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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">
1.276 deraadt 78: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 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">
1.278 deraadt 90: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a> (title changed),
1.273 deraadt 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">
1.276 deraadt 96: [Article was pulled]</a>,
97: Lakeland Ledger
1.273 deraadt 98: </strong></font>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 101: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
102: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
103: Salon
104: </strong></font>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 107: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 108: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 109: Times Daily, AL.
110: </strong></font>
111:
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
113: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
114: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
115: Boston.com, MA.
116: </strong></font>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
119: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 120: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 121: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
122: </strong></font>
123:
124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 125: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
126: [Article was pulled]</a>
127: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 128: </strong></font>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
131: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
132: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
133: Infoshop News.
134: </strong></font>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
138: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
139: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
140: </strong></font>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
143: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
144: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
145: NEPA News, PA.
146: </strong></font>
147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
149: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
150: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
151: Wired News.
152: </strong></font>
153:
1.271 deraadt 154: </ul>
155: <p>
1.272 deraadt 156: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
157: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 158: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
159: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
160: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
161: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
162: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
163: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
164: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
165: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
166: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
167: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 168: <p>
169: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 170:
171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
172: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
173: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
174: Miami Herald, FL.
175: </strong></font>
176:
177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.275 deraadt 178: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
179: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
180: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
181: </strong></font>
182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
184: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 185: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 186: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 187: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 188:
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
190: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
191: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
192: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
193: ABC News.
194: </strong></font>
195:
1.276 deraadt 196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
198: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
199: Rapid City Journal, SD
200: </strong></font>
201:
1.263 deraadt 202: </ul>
1.262 beck 203: <p>
204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 206: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
207: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 208: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 209: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 210: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 211: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
212: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
213: <p>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 216: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
217: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
218: OS News, April 18, 2003.
219: </strong></font><br>
220: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 224: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
225: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 226: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 227: </strong></font><br>
228: Another report on the DARPA funding.
229: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
230: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 234: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
235: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 236: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 237: </strong></font><br>
238: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
239: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
240: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
241: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
242: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
243: Goes on to say:
244: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
245: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
246: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
247: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 ! deraadt 248: This article is also found online at:
! 249: <ul>
! 250: <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
! 251: BusinessWeek.com</a>
! 252: <li><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">ZDnet</a>
! 253: </ul>
1.260 ian 254: <p>
1.279 ! deraadt 255:
1.260 ian 256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
257: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
258: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 259: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 260: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 261: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 262: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
263: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
264: without notice or justification.
265: <p>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
268: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
269: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 270: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 271: </strong></font><br>
272: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
273: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
274: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
275: effective today, without any warning..."
276: <p>
1.257 ian 277:
278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 279: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
280: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 281: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 282: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 283: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
284: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
285: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
286: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
287: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 291: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
292: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 293: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 294: </strong></font><br>
295: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
296: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
297: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
298: quoting two of them:
299: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
300: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
301: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
302: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
303: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
304: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
305: <p>
306:
1.255 ian 307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 308: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
309: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 310: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 311: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 312: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 313: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
314: security experts for more than three decades."
315: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
316: <p>
1.261 ian 317:
1.254 drahn 318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 319: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
320: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 321: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 322: </strong></font><br>
323: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
324: from US DARPA.
325: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
326: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
327: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
328: the BSD license.
329: <p>
330: </ul>
331:
1.251 ian 332: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
333: <ul>
334:
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
336: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
337: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 338: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 339: </strong></font><br>
340: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
341: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
342: Mentions
343: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
344: and
345: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
346: programs.
347: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
348: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
349: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
350: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
351: <p>
1.260 ian 352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
354: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
355: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
356: </strong></font><br>
357: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
358: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
359: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
360: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
361: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
362: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
363: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
364: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
365: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
366: put into service."
367: <p>
368: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
369: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
370: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
371: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
372: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
373: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
374: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
375: computers with security features."
376: <p>
1.251 ian 377: </ul>
378:
1.249 jufi 379: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
380: <ul>
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
382: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
383: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 384: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 385: </strong></font><br>
386: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
387: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
388: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
389: <p>
390: </ul>
391:
1.246 jufi 392: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 393: <ul>
1.246 jufi 394:
1.247 jufi 395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 396: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 397: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
398: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 399: </strong></font><br>
400: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
401: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
402: <p>
403:
1.247 jufi 404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 405: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 406: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
407: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 408: </strong></font><br>
409: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
410: in their annual OpenHack security test.
411: <p>
1.247 jufi 412: </ul>
1.246 jufi 413:
1.244 jufi 414: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 415: <ul>
1.246 jufi 416:
1.247 jufi 417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 418: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
419: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
420: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 421: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 422: </strong></font><br>
423: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
424: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
425: md5 digests.
426: <p>
427:
1.247 jufi 428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 429: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 430: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
431: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 432: </strong></font><br>
433: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
434: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
435: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
436: right the first time."
437: <p>
1.247 jufi 438: </ul>
1.244 jufi 439:
440:
441: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 442: <ul>
1.244 jufi 443:
1.247 jufi 444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 445: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 446: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
447: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 448: </strong></font><br>
449: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
450: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
451: part 6</a>.
452: <p>
453:
1.247 jufi 454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 455: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 456: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
457: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 458: </strong></font><br>
459: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
460: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
461: <p>
1.247 jufi 462: </ul>
1.242 jufi 463:
464: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 465: <ul>
1.242 jufi 466:
1.247 jufi 467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 468: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 469: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
470: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 471: </strong></font><br>
472: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
473: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
474: <p>
475:
1.247 jufi 476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 477: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 478: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
479: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 480: </strong></font><br>
481: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
482: this time using pf.
483: <p>
1.247 jufi 484: </ul>
1.242 jufi 485:
486: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 487: <ul>
1.242 jufi 488:
1.247 jufi 489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 490: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 491: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
492: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 493: </strong></font><br>
494: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
495: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
496: their rotation.
497: <p>
498:
1.247 jufi 499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 500: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 501: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
502: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 503: </strong></font><br>
504: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
505: <p>
1.247 jufi 506: </ul>
1.242 jufi 507:
1.239 jufi 508: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 509: <ul>
1.239 jufi 510:
1.247 jufi 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 512: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 513: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
514: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 515: </strong></font><br>
516: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
517: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
518: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
519: <p>
520:
1.247 jufi 521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 522: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 523: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
524: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 525: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 526: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
527: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
528: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 529: <p>
1.247 jufi 530: </ul>
1.239 jufi 531:
1.235 lebel 532: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 533: <ul>
1.235 lebel 534:
1.239 jufi 535:
1.247 jufi 536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 537: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 538: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
539: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 540: </strong></font><br>
541: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
542: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
543: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
544: <p>
1.247 jufi 545: </ul>
1.235 lebel 546:
1.228 horacio 547: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 548: <ul>
1.228 horacio 549:
1.247 jufi 550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 551: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 552: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
553: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 554: </strong></font><br>
555: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
556: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
557: <p>
558:
1.247 jufi 559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 560: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 561: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
562: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 563: </strong></font><br>
564: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
565: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
566: <p>
567:
1.247 jufi 568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 569: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 570: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
571: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 572: </strong></font><br>
573: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
574: on the desktop of his parents.
575: <p>
576:
1.247 jufi 577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 578: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 579: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
580: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 581: </strong></font><br>
582: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
583: using IPFilter.
584:
585: <p>
586:
1.247 jufi 587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 588: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 589: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
590: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 591: </strong></font><br>
592: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
593: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
594: perspectives of the four OS.
595: <br>
596: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 597: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 598: <p>
599:
1.247 jufi 600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 601: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
602: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 603: software and security</a>,
604: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 605: </strong></font><br>
606:
607: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
608: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
609: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
610: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
611: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
612: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
613: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
614: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
615: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
616: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
617: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
618: security conscious team beyond doubt.
619: <p>
1.247 jufi 620: </ul>
1.228 horacio 621:
1.225 horacio 622: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 623: <ul>
1.225 horacio 624:
1.247 jufi 625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 626: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
627: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 628: Interview</a>,
629: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 630: </strong></font><br>
631:
632: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
633: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
634: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 635: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 636: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
637: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
638: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
639: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
640: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 641: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 642: of choice.
643: <p>
1.247 jufi 644: </ul>
1.225 horacio 645:
646: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 647: <ul>
1.225 horacio 648:
1.247 jufi 649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 650: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 651: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
652: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 653: </strong></font><br>
654:
655: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
656: <p>
657:
1.247 jufi 658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 659: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 660: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
661: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 662: </strong></font><br>
663:
664: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
665: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
666: <p>
1.247 jufi 667: </ul>
1.225 horacio 668:
1.218 horacio 669: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 670: <ul>
1.218 horacio 671:
1.247 jufi 672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 673: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 674: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
675: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 676: </strong></font><br>
677:
678: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
679: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
680: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
681: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
682: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
683: subjects. Worth a read.
684: <p>
685:
686:
1.247 jufi 687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 688: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 689: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
690: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 691: </strong></font><br>
692:
693: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
694: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
695: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
696: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
697: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
698: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
699: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
700: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
701: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 702: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 703: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
704: on other operating systems.<br>
705: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
706: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
707: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
708: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
709: <p>
710:
1.247 jufi 711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 712: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 713: Operating System 2010</a>,
714: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 715: </strong></font><br>
716:
717: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
718: covering the level of software integration into the core
719: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
720: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
721: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
722: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
723: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
724: <p>
725:
1.247 jufi 726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 727: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 728: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
729: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 730: </strong></font><br>
731:
732: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
733: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
734: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
735: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
736: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
737: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
738: <p>
1.247 jufi 739: </ul>
1.221 horacio 740:
1.210 jufi 741: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 742: <ul>
1.215 horacio 743:
1.247 jufi 744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 745: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 746: Already a Contender</a>,
747: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 748: </strong></font><br>
749:
750: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
751: source software in response to an article which claimed that
752: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
753: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
754: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
755: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
756: <p>
757:
1.247 jufi 758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 759: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 760: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
761: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 762: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 763:
1.224 horacio 764: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
765: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
766: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
767: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
768: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
769: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 770: <p>
1.247 jufi 771: </ul>
1.215 horacio 772:
773: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 774: <ul>
1.215 horacio 775:
1.247 jufi 776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 777: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
778: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 779: Division</a>,
780: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 781: </strong></font><br>
782:
783: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
784: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 785: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 786: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
787: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
788: investment</em>.<br>
789: The implementation details can be seen on their
790: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
791: <p>
792:
1.247 jufi 793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 794: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 795: Thinking about Security</a>,
796: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 797: </strong></font><br>
798:
799: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
800: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
801: security and says that even secured operating systems running
802: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
803: to time.<br>
804: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
805: system and just the most secure system.
806: <p>
807:
1.247 jufi 808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 809: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 810: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
811: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 812: </strong></font><br>
813:
814: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
815: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
816: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
817: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
818: choice:<br>
819: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
820: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
821: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
822: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
823: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
824: network security devices and as such must be well
825: armored."</em><br>
826: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
827: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
828: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
829: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
830: <br>
831: Bravo!
832: <p>
1.247 jufi 833: </ul>
1.210 jufi 834:
1.207 ian 835: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 836: <ul>
1.215 horacio 837:
1.247 jufi 838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 839: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
840: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
841: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 842:
1.207 ian 843: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
844: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 845: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 846: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
847: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
848: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 849: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 850: <p>
1.247 jufi 851: </ul>
1.207 ian 852:
1.194 jufi 853: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 854: <ul>
1.194 jufi 855:
1.247 jufi 856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 857: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 858: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
859: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 860: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 861:
1.240 miod 862: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 863: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
864: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
865: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
866: <p>
867:
1.247 jufi 868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 869: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 870: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
871: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
872: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 873:
1.240 miod 874: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 875: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 876: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
877: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
878: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 879: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 880: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
881: <br>
882: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
883: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
884: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
885: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
886: <p>
887:
1.247 jufi 888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 889: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
890: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 891: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 892: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 893:
1.194 jufi 894: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
895: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
896: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
897: <br>
898: The new
899: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 900: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 901: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
902: <p>
1.247 jufi 903: </ul>
1.194 jufi 904:
1.190 horacio 905: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 906: <ul>
1.190 horacio 907:
1.247 jufi 908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 909:
910: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
911: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
912:
913: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
914: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
915:
916: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
917: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
918:
1.212 horacio 919: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
920: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 921: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
922:
1.211 horacio 923: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
924: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 925: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
926:
1.247 jufi 927: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 928: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
929:
1.247 jufi 930: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 931: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
932:
1.212 horacio 933: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
934: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 935: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
936:
937: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
938: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
939:
940: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
941: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
942:
943: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
944: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
945:
946: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 947: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 948:
1.192 jufi 949: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
950: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 951: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 952:
1.193 deraadt 953: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
954: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 955: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 956:
1.247 jufi 957: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 958: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
959:
1.247 jufi 960: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 961: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
962: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
963:
1.213 horacio 964: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 965: 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 966: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
967:
1.190 horacio 968: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 969: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
970: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
971: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
972: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
973: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
974: <p>
1.190 horacio 975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 977: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
978: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
979: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 980: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 981:
1.195 jufi 982: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 983: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
984: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
985: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 986: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
987: <p>
988:
1.247 jufi 989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 990: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 991: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
992: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
993: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 994:
1.191 jufi 995: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
996: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
997: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
998: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 999: <p>
1.247 jufi 1000: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1001:
1.191 jufi 1002:
1.186 jufi 1003: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1004: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1005:
1.247 jufi 1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1007: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1008: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1009: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1010: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1011:
1.188 jufi 1012: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1013: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1014: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1015: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1016: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1017: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1018: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1019: <p>
1020:
1.191 jufi 1021:
1.247 jufi 1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1023: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1024: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1025: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1026: </strong></font><br>
1027:
1028: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1029: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1030: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1031: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1032: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1033: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1034: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1035: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1036: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1037: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1038: familiar?
1039: <p>
1.247 jufi 1040: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1041:
1.178 louis 1042: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1043: <ul>
1.178 louis 1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1046: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1047: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1048: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1052: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1053: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1054: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1055: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1056: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1057: <p>
1058:
1.247 jufi 1059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1060: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1061: Open source under the hood</a>,
1062: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1063: </strong></font><br>
1064:
1065: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1066: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1067: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1068: <p>
1069:
1.247 jufi 1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1071: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1072: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1073: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1074: </strong></font><br>
1075:
1076: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1077: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1078: <p>
1.247 jufi 1079: </ul>
1.179 louis 1080:
1.174 louis 1081:
1.175 louis 1082: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1083: <ul>
1.175 louis 1084:
1.247 jufi 1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1086: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1087: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1088: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1089: </strong></font><br>
1090:
1091: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1092: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1093: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1094: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1095: <p>
1096:
1.247 jufi 1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1098: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1099: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1100: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1101: </strong></font><br>
1102:
1103: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1104: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1105: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1106: <p>
1.247 jufi 1107: </ul>
1.175 louis 1108:
1.176 louis 1109:
1.172 mickey 1110: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1111: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1112:
1.247 jufi 1113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1114: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1115: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1116: </strong></font><br>
1117:
1118: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1119: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1120: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1121: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1122: <p>
1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1125: <a
1.269 deraadt 1126: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1127: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1128: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1129: </strong></font><br>
1130:
1131: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1132: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1133: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1134: <p>
1135:
1.247 jufi 1136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1137: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1138: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1139: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1140: </strong></font><br>
1141:
1142: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1143: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1144: <p>
1145:
1.247 jufi 1146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1147: <a
1.269 deraadt 1148: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1149: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1150: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1151: </strong></font><br>
1152:
1153: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1154: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1155: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1156: our own Theo de Raadt.
1157: <p>
1158:
1.247 jufi 1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1160: <a
1.269 deraadt 1161: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1162: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1163: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1164: </strong></font><br>
1165:
1166: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1167: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1168: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1169: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1170: shut down.]
1171: <p>
1172:
1.247 jufi 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1174: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1175: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1176: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1177: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1178: </strong></font><br>
1179:
1180: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1181: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1182: <p>
1.247 jufi 1183: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1184:
1.161 louis 1185: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1186: <ul>
1.161 louis 1187:
1.247 jufi 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1189: <a
1.269 deraadt 1190: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1191: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1192: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1193: </strong></font><br>
1194:
1195: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1196: by John Wolley
1197: <p>
1198:
1.247 jufi 1199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1200: <a
1.269 deraadt 1201: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1202: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1203: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1204: </strong></font><br>
1205:
1206: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1207: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1208: OpenBSD).
1209: <p>
1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1212: <a
1.247 jufi 1213: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1214: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1215: </strong></font><br>
1216:
1217: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1218: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1219: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1220: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1221: and hindsight.
1222: <p>
1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1225: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1226: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1227: </strong></font><br>
1228:
1229: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1230: <p>
1231:
1.247 jufi 1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1233: <a
1.168 provos 1234: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1235: December 7, 2000
1236: </strong></font><br>
1237:
1238: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1239: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1240: us explain.
1241: <p>
1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1244: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1245: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1246: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1247: December 6, 2000
1248: </strong></font><br>
1249:
1250: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1251: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1252: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1253: <p>
1254:
1.247 jufi 1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1256: <a
1.226 horacio 1257: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1258: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1259: </strong></font><br>
1260:
1261: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1262: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1263: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1264: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1265: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1266: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1267: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1268: <p>
1.162 millert 1269:
1.247 jufi 1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1271: <a
1.161 louis 1272: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1273: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1274: </strong></font><br>
1275:
1276: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1277: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1278: <p>
1279:
1.247 jufi 1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1281: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1282: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1286: <p>
1287:
1288:
1.247 jufi 1289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1290: <a
1.226 horacio 1291: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1292: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1293: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1297: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1298: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1299: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1300: <p>
1.247 jufi 1301: </ul>
1.169 louis 1302:
1.158 louis 1303: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1304: <ul>
1.147 louis 1305:
1.247 jufi 1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1307: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1308: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1309: </strong></font><br>
1310:
1311: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1312: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1313: <p>
1314:
1.247 jufi 1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1316: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1317: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1318: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1319: </strong></font><br>
1320: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1321: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1322: <p>
1323:
1.247 jufi 1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1325: <a
1326: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1327: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1328: </strong></font><br>
1329:
1330: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1331: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1332: <p>
1333:
1.247 jufi 1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1335: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1336: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1337: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1338:
1.213 horacio 1339: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1340: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1341: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1342: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1343: <p>
1.215 horacio 1344:
1.247 jufi 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1346: <a
1347: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1348: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1352: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1353: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1354: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1355: much of the attitude too).
1356: <p>
1.161 louis 1357:
1.247 jufi 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1359: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1360: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1361: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1362:
1.157 louis 1363: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1364: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1365: <p>
1.247 jufi 1366: </ul>
1.157 louis 1367:
1368: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1369: <ul>
1.157 louis 1370:
1.247 jufi 1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1372: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1373: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1374: </strong></font><br>
1375:
1376: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1377: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1378: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1379: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1380: <p>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1383: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1384: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1385: </strong></font><br>
1386:
1387: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1388: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1389: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1390: it because they love coding...
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1394: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1395: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1399: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1400: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1401: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1402: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1403: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1404: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1405: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1406: <p>
1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1409: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1410: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1411: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1415: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1416: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1417: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1418: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1419: the pizza.
1420: <p>
1421:
1.247 jufi 1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1423: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1424: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1425: </strong></font><br>
1426:
1427: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1428: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1429: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1430: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1431: problems.
1432: <p>
1433:
1.247 jufi 1434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1435: <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 1436: </strong></font><br>
1437:
1.222 miod 1438: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1439: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1440: - whether they like it or not.
1441: <p>
1442:
1.247 jufi 1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1444: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1445: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1446: </strong></font><br>
1447:
1448: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1449: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1450: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1451: <p>
1.148 aaron 1452:
1.247 jufi 1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1454: <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 1455: </strong></font><br>
1456:
1457: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1458: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1459: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1460: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1461: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1462: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1463: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1464: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1465: <p>
1466:
1.247 jufi 1467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1468: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1469: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1470: </strong></font><br>
1471:
1472: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1473: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1474: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1475: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1476: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1477: <p>
1.247 jufi 1478: </ul>
1.147 louis 1479:
1.138 louis 1480: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1481: <ul>
1.138 louis 1482:
1.247 jufi 1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1484: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1485: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1486: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1487: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1488: </strong></font><br>
1489:
1.227 horacio 1490: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1491: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1492: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1493: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1494: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1495: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1496: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1497: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1498: <p>
1499:
1.247 jufi 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1501: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1502: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1503: </strong></font><br>
1504:
1505: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1506: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1507: groups, and even Linux.
1508: <p>
1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1511: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1512: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1513: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1514: </strong></font><br>
1515:
1516: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1517: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1518: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1519: library after installing the OS.
1520: <p>
1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1523: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1524: Sys Admin, September 2000
1525: </strong></font><br>
1526:
1527: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1528: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1529: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1530: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1531: (<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>,
1532: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1533: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1534: <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 1535: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1536: out of the system.
1537: <p>
1538:
1.247 jufi 1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1540: <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
1541: </strong></font><br>
1542:
1543: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1544: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1545: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1546: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1547: the IP filtering and address translation.
1548: <p>
1.247 jufi 1549: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1550:
1.131 louis 1551: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1552: <ul>
1.131 louis 1553:
1.247 jufi 1554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1555: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1556: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1557: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1558: </strong></font><br>
1559:
1560: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1561: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1562: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1563: <p>
1564:
1.247 jufi 1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1566: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1567: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1568: </strong></font><br>
1569:
1570: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1571: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1572: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1573: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1574: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1575: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1576: note of"</i>.
1577: <p>
1578:
1.247 jufi 1579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1580: <a
1.247 jufi 1581: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1582: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1583: </strong></font><br>
1584:
1585: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1586: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1587: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1588: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1589: <p>
1590:
1.247 jufi 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1592: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1593: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1594: </strong></font><br>
1595:
1596: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1597: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1598: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1599: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1600: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1601: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1602: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1603: <p>
1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1606: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1607: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1608: 2000
1609: </strong></font><br>
1610:
1611: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1612: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1613: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1614: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1615: against current industry practices.
1616: <p>
1617:
1.247 jufi 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1619: <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
1620: </strong></font><br>
1621:
1622: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1623: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1624: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1625: <p>
1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1628: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1629: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1630: </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1633: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1634: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1635: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1636: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1637: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1638: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1639: <p>
1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1642: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1643: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1644: </strong></font><br>
1645:
1646: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1647: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1648: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1649: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1650: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1651: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1652: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1653: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1654: <p>
1.247 jufi 1655: </ul>
1.131 louis 1656:
1.118 louis 1657: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1658: <ul>
1.118 louis 1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1661: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1662: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1663: </strong></font><br>
1664:
1665: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1666: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1667: about time. The article mentions that
1668: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1669: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1670: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1671: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1672: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1673: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1674: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1675: <p>
1676:
1.247 jufi 1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1678: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1679: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1680: </strong></font><br>
1681:
1682: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1683: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1684: of OpenSSH.
1685: <p>
1686:
1.247 jufi 1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1688: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1689: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1690: </strong></font><br>
1691:
1692: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1693: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1694: bridging.
1695: <p>
1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1698: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1699: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1700: </strong></font><br>
1701:
1.121 deraadt 1702: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1703: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1704: <p>
1705:
1.247 jufi 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1707: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1708: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1709: </strong></font><br>
1710:
1711: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1712: <p>
1713:
1.247 jufi 1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1715: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1716: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1717: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1718: </strong></font><br>
1719:
1.120 deraadt 1720: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1721: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1722: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1723: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1724: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1725: <p>
1726:
1.247 jufi 1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1728: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1729: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1730: </strong></font><br>
1731:
1.222 miod 1732: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1733: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1734: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1735: protocols and their quirks.
1736: <p>
1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1739: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1740: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1741: </strong></font><br>
1742:
1743: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1744: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1745: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1746: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1747: <p>
1748:
1.247 jufi 1749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1750: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1751: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1752: </strong></font><br>
1753:
1754: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1755: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1756: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1757: <p>
1758:
1.247 jufi 1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1760: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1761: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1762: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1763: </strong></font><br>
1764:
1765: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1766: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1767: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1768: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1769: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1770: <p>
1.247 jufi 1771: </ul>
1.118 louis 1772:
1.104 louis 1773: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1774: <ul>
1.104 louis 1775:
1.247 jufi 1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1777: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1778: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1779: </strong></font><br>
1780:
1781: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1782: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1783: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1784: be a bit dry.
1785: <p>
1786:
1.247 jufi 1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1788: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1789: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1790: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1791: </strong></font><br>
1792: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1793: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1794: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1795: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1796: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1797: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1798: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1799: <p>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1802: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1803: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1804: 2000
1.128 louis 1805: </strong></font><br>
1806:
1807: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1808: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1809: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1810: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1811: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1812: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1816: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1817: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1818: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1819:
1820: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1821: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1822: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1823: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1824: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1825: <p>
1.110 louis 1826:
1.247 jufi 1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1828: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1829: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1830: </strong></font><br>
1831:
1832: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1833: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1834: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1835: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1836: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1837: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1838: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1839: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1840: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1841: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1842: <p>
1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1845: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1846: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1847:
1848: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1849: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1850: <p>
1.108 louis 1851:
1.247 jufi 1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1853: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1854: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1855: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1856:
1857: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1858: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1859: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1860: <p>
1.106 louis 1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1863: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1864: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1865: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1866:
1867: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1868: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1869: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1870: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1871: <p>
1.107 louis 1872:
1.247 jufi 1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1874: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1875: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1876: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1877:
1878: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1879: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1880: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1881: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1882: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1883: <p>
1.105 louis 1884:
1.247 jufi 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1886: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1887: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1888: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1889:
1.113 naddy 1890: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1891: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1892: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1893: <p>
1.104 louis 1894:
1.247 jufi 1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1896: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1897: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1898: </strong></font><br>
1899:
1900: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1901: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1902: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1903: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1904: <p>
1.247 jufi 1905: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1906:
1.85 louis 1907: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1908: <ul>
1.85 louis 1909:
1.247 jufi 1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1911: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1912: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1913: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1914:
1915: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1916: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1917: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1918: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1919: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1920: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1921: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1922: <p>
1.99 louis 1923:
1.247 jufi 1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1925: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1926: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1927: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1928:
1929: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1930: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1931: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1932: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1933: <p>
1.100 louis 1934:
1.247 jufi 1935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1936: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1937: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1938: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1939:
1940: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1941: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1942: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1943: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1944: <p>
1.95 louis 1945:
1.247 jufi 1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1947: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1948: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1949: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1950:
1951: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1952: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1953: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1954: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1955: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1956: <p>
1.92 louis 1957:
1.247 jufi 1958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1959: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1960: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1961: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1962:
1963: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1964: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
1965: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
1966: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
1967: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
1968: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 1969: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 1970: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 1971: <p>
1.91 louis 1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1974: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
1975: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 1976: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 1977:
1978: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
1979: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
1980: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
1981: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
1982: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
1983: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
1984: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
1985: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
1986: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 1987: <p>
1.90 louis 1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1990: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
1991: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
1994: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
1995: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
1996: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
1997: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
1998: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
1999: <p>
2000:
1.247 jufi 2001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2002: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2003: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2004: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2005:
1.113 naddy 2006: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2007: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2008: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2009: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2010: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2011: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2012: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2013: <p>
1.87 louis 2014:
1.247 jufi 2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2016: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2017: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2018: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2019:
2020: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2021: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2022: <p>
1.85 louis 2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2025: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2026: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2027: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2028:
2029: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2030: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2031: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2032: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2033: <p>
1.89 louis 2034:
1.247 jufi 2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2036: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2037: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2038: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2039:
2040: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2041: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2042: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2043: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2044: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2045: </ul>
1.85 louis 2046:
1.78 deraadt 2047: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2048: <ul>
1.74 louis 2049:
1.247 jufi 2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2051: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2052: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2053: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2054: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2055:
2056: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2057: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2058: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2059: <p>
1.83 louis 2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2062: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2063: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2065:
2066: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2067: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2068: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2069: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2070: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2071: <p>
1.93 louis 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2074: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2075: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2076: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2077: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2078:
1.83 louis 2079: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2080: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2081: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2082: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2083: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2084: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2085: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2086: <p>
1.82 aaron 2087:
1.247 jufi 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2089: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2090: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2091: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2092:
1.83 louis 2093: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2094: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2095: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2096: <p>
1.80 louis 2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2099: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2100: Bad Press</a>,
2101: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2102: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2103:
2104: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2105: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2106: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2107: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2108: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2109: <p>
1.247 jufi 2110: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2111:
2112: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2113: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2114:
1.247 jufi 2115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2116: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2117: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2118: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2119: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2120:
2121: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2122: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2123: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2124: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2125: <p>
1.74 louis 2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2128: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2129: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2130: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2131:
1.219 horacio 2132: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2133: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2134: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2135: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2136: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2137: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2138: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2139: <p>
1.88 louis 2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2142: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2143: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2144: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2145:
2146: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2147: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2148: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2149: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2150: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2151: <p>
1.81 louis 2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2154: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2155: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2156: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2157:
2158: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2159: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2160: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2161: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2162: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2163: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2164: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2165: <p>
1.90 louis 2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2168: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2169: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2170: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2171:
2172: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2173: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2174: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2175: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2176: <p>
1.247 jufi 2177: </ul>
1.71 louis 2178:
1.69 deraadt 2179: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2180: <ul>
1.70 louis 2181:
1.247 jufi 2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2183: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2184: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2185: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2186:
2187: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2188: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2189: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2190: <p>
1.70 louis 2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2193: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2194: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2196:
2197: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2198: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2199: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2200: <p>
1.68 louis 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2203: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2204: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2205: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2206: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2207:
1.111 jufi 2208: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2209: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2210: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2211: "secure by default" installation.
2212: <p>
1.64 louis 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2215: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2216: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2217: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2218:
1.113 naddy 2219: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2220: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2221: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2222: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2223: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2224: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2225: <p>
1.66 louis 2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2228: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2229: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2230: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2231:
2232: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2233: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2234: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2235: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2236: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2237: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2238: <p>
1.83 louis 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2241: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2242: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2243: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2244:
2245: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2246: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2247: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2248: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2249: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2250: <p>
1.64 louis 2251:
1.247 jufi 2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2253: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2254: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2255: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2256:
2257: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2258: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2259: <p>
1.247 jufi 2260: </ul>
1.65 louis 2261:
1.69 deraadt 2262: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2263: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2266: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2267: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2269:
2270: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2271: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2272: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2273: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2274: <p>
1.88 louis 2275:
1.247 jufi 2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2277: <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 2278: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2279:
2280: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2281: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2282: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2283: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2284: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2285: <p>
1.60 louis 2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2288: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2289: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2290: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2292:
2293: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2294: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2295: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2296: <p>
1.58 louis 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2299: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2300: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2301:
2302: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2303: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2304: <p>
1.53 louis 2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2307: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2308: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2309: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2310:
2311: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2312: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2313: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.99 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2317: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2318: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2319:
2320: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2321: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2322: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2323: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2324: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2327: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2328: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2329: </strong></font><br>
2330:
2331: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2332: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2333: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2334: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2335: <p>
2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2338: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2339: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2340: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2341:
2342: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2343: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2344: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2345:
1.247 jufi 2346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2347: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2348: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2349:
2350: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2351: in
1.247 jufi 2352: <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 2353: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2354: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2355: <p>
1.53 louis 2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2358: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2359: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2360: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2361: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2362:
1.58 louis 2363: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2364: <p>
1.247 jufi 2365: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2366:
1.69 deraadt 2367: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2368: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2371: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2372: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2373: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2374: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2375:
1.58 louis 2376: Kurt Seifried
2377: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2378: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2379: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2380: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2383: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2384: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2385: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2386:
2387: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2388: <p>
1.96 louis 2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2391: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2392: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2393: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2394:
2395: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2396: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2397: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2398: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2399: <p>
1.247 jufi 2400: </ul>
1.86 louis 2401:
1.69 deraadt 2402: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2403: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2406: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2407: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2408: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2409:
2410: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2411: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2412: <p>
1.61 louis 2413:
1.247 jufi 2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2415: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2416: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2417: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2418: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2419:
2420: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2421: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2422: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2423: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2424: right -- or at least strives to".
2425: <p>
1.48 louis 2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2428: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2429: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2430: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2431: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2432: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2433: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2434: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.61 louis 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <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 2438: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2440:
2441: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2442: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2443: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2444: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2445: <p>
1.46 louis 2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2448: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2449: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2450: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2451:
2452: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2453: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2454: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2457: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2458: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2459: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2460:
2461: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2462: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2463: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2464: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2465: <p>
1.247 jufi 2466: </ul>
1.70 louis 2467:
1.69 deraadt 2468: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2469: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2472: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2473: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2474: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2475: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2476:
2477: Kurt Seifried
2478: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2479: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2480: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2481: <p>
1.44 philen 2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <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 2484: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2485: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2486:
2487: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2488: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2489:
1.247 jufi 2490: <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 2491: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2492: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2493:
2494: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2495: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2496:
1.247 jufi 2497: <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 2498: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2499: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2500:
2501: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2502: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2503: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2504: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2505: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2506:
1.247 jufi 2507: <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 2508: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2510:
1.36 louis 2511: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2512: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2513:
1.247 jufi 2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2515: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2516: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2517: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2518:
2519: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2520: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2521: </ul>
1.38 louis 2522:
1.69 deraadt 2523: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2524: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <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 2527: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2528: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2529:
2530: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2531: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2532: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2533:
1.113 naddy 2534: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2535: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2536: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2537: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2538:
2539: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2540: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2541: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2542: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2543: <blockquote>
2544: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2545: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2546: <br>
2547: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2548: </code>
2549: </blockquote>
2550: <p>
2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2553: <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>
2554: <p>
2555:
2556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2557: <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 2558: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2559:
2560: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2561: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2562: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2563: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2564:
1.247 jufi 2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2566: <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 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2568:
2569: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2570: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2571: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2572: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2573: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2574: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2575: <p>
1.19 louis 2576:
1.113 naddy 2577: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2578: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2579: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2580:
2581: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2582: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2583: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2584: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2585: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2586: <p>
1.16 louis 2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2589: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2590: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2591: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2592:
1.57 louis 2593: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2594: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2595: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2596: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2599: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2600: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2602:
1.113 naddy 2603: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2604:
1.247 jufi 2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2606: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2607: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2608: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2609:
1.23 louis 2610: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2611: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2612: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2613: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2614: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2615: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2618: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2619: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2620: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2621:
1.199 pvalchev 2622: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2623: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2624: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2625: installation.
1.113 naddy 2626: <p>
1.47 louis 2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2629: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2630: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2631: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2632:
2633: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2634: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2635: </ul>
1.57 louis 2636:
1.69 deraadt 2637: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2638: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2641: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2642: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2643: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2644:
2645: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2646: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2647: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2648: <p>
1.12 louis 2649:
1.247 jufi 2650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2651: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2652: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2653: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2654:
2655: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2656: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2657: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2658: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2659: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2660: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2661: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2662: <p>
1.247 jufi 2663: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2664:
1.69 deraadt 2665: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2666: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2669: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2670: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2671:
2672: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2673: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2674: available."
1.113 naddy 2675: <p>
1.247 jufi 2676: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2677:
1.69 deraadt 2678: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2679: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2682: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2683: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2684:
2685: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2686: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2687: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2688: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2689: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2690: <p>
1.33 louis 2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2693: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2694: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2695: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2696:
1.113 naddy 2697: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2698: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2699: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2700: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2701: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2702: <p>
1.247 jufi 2703: </ul>
1.57 louis 2704:
1.69 deraadt 2705: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2706: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2707:
1.247 jufi 2708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2709: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2710: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2711: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2712:
2713: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2714: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2715: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2718: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2719: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2720: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2721: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2722:
2723: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2724: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2727: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2728:
1.113 naddy 2729: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2730:
1.247 jufi 2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2732: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2733: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2734: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2735:
2736: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2737: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2738: </ul>
1.23 louis 2739:
1.69 deraadt 2740: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2741: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2744: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2745: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2746:
2747: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2748: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2749: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2752: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2753: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2754: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2755:
2756: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2757: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2758: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2759: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2760: </ul>
1.57 louis 2761:
1.69 deraadt 2762: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2763: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2764:
1.247 jufi 2765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2766: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2767: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2768: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2769:
2770: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2771: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2772: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2773: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2774: <p>
1.15 louis 2775:
1.247 jufi 2776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2777: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2778: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2779: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2780:
2781: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2782: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2783: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2784: columns."
1.113 naddy 2785: <p>
1.247 jufi 2786: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2787:
1.69 deraadt 2788: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2789: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2792: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2793: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2794: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2795:
2796: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2797: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2798:
1.113 naddy 2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2800: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2801: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2802:
2803: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2804: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2805: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2806: </ul>
1.57 louis 2807:
1.69 deraadt 2808: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2809: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2810:
1.113 naddy 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2812: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2813: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2814: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2815:
1.222 miod 2816: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2817: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2818: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2819: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2820: <p>
1.247 jufi 2821: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2822:
1.69 deraadt 2823: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2824: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2827: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2828: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2829:
1.69 deraadt 2830: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2831: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2832: <p>
1.247 jufi 2833: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2834:
1.69 deraadt 2835: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2836: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2837:
1.247 jufi 2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2839: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2840: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2841: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2842:
2843: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2844: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2845: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2846:
1.247 jufi 2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2848: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2849: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2850: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2851: <p>
1.247 jufi 2852: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2853:
1.69 deraadt 2854: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2855: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2856:
1.247 jufi 2857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2858: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2859: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2860: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2861: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2862: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2863:
2864: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2865: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2866: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2867: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2868: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2869: <p>
1.247 jufi 2870: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2871:
2872: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2873: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2874:
1.247 jufi 2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2876: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2877: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2878:
1.69 deraadt 2879: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2880: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2881: <p>
1.112 naddy 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2884: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2885:
1.113 naddy 2886: <hr>
2887: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2888: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2889:
1.200 niklas 2890: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2891:
1.247 jufi 2892: <ul>
2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2894: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2895: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2896:
2897: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2898: <p>
2899:
1.247 jufi 2900: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2901:
2902: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2903:
1.247 jufi 2904: <ul>
2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2906: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2907: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2908:
2909: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2910: <p>
2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2913: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2914: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2915:
2916: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2917: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2918: <p>
2919:
1.247 jufi 2920: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2921:
2922: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <ul>
2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2926: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2927: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2928:
2929: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2930: <p>
2931:
1.247 jufi 2932: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2933:
1.102 niklas 2934: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <ul>
2937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2938: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2939: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2940:
2941: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2942: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2943: <p>
1.102 niklas 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2946:
1.84 niklas 2947: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <ul>
2950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2951: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2952: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2953:
2954: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2955: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2956: <p>
1.84 niklas 2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2959:
1.69 deraadt 2960: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <ul>
2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2964: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 2965: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2966:
1.222 miod 2967: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 2968: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
2969: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 2970: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2973: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 2974: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 2975: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 2976: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2977:
1.20 louis 2978: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
2979: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 2980: explains the licensing issues and points to our
2981: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 2982: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2985:
1.113 naddy 2986: <hr>
1.202 jufi 2987: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 2988: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 2989:
2990:
2991: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 2992: <ul>
1.202 jufi 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 2995: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
2996: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
2997:
2998: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
2999: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3000: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3001:
3002: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3003: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3006:
3007:
1.170 louis 3008: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3009: <ul>
1.170 louis 3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3012: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3013: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3014: </strong></font><br>
3015:
3016: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3017: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3018: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3019: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3020: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3021: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3022: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3023: <p>
1.247 jufi 3024: </ul>
1.170 louis 3025:
1.69 deraadt 3026: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3027: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3028:
1.247 jufi 3029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3030: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3031: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3032: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3033:
3034: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3035: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3036: translating and reprinting articles from
3037: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3038: <p>
1.247 jufi 3039: </ul>
1.20 louis 3040:
1.113 naddy 3041: <hr>
3042: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3043: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3044:
1.246 jufi 3045: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3046: <ul>
3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3048: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3049: December 04, 2002
3050: </strong></font><br>
3051: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3052: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3053: <p>
1.247 jufi 3054: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3055:
1.151 louis 3056: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3057: <ul>
1.151 louis 3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3060: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3064: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3065: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3066: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3067: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3068: <p>
1.247 jufi 3069: </ul>
1.151 louis 3070:
1.72 louis 3071: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3072: <ul>
1.72 louis 3073:
1.247 jufi 3074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3075: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3076: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3077: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3078:
1.101 jufi 3079: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3080: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3081: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3082: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3083: Giving way to
3084: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3085: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3086: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3087: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3088: <p>
1.247 jufi 3089: </ul>
1.72 louis 3090:
1.69 deraadt 3091: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3092: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3095: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3096: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3097: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3098:
3099: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3100: <p>
1.247 jufi 3101: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3102:
1.50 louis 3103:
1.113 naddy 3104: <hr>
3105: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3106: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3107:
1.69 deraadt 3108: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3109: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3110:
1.247 jufi 3111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3112: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3113: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3114: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3115:
3116: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3117: <p>
1.247 jufi 3118: </ul>
1.62 form 3119:
1.69 deraadt 3120: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3121: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3124: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3125: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3127:
1.59 form 3128: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3129: <p>
1.112 naddy 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3132:
1.113 naddy 3133: <hr>
3134: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3135: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3136: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3137:
1.247 jufi 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3139: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3140: Radio, August 2, 2000
3141: </strong></font><br>
3142:
3143: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3144: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3145: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3146: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3147: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3148: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3149: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3150: <p>
3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3153: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3154: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3155: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3156: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3157:
3158: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3159: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3160: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3161: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3162: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3163: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3164: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3165: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3166: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3167: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3168: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3169: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3170: <p>
1.247 jufi 3171: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3172:
1.113 naddy 3173: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3174: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3175: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3176:
3177: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3178: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3179:
1.247 jufi 3180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3181: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3182: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3183: </strong></font><br>
3184:
3185: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3186: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3187: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3188: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3189: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3190: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3191: A
1.216 horacio 3192: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3193: <p>
1.247 jufi 3194: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3195:
1.252 miod 3196: <hr>
3197: <a name=fr></a>
3198: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3199:
3200: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3201: <ul>
3202:
3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3204: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3205: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3206: </strong></font><br>
3207:
3208: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3209: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3210: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3211: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3212: <p>
3213: </ul>
3214:
1.216 horacio 3215:
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