.83 louis 2033: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2034: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2035: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2036: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2037: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2038: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2039: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2040: <p>
1.82 aaron 2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2043: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2044: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2045: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2046:
1.83 louis 2047: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2048: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2049: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2050: <p>
1.80 louis 2051:
1.247 jufi 2052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2053: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2054: Bad Press</a>,
2055: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2056: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2057:
2058: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2059: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2060: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2061: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2062: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2063: <p>
1.247 jufi 2064: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2065:
2066: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2067: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2070: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2071: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2072: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2073: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2074:
2075: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2076: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2077: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2078: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2079: <p>
1.74 louis 2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2082: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2083: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2084: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2085:
1.219 horacio 2086: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2087: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2088: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2089: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2090: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2091: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2092: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2093: <p>
1.88 louis 2094:
1.247 jufi 2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2096: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2097: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2098: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2099:
2100: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2101: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2102: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2103: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2104: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2105: <p>
1.81 louis 2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2108: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2109: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2110: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2111:
2112: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2113: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2114: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2115: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2116: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2117: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2118: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2119: <p>
1.90 louis 2120:
1.247 jufi 2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2122: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2123: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2124: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2125:
2126: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2127: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2128: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2129: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2130: <p>
1.247 jufi 2131: </ul>
1.71 louis 2132:
1.69 deraadt 2133: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2134: <ul>
1.70 louis 2135:
1.247 jufi 2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2137: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2138: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2139: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2140:
2141: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2142: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2143: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2144: <p>
1.70 louis 2145:
1.247 jufi 2146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2147: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2148: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2149: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2150:
2151: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2152: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2153: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2154: <p>
1.68 louis 2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2157: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2158: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2159: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2160: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2161:
1.111 jufi 2162: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2163: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2164: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2165: "secure by default" installation.
2166: <p>
1.64 louis 2167:
1.247 jufi 2168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2169: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2170: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2171: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2172:
1.113 naddy 2173: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2174: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2175: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2176: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2177: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2178: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2179: <p>
1.66 louis 2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2182: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2183: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2184: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2185:
2186: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2187: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2188: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2189: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2190: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2191: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2192: <p>
1.83 louis 2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2195: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2196: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2198:
2199: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2200: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2201: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2202: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2203: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2204: <p>
1.64 louis 2205:
1.247 jufi 2206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2207: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2208: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2209: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2210:
2211: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2212: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2213: <p>
1.247 jufi 2214: </ul>
1.65 louis 2215:
1.69 deraadt 2216: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2217: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2218:
1.247 jufi 2219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2220: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2221: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2222: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2223:
2224: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2225: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2226: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2227: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2228: <p>
1.88 louis 2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2231: <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 2232: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2233:
2234: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2235: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2236: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2237: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2238: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2239: <p>
1.60 louis 2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2242: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2243: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2244: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2245: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2246:
2247: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2248: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2249: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2250: <p>
1.58 louis 2251:
1.247 jufi 2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2253: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2254: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2255:
2256: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2257: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2258: <p>
1.53 louis 2259:
1.247 jufi 2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2261: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2262: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2263: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2264:
2265: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2266: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2267: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2268: <p>
1.99 louis 2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2271: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2272: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2273:
2274: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2275: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2276: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2277: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2278: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2281: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2282: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2283: </strong></font><br>
2284:
2285: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2286: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2287: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2288: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2289: <p>
2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2292: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2293: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2294: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2295:
2296: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2297: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2298: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2301: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2302: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2303:
2304: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2305: in
1.247 jufi 2306: <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 2307: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2308: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2309: <p>
1.53 louis 2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2312: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2313: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2314: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2315: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2316:
1.58 louis 2317: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2318: <p>
1.247 jufi 2319: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2320:
1.69 deraadt 2321: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2322: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2325: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2326: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2327: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2328: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2329:
1.58 louis 2330: Kurt Seifried
2331: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2332: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2333: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2334: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2337: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2338: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2339: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2340:
2341: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2342: <p>
1.96 louis 2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2345: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2346: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2347: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2348:
2349: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2350: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2351: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2352: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2353: <p>
1.247 jufi 2354: </ul>
1.86 louis 2355:
1.69 deraadt 2356: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2357: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2360: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2361: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2362: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2363:
2364: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2365: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2366: <p>
1.61 louis 2367:
1.247 jufi 2368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2369: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2370: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2371: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2372: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2373:
2374: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2375: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2376: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2377: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2378: right -- or at least strives to".
2379: <p>
1.48 louis 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2382: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2383: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2384: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2385: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2386: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2387: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2388: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2389: <p>
1.61 louis 2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <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 2392: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2393: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2394:
2395: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2396: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2397: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2398: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2399: <p>
1.46 louis 2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2402: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2403: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2404: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2405:
2406: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2407: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2408: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2411: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2412: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2413: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2414:
2415: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2416: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2417: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2418: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2419: <p>
1.247 jufi 2420: </ul>
1.70 louis 2421:
1.69 deraadt 2422: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2423: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2426: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2427: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2428: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2430:
2431: Kurt Seifried
2432: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2433: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2434: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.44 philen 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <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 2438: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2440:
2441: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2442: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <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 2445: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2446: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2447:
2448: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2449: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <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 2452: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2453: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2454:
2455: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2456: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2457: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2458: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2459: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <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 2462: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2463: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2464:
1.36 louis 2465: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2466: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2469: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2470: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2471: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2472:
2473: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2474: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2475: </ul>
1.38 louis 2476:
1.69 deraadt 2477: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2478: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <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 2481: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2482: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2483:
2484: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2485: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2486: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2487:
1.113 naddy 2488: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2489: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2490: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2491: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2492:
2493: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2494: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2495: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2496: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2497: <blockquote>
2498: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2499: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2500: <br>
2501: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2502: </code>
2503: </blockquote>
2504: <p>
2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2507: <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>
2508: <p>
2509:
2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2511: <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 2512: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2513:
2514: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2515: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2516: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2517: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2520: <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 2521: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2522:
2523: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2524: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2525: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2526: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2527: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2528: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2529: <p>
1.19 louis 2530:
1.113 naddy 2531: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2532: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2533: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2534:
2535: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2536: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2537: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2538: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2539: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2540: <p>
1.16 louis 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2543: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2544: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2545: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2546:
1.57 louis 2547: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2548: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2549: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2550: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2553: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2554: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2555: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2556:
1.113 naddy 2557: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2560: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2561: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2562: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2563:
1.23 louis 2564: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2565: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2566: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2567: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2568: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2569: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2570:
1.247 jufi 2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2572: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2573: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2574: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2575:
1.199 pvalchev 2576: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2577: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2578: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2579: installation.
1.113 naddy 2580: <p>
1.47 louis 2581:
1.247 jufi 2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2583: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2584: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2585: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2586:
2587: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2588: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2589: </ul>
1.57 louis 2590:
1.69 deraadt 2591: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2592: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2595: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2596: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2597: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2598:
2599: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2600: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2601: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2602: <p>
1.12 louis 2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2605: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2606: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2607: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2608:
2609: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2610: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2611: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2612: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2613: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2614: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2615: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2616: <p>
1.247 jufi 2617: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2618:
1.69 deraadt 2619: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2620: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2623: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2624: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2625:
2626: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2627: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2628: available."
1.113 naddy 2629: <p>
1.247 jufi 2630: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2631:
1.69 deraadt 2632: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2633: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2636: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2637: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2638:
2639: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2640: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2641: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2642: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2643: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2644: <p>
1.33 louis 2645:
1.247 jufi 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2647: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2648: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2649: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2650:
1.113 naddy 2651: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2652: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2653: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2654: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2655: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2656: <p>
1.247 jufi 2657: </ul>
1.57 louis 2658:
1.69 deraadt 2659: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2660: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2661:
1.247 jufi 2662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2663: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2664: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2665: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2666:
2667: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2668: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2669: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2672: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2673: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2674: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2676:
2677: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2678: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2681: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2682:
1.113 naddy 2683: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2686: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2687: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2688: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2689:
2690: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2691: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2692: </ul>
1.23 louis 2693:
1.69 deraadt 2694: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2695: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2698: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2699: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2700:
2701: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2702: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2703: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2704:
1.247 jufi 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2706: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2707: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2708: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2709:
2710: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2711: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2712: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2713: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2714: </ul>
1.57 louis 2715:
1.69 deraadt 2716: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2720: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2721: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2722: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2723:
2724: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2725: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2726: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2727: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2728: <p>
1.15 louis 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2731: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2732: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2733: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2734:
2735: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2736: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2737: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2738: columns."
1.113 naddy 2739: <p>
1.247 jufi 2740: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2741:
1.69 deraadt 2742: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2743: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2744:
1.247 jufi 2745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2746: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2747: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2748: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2749:
2750: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2751: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2752:
1.113 naddy 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2754: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2755: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2756:
2757: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2758: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2759: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2760: </ul>
1.57 louis 2761:
1.69 deraadt 2762: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2763: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2764:
1.113 naddy 2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2766: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2767: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2768: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2769:
1.222 miod 2770: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2771: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2772: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2773: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.247 jufi 2775: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2776:
1.69 deraadt 2777: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2778: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2781: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2782: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2783:
1.69 deraadt 2784: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2785: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2786: <p>
1.247 jufi 2787: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2788:
1.69 deraadt 2789: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2790: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2793: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2794: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2795: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2796:
2797: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2798: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2799: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2802: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2803: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2804: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2805: <p>
1.247 jufi 2806: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2807:
1.69 deraadt 2808: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2809: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2812: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2813: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2814: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2815: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2816: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2817:
2818: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2819: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2820: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2821: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2822: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2823: <p>
1.247 jufi 2824: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2825:
2826: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2827: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2828:
1.247 jufi 2829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2830: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2831: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2832:
1.69 deraadt 2833: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2834: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2835: <p>
1.112 naddy 2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2838: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2839:
1.113 naddy 2840: <hr>
2841: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2842: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2843:
1.200 niklas 2844: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <ul>
2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2848: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2849: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2850:
2851: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2852: <p>
2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2855:
2856: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2857:
1.247 jufi 2858: <ul>
2859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2860: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2861: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2862:
2863: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2864: <p>
2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2867: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2868: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2869:
2870: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2871: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2872: <p>
2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2875:
2876: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <ul>
2879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2880: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2881: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2882:
2883: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2884: <p>
2885:
1.247 jufi 2886: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2887:
1.102 niklas 2888: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2889:
1.247 jufi 2890: <ul>
2891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2892: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2893: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2894:
2895: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2896: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2897: <p>
1.102 niklas 2898:
1.247 jufi 2899: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2900:
1.84 niklas 2901: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <ul>
2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2905: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2906: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2907:
2908: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2909: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2910: <p>
1.84 niklas 2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2913:
1.69 deraadt 2914: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2915:
1.247 jufi 2916: <ul>
2917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2918: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2919: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2920:
1.222 miod 2921: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2922: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2923: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2924: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2927: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2928: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2929: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2930: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2931:
1.20 louis 2932: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2933: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2934: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2935: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2936: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2939:
1.113 naddy 2940: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2941: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2942: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2943:
2944:
2945: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2946: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2949: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2950: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2951:
2952: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2953: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 2954: </ul>
1.202 jufi 2955:
2956: <hr>
1.113 naddy 2957: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 2960:
2961:
1.170 louis 2962: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2963: <ul>
1.170 louis 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 2966: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
2967: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
2968: </strong></font><br>
2969:
2970: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
2971: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
2972: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
2973: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
2974: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
2975: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 2976: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 2977: <p>
1.247 jufi 2978: </ul>
1.170 louis 2979:
1.69 deraadt 2980: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2981: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 2984: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 2985: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 2987:
2988: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2989: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2990: translating and reprinting articles from
2991: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 2992: <p>
1.247 jufi 2993: </ul>
1.20 louis 2994:
1.113 naddy 2995: <hr>
2996: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 2997: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 2998:
1.246 jufi 2999: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3000: <ul>
3001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3002: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3003: December 04, 2002
3004: </strong></font><br>
3005: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3006: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3007: <p>
1.247 jufi 3008: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3009:
1.151 louis 3010: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3011: <ul>
1.151 louis 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3014: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3015: </strong></font><br>
3016:
3017: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3018: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3019: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3020: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3021: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3022: <p>
1.247 jufi 3023: </ul>
1.151 louis 3024:
1.72 louis 3025: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3026: <ul>
1.72 louis 3027:
1.247 jufi 3028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3029: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3030: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3031: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3032:
1.101 jufi 3033: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3034: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3035: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3036: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3037: Giving way to
3038: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3039: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3040: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3041: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3042: <p>
1.247 jufi 3043: </ul>
1.72 louis 3044:
1.69 deraadt 3045: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3046: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3047:
1.247 jufi 3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3049: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3050: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3051: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3052:
3053: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3054: <p>
1.247 jufi 3055: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3056:
1.50 louis 3057:
1.113 naddy 3058: <hr>
3059: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3060: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3061:
1.69 deraadt 3062: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3063: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3066: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3067: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3068: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3069:
3070: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3071: <p>
1.247 jufi 3072: </ul>
1.62 form 3073:
1.69 deraadt 3074: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3075: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3078: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3079: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3080: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3081:
1.59 form 3082: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3083: <p>
1.112 naddy 3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3086:
1.113 naddy 3087: <hr>
3088: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3089: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3090: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3093: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3094: Radio, August 2, 2000
3095: </strong></font><br>
3096:
3097: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3098: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3099: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3100: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3101: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3102: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3103: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3104: <p>
3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3107: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3108: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3109: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3110: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3111:
3112: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3113: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3114: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3115: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3116: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3117: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3118: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3119: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3120: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3121: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3122: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3123: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3124: <p>
1.247 jufi 3125: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3126:
1.113 naddy 3127: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3128: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3129: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3130:
3131: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3132: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3135: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3136: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3137: </strong></font><br>
3138:
3139: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3140: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3141: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3142: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3143: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3144: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3145: A
1.216 horacio 3146: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3147: <p>
1.247 jufi 3148: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3149:
1.252 miod 3150: <hr>
3151: <a name=fr></a>
3152: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3153:
3154: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3155: <ul>
3156:
3157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3158: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3159: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3160: </strong></font><br>
3161:
3162: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3163: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3164: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3165: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3166: <p>
3167: </ul>
3168:
1.216 horacio 3169:
3170: <hr>
3171: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3172: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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