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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>
1.288 ! jose 39: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
! 40: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
! 41: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
! 42: </strong></font></br>
! 43: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
! 44: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
! 45: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
! 46: the upcoming Calgary Hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
! 47: grant.
! 48: <p>
! 49:
! 50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 51: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
52: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
53: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
54: </strong></font></br>
55: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
56: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
57: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
58: <p>
59:
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 61: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
62: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 63: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 64: </strong></font><br>
65: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
66: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
67: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
68: american century.
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 72: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
73: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 74: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 75: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 76: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
77: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
78: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
79: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
80: Can also be found online at:
81: <ul>
82: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
83: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 84: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.267 deraadt 85: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 86: <p>
87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 89: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
90: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 91: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 92: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 93: </strong></font><br>
94: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 95: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
96: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
97: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
98: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
101: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
102: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
103: New York Times.
104: </strong></font>(free registration required)
105:
1.273 deraadt 106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
107: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 108: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 109: ABC News.
110: </strong></font>
111:
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
113: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
114: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 115: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 116: </strong></font>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
119: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 120: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 121: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 122: </strong></font>
123:
124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 125: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
126: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 127: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 128: </strong></font>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 131: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 132: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 133: Times Daily, AL.
134: </strong></font>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
138: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
139: Boston.com, MA.
140: </strong></font>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
143: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 144: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 145: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
146: </strong></font>
147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 149: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
150: [Article was pulled]</a>
151: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 152: </strong></font>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
155: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
156: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
157: Infoshop News.
158: </strong></font>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
161: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
162: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
163: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
164: </strong></font>
165:
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
167: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
168: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
169: NEPA News, PA.
170: </strong></font>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
173: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
174: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
175: Wired News.
176: </strong></font>
177:
1.271 deraadt 178: </ul>
179: <p>
1.272 deraadt 180: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
181: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 182: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
183: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
184: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
185: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
186: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
187: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
188: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
189: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
190: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
191: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 192: <p>
193: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 194:
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 196: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
197: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
198: Indianapolis Star, IN.
199: </strong></font>
200:
201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 202: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
203: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
204: Miami Herald, FL.
205: </strong></font>
206:
207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 208: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 209: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
210: </strong></font>
211:
212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
213: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 214: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 215: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 216: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 217:
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
219: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
220: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
221: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
222: ABC News.
223: </strong></font>
224:
1.276 deraadt 225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
226: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
227: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 228: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 229: </strong></font>
230:
1.286 dhartmei 231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
232: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
233: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
234: Wilmington Star, NC.
235: </strong></font>
236:
1.263 deraadt 237: </ul>
1.262 beck 238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 241: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
242: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 243: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 244: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 245: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 246: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
247: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
248: <p>
249:
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 251: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
252: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
253: OS News, April 18, 2003.
254: </strong></font><br>
255: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 259: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
260: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 261: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 262: </strong></font><br>
263: Another report on the DARPA funding.
264: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
265: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 269: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
270: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 271: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 272: </strong></font><br>
273: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
274: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
275: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
276: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
277: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
278: Goes on to say:
279: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
280: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
281: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
282: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 283: This article is also found online at:
284: <ul>
285: <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
286: BusinessWeek.com</a>
287: <li><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">ZDnet</a>
288: </ul>
1.260 ian 289: <p>
1.279 deraadt 290:
1.260 ian 291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
292: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
293: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 294: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 295: </strong></font><br>
1.265 deraadt 296: SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 297: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
298: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
299: without notice or justification.
300: <p>
301:
302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
304: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 305: MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 306: </strong></font><br>
307: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
308: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
309: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
310: effective today, without any warning..."
311: <p>
1.257 ian 312:
313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 314: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
315: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 316: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 317: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 318: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
319: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
320: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
321: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
322: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 326: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
327: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 328: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 329: </strong></font><br>
330: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
331: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
332: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
333: quoting two of them:
334: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
335: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
336: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
337: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
338: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
339: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
340: <p>
341:
1.255 ian 342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 343: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
344: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 345: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 346: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 347: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 348: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
349: security experts for more than three decades."
350: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
351: <p>
1.261 ian 352:
1.254 drahn 353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 354: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
355: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 356: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 357: </strong></font><br>
358: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
359: from US DARPA.
360: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
361: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
362: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
363: the BSD license.
364: <p>
365: </ul>
366:
1.251 ian 367: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
368: <ul>
369:
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
371: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
372: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 373: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 374: </strong></font><br>
375: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
376: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
377: Mentions
378: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
379: and
380: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
381: programs.
382: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
383: goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
384: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
385: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
386: <p>
1.260 ian 387:
388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
389: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
390: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
391: </strong></font><br>
392: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
393: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
394: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
395: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
396: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
397: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
398: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
399: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
400: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
401: put into service."
402: <p>
403: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
404: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
405: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
406: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
407: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
408: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
409: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
410: computers with security features."
411: <p>
1.251 ian 412: </ul>
413:
1.249 jufi 414: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
415: <ul>
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
417: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
418: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 419: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 420: </strong></font><br>
421: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
422: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
423: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics.
424: <p>
425: </ul>
426:
1.246 jufi 427: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 428: <ul>
1.246 jufi 429:
1.247 jufi 430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 431: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 432: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
433: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 434: </strong></font><br>
435: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
436: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
437: <p>
438:
1.247 jufi 439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 440: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 441: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
442: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 443: </strong></font><br>
444: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
445: in their annual OpenHack security test.
446: <p>
1.247 jufi 447: </ul>
1.246 jufi 448:
1.244 jufi 449: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 450: <ul>
1.246 jufi 451:
1.247 jufi 452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 453: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
454: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
455: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 456: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 457: </strong></font><br>
458: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
459: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
460: md5 digests.
461: <p>
462:
1.247 jufi 463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 464: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 465: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
466: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 467: </strong></font><br>
468: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
469: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
470: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
471: right the first time."
472: <p>
1.247 jufi 473: </ul>
1.244 jufi 474:
475:
476: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 477: <ul>
1.244 jufi 478:
1.247 jufi 479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 480: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 481: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
482: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 483: </strong></font><br>
484: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
485: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
486: part 6</a>.
487: <p>
488:
1.247 jufi 489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 490: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 491: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
492: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 493: </strong></font><br>
494: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
495: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
496: <p>
1.247 jufi 497: </ul>
1.242 jufi 498:
499: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 500: <ul>
1.242 jufi 501:
1.247 jufi 502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 503: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 504: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
505: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 506: </strong></font><br>
507: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
508: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
509: <p>
510:
1.247 jufi 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 512: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 513: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
514: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 515: </strong></font><br>
516: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
517: this time using pf.
518: <p>
1.247 jufi 519: </ul>
1.242 jufi 520:
521: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 522: <ul>
1.242 jufi 523:
1.247 jufi 524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 525: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 526: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
527: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 528: </strong></font><br>
529: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
530: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
531: their rotation.
532: <p>
533:
1.247 jufi 534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 536: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
537: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 538: </strong></font><br>
539: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
540: <p>
1.247 jufi 541: </ul>
1.242 jufi 542:
1.239 jufi 543: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 544: <ul>
1.239 jufi 545:
1.247 jufi 546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 547: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 548: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
549: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 550: </strong></font><br>
551: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
552: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
553: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
554: <p>
555:
1.247 jufi 556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 557: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 558: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
559: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 560: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 561: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
562: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
563: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 564: <p>
1.247 jufi 565: </ul>
1.239 jufi 566:
1.235 lebel 567: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 568: <ul>
1.235 lebel 569:
1.239 jufi 570:
1.247 jufi 571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 572: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 573: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
574: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 575: </strong></font><br>
576: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
577: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
578: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
579: <p>
1.247 jufi 580: </ul>
1.235 lebel 581:
1.228 horacio 582: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 583: <ul>
1.228 horacio 584:
1.247 jufi 585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 586: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 587: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
588: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 589: </strong></font><br>
590: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
591: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
592: <p>
593:
1.247 jufi 594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 595: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 596: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
597: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 598: </strong></font><br>
599: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
600: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
601: <p>
602:
1.247 jufi 603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 604: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 605: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
606: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 607: </strong></font><br>
608: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
609: on the desktop of his parents.
610: <p>
611:
1.247 jufi 612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 613: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 614: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
615: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 616: </strong></font><br>
617: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
618: using IPFilter.
619:
620: <p>
621:
1.247 jufi 622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 623: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 624: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
625: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 626: </strong></font><br>
627: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
628: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
629: perspectives of the four OS.
630: <br>
631: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 632: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 633: <p>
634:
1.247 jufi 635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 636: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
637: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 638: software and security</a>,
639: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 640: </strong></font><br>
641:
642: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
643: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
644: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
645: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
646: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
647: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
648: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
649: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
650: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
651: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
652: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
653: security conscious team beyond doubt.
654: <p>
1.247 jufi 655: </ul>
1.228 horacio 656:
1.225 horacio 657: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 658: <ul>
1.225 horacio 659:
1.247 jufi 660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 661: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
662: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 663: Interview</a>,
664: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 665: </strong></font><br>
666:
667: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
668: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
669: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 670: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 671: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
672: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
673: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
674: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
675: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 676: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 677: of choice.
678: <p>
1.247 jufi 679: </ul>
1.225 horacio 680:
681: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 682: <ul>
1.225 horacio 683:
1.247 jufi 684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 685: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 686: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
687: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 688: </strong></font><br>
689:
690: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
691: <p>
692:
1.247 jufi 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 694: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 695: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
696: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 697: </strong></font><br>
698:
699: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
700: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
701: <p>
1.247 jufi 702: </ul>
1.225 horacio 703:
1.218 horacio 704: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 705: <ul>
1.218 horacio 706:
1.247 jufi 707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 708: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 709: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
710: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 711: </strong></font><br>
712:
713: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
714: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
715: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
716: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
717: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
718: subjects. Worth a read.
719: <p>
720:
721:
1.247 jufi 722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 723: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 724: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
725: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 726: </strong></font><br>
727:
728: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
729: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
730: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
731: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
732: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
733: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
734: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
735: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
736: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 737: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 738: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
739: on other operating systems.<br>
740: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
741: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
742: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
743: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
744: <p>
745:
1.247 jufi 746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 747: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 748: Operating System 2010</a>,
749: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 750: </strong></font><br>
751:
752: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
753: covering the level of software integration into the core
754: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
755: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
756: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
757: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
758: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
759: <p>
760:
1.247 jufi 761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 762: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 763: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
764: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 765: </strong></font><br>
766:
767: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
768: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
769: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
770: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
771: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
772: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
773: <p>
1.247 jufi 774: </ul>
1.221 horacio 775:
1.210 jufi 776: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 777: <ul>
1.215 horacio 778:
1.247 jufi 779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 780: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 781: Already a Contender</a>,
782: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 783: </strong></font><br>
784:
785: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
786: source software in response to an article which claimed that
787: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
788: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
789: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
790: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
791: <p>
792:
1.247 jufi 793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 794: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 795: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
796: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 797: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 798:
1.224 horacio 799: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
800: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
801: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
802: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
803: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
804: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 805: <p>
1.247 jufi 806: </ul>
1.215 horacio 807:
808: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 809: <ul>
1.215 horacio 810:
1.247 jufi 811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 812: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
813: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 814: Division</a>,
815: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 816: </strong></font><br>
817:
818: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
819: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 820: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 821: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
822: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
823: investment</em>.<br>
824: The implementation details can be seen on their
825: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
826: <p>
827:
1.247 jufi 828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 829: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 830: Thinking about Security</a>,
831: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 832: </strong></font><br>
833:
834: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
835: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
836: security and says that even secured operating systems running
837: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
838: to time.<br>
839: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
840: system and just the most secure system.
841: <p>
842:
1.247 jufi 843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 844: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 845: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
846: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 847: </strong></font><br>
848:
849: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
850: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
851: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
852: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
853: choice:<br>
854: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
855: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
856: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
857: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
858: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
859: network security devices and as such must be well
860: armored."</em><br>
861: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
862: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
863: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
864: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
865: <br>
866: Bravo!
867: <p>
1.247 jufi 868: </ul>
1.210 jufi 869:
1.207 ian 870: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 871: <ul>
1.215 horacio 872:
1.247 jufi 873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 874: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
875: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
876: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 877:
1.207 ian 878: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
879: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 880: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 881: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
882: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
883: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 884: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 885: <p>
1.247 jufi 886: </ul>
1.207 ian 887:
1.194 jufi 888: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 889: <ul>
1.194 jufi 890:
1.247 jufi 891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 892: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 893: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
894: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 895: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 896:
1.240 miod 897: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 898: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
899: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
900: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
901: <p>
902:
1.247 jufi 903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 904: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 905: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
906: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
907: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 908:
1.240 miod 909: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 910: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 911: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
912: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
913: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 914: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 915: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
916: <br>
917: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
918: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
919: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
920: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
921: <p>
922:
1.247 jufi 923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 924: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
925: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 926: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 927: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 928:
1.194 jufi 929: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
930: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
931: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
932: <br>
933: The new
934: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 935: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 936: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
937: <p>
1.247 jufi 938: </ul>
1.194 jufi 939:
1.190 horacio 940: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 941: <ul>
1.190 horacio 942:
1.247 jufi 943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 944:
945: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
946: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
947:
948: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
949: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
950:
951: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
952: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
953:
1.212 horacio 954: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
955: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 956: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
957:
1.211 horacio 958: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
959: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 960: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
961:
1.247 jufi 962: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 963: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
964:
1.247 jufi 965: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 966: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
967:
1.212 horacio 968: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
969: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 970: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
971:
972: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
973: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
974:
975: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
976: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
977:
978: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
979: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
980:
981: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 982: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 983:
1.192 jufi 984: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
985: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 986: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 987:
1.193 deraadt 988: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
989: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 990: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 991:
1.247 jufi 992: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 993: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
994:
1.247 jufi 995: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 996: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
997: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
998:
1.213 horacio 999: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1000: 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 1001: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1002:
1.190 horacio 1003: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1004: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1005: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1006: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1007: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1008: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1009: <p>
1.190 horacio 1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1012: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1013: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1014: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1015: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1016:
1.195 jufi 1017: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1018: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1019: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1020: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1021: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1022: <p>
1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1025: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1026: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1027: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1028: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1029:
1.191 jufi 1030: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1031: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
1032: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
1033: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 1034: <p>
1.247 jufi 1035: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1036:
1.191 jufi 1037:
1.186 jufi 1038: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1039: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1040:
1.247 jufi 1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1042: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1043: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1044: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1045: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1046:
1.188 jufi 1047: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1048: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1049: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1050: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1051: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1052: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1053: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1054: <p>
1055:
1.191 jufi 1056:
1.247 jufi 1057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1058: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1059: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1060: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1061: </strong></font><br>
1062:
1063: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1064: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1065: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1066: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1067: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1068: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1069: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1070: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1071: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1072: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1073: familiar?
1074: <p>
1.247 jufi 1075: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1076:
1.178 louis 1077: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1078: <ul>
1.178 louis 1079:
1.247 jufi 1080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1081: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1082: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1083: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1084: </strong></font><br>
1085:
1086: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1087: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1088: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1089: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1090: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1091: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1092: <p>
1093:
1.247 jufi 1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1095: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1096: Open source under the hood</a>,
1097: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1098: </strong></font><br>
1099:
1100: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1101: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1102: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1103: <p>
1104:
1.247 jufi 1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1106: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1107: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1108: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1112: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1113: <p>
1.247 jufi 1114: </ul>
1.179 louis 1115:
1.174 louis 1116:
1.175 louis 1117: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1118: <ul>
1.175 louis 1119:
1.247 jufi 1120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1121: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1122: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1123: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1124: </strong></font><br>
1125:
1126: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1127: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1128: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1129: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1130: <p>
1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1133: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1134: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1135: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1136: </strong></font><br>
1137:
1138: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1139: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1140: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1141: <p>
1.247 jufi 1142: </ul>
1.175 louis 1143:
1.176 louis 1144:
1.172 mickey 1145: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1146: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1147:
1.247 jufi 1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1149: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1150: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1151: </strong></font><br>
1152:
1153: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1154: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1155: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1156: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1157: <p>
1158:
1.247 jufi 1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1160: <a
1.269 deraadt 1161: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1162: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1163: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1164: </strong></font><br>
1165:
1166: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1167: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1168: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1169: <p>
1170:
1.247 jufi 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1172: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1173: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1174: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176:
1177: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1178: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1179: <p>
1180:
1.247 jufi 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1182: <a
1.269 deraadt 1183: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1184: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1185: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1186: </strong></font><br>
1187:
1188: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1189: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1190: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1191: our own Theo de Raadt.
1192: <p>
1193:
1.247 jufi 1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1195: <a
1.269 deraadt 1196: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1197: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1198: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1199: </strong></font><br>
1200:
1201: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1202: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1203: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1204: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1205: shut down.]
1206: <p>
1207:
1.247 jufi 1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1209: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1210: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1211: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1212: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1213: </strong></font><br>
1214:
1215: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1216: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1217: <p>
1.247 jufi 1218: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1219:
1.161 louis 1220: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1221: <ul>
1.161 louis 1222:
1.247 jufi 1223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1224: <a
1.269 deraadt 1225: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1226: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1227: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1228: </strong></font><br>
1229:
1230: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1231: by John Wolley
1232: <p>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1235: <a
1.269 deraadt 1236: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1237: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1238: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1239: </strong></font><br>
1240:
1241: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1242: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1243: OpenBSD).
1244: <p>
1245:
1.247 jufi 1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1247: <a
1.247 jufi 1248: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1249: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1250: </strong></font><br>
1251:
1252: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1253: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1254: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1255: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1256: and hindsight.
1257: <p>
1258:
1.247 jufi 1259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1260: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1261: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263:
1264: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1265: <p>
1266:
1.247 jufi 1267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1268: <a
1.168 provos 1269: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1270: December 7, 2000
1271: </strong></font><br>
1272:
1273: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1274: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1275: us explain.
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1279: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1280: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1281: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1282: December 6, 2000
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1286: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1287: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1288: <p>
1289:
1.247 jufi 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1291: <a
1.226 horacio 1292: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1293: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1297: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1298: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1299: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1300: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1301: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1302: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1303: <p>
1.162 millert 1304:
1.247 jufi 1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1306: <a
1.161 louis 1307: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1308: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1309: </strong></font><br>
1310:
1311: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1312: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1313: <p>
1314:
1.247 jufi 1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1316: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1317: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1318: </strong></font><br>
1319:
1320: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1321: <p>
1322:
1323:
1.247 jufi 1324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1325: <a
1.226 horacio 1326: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1327: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1328: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1332: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1333: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1334: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1335: <p>
1.247 jufi 1336: </ul>
1.169 louis 1337:
1.158 louis 1338: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1339: <ul>
1.147 louis 1340:
1.247 jufi 1341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1342: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1343: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1344: </strong></font><br>
1345:
1346: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1347: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1348: <p>
1349:
1.247 jufi 1350: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1351: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1352: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1353: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1354: </strong></font><br>
1355: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1356: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1357: <p>
1358:
1.247 jufi 1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1360: <a
1361: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1362: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1363: </strong></font><br>
1364:
1365: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1366: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1367: <p>
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1370: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1371: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1372: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1373:
1.213 horacio 1374: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1375: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1376: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1377: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1378: <p>
1.215 horacio 1379:
1.247 jufi 1380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1381: <a
1382: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1383: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1384: </strong></font><br>
1385:
1386: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1387: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1388: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1389: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1390: much of the attitude too).
1391: <p>
1.161 louis 1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1394: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1395: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1396: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1397:
1.157 louis 1398: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1399: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1400: <p>
1.247 jufi 1401: </ul>
1.157 louis 1402:
1403: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1404: <ul>
1.157 louis 1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1407: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1408: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1409: </strong></font><br>
1410:
1411: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1412: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1413: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1414: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1415: <p>
1416:
1.247 jufi 1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1418: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1419: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1420: </strong></font><br>
1421:
1422: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1423: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1424: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1425: it because they love coding...
1426: <p>
1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1429: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1430: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432:
1433: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1434: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1435: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1436: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1437: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1438: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1439: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1440: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1441: <p>
1442:
1.247 jufi 1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1444: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1445: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1446: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1447: </strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1450: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1451: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1452: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1453: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1454: the pizza.
1455: <p>
1456:
1.247 jufi 1457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1458: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1459: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1460: </strong></font><br>
1461:
1462: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1463: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1464: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1465: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1466: problems.
1467: <p>
1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1470: <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 1471: </strong></font><br>
1472:
1.222 miod 1473: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1474: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1475: - whether they like it or not.
1476: <p>
1477:
1.247 jufi 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1479: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1480: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1481: </strong></font><br>
1482:
1483: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1484: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1485: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1486: <p>
1.148 aaron 1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1489: <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 1490: </strong></font><br>
1491:
1492: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1493: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1494: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1495: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1496: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1497: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1498: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1499: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1500: <p>
1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1503: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1504: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1505: </strong></font><br>
1506:
1507: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1508: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1509: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1510: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1511: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1512: <p>
1.247 jufi 1513: </ul>
1.147 louis 1514:
1.138 louis 1515: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1516: <ul>
1.138 louis 1517:
1.247 jufi 1518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1519: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1520: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1521: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1522: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1523: </strong></font><br>
1524:
1.227 horacio 1525: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1526: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1527: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1528: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1529: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1530: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1531: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1532: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1533: <p>
1534:
1.247 jufi 1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1536: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1537: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1538: </strong></font><br>
1539:
1540: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1541: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1542: groups, and even Linux.
1543: <p>
1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1546: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1547: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1548: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1549: </strong></font><br>
1550:
1551: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1552: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1553: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1554: library after installing the OS.
1555: <p>
1556:
1.247 jufi 1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1558: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1559: Sys Admin, September 2000
1560: </strong></font><br>
1561:
1562: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1563: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1564: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1565: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1566: (<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>,
1567: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1568: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1569: <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 1570: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1571: out of the system.
1572: <p>
1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1575: <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
1576: </strong></font><br>
1577:
1578: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1579: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1580: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1581: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1582: the IP filtering and address translation.
1583: <p>
1.247 jufi 1584: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1585:
1.131 louis 1586: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1587: <ul>
1.131 louis 1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1590: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1591: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1592: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1593: </strong></font><br>
1594:
1595: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1596: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1597: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1598: <p>
1599:
1.247 jufi 1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1601: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1602: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1603: </strong></font><br>
1604:
1605: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1606: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1607: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1608: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1609: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1610: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1611: note of"</i>.
1612: <p>
1613:
1.247 jufi 1614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1615: <a
1.247 jufi 1616: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1617: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1618: </strong></font><br>
1619:
1620: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1621: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1622: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1623: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1624: <p>
1625:
1.247 jufi 1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1627: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1628: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1629: </strong></font><br>
1630:
1631: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1632: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1633: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1634: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1635: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1636: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1637: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1638: <p>
1639:
1.247 jufi 1640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1641: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1642: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1643: 2000
1644: </strong></font><br>
1645:
1646: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1647: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1648: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1649: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1650: against current industry practices.
1651: <p>
1652:
1.247 jufi 1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1654: <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
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656:
1657: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1658: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1659: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1660: <p>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1663: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1664: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1665: </strong></font><br>
1666:
1667: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1668: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1669: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1670: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1671: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1672: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1673: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1674: <p>
1675:
1.247 jufi 1676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1677: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1678: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1679: </strong></font><br>
1680:
1681: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1682: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1683: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1684: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1685: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1686: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1687: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1688: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1689: <p>
1.247 jufi 1690: </ul>
1.131 louis 1691:
1.118 louis 1692: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1693: <ul>
1.118 louis 1694:
1.247 jufi 1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1696: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1697: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1698: </strong></font><br>
1699:
1700: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1701: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1702: about time. The article mentions that
1703: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1704: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1705: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1706: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1707: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1708: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1709: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1710: <p>
1711:
1.247 jufi 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1713: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1714: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1715: </strong></font><br>
1716:
1717: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1718: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1719: of OpenSSH.
1720: <p>
1721:
1.247 jufi 1722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1723: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1724: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1725: </strong></font><br>
1726:
1727: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1728: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1729: bridging.
1730: <p>
1731:
1.247 jufi 1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1733: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1734: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1735: </strong></font><br>
1736:
1.121 deraadt 1737: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1738: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1739: <p>
1740:
1.247 jufi 1741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1742: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1743: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1744: </strong></font><br>
1745:
1746: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1747: <p>
1748:
1.247 jufi 1749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1750: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1751: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1752: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1753: </strong></font><br>
1754:
1.120 deraadt 1755: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1756: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1757: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1758: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1759: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1760: <p>
1761:
1.247 jufi 1762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1763: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1764: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1765: </strong></font><br>
1766:
1.222 miod 1767: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1768: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1769: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1770: protocols and their quirks.
1771: <p>
1772:
1.247 jufi 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1774: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1775: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1776: </strong></font><br>
1777:
1778: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1779: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1780: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1781: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1782: <p>
1783:
1.247 jufi 1784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1785: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1786: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1787: </strong></font><br>
1788:
1789: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1790: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1791: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1792: <p>
1793:
1.247 jufi 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1795: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1796: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1797: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1798: </strong></font><br>
1799:
1800: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1801: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1802: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1803: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1804: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1805: <p>
1.247 jufi 1806: </ul>
1.118 louis 1807:
1.104 louis 1808: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1809: <ul>
1.104 louis 1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1812: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1813: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1817: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1818: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1819: be a bit dry.
1820: <p>
1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1823: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1824: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1825: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1826: </strong></font><br>
1827: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1828: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1829: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1830: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1831: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1832: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1833: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1834: <p>
1835:
1.247 jufi 1836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1837: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1838: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1839: 2000
1.128 louis 1840: </strong></font><br>
1841:
1842: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1843: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1844: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1845: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1846: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1847: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1848: <p>
1849:
1.247 jufi 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1851: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1852: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1853: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1854:
1855: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1856: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1857: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1858: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1859: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1860: <p>
1.110 louis 1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1863: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1864: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1865: </strong></font><br>
1866:
1867: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1868: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1869: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1870: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1871: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1872: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1873: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1874: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1875: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1876: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1877: <p>
1878:
1.247 jufi 1879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1880: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1881: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1882:
1883: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1884: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1885: <p>
1.108 louis 1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1888: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1889: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1890: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1891:
1892: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1893: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1894: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1895: <p>
1.106 louis 1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1898: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1899: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1900: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1901:
1902: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1903: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1904: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1905: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1906: <p>
1.107 louis 1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1909: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1910: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1911: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1912:
1913: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1914: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1915: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1916: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1917: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.105 louis 1919:
1.247 jufi 1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1921: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1922: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1923: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1924:
1.113 naddy 1925: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1926: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1927: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1928: <p>
1.104 louis 1929:
1.247 jufi 1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1931: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1932: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1933: </strong></font><br>
1934:
1935: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1936: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1937: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1938: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1939: <p>
1.247 jufi 1940: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1941:
1.85 louis 1942: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1943: <ul>
1.85 louis 1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1946: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1947: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1948: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1949:
1950: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1951: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1952: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1953: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1954: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1955: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1956: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1957: <p>
1.99 louis 1958:
1.247 jufi 1959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1960: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1961: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1962: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1963:
1964: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1965: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1966: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1967: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1968: <p>
1.100 louis 1969:
1.247 jufi 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1971: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1972: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1973: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1974:
1975: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1976: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1977: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1978: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1979: <p>
1.95 louis 1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1982: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1983: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1984: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1985:
1986: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1987: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1988: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1989: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1990: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1991: <p>
1.92 louis 1992:
1.247 jufi 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1994: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1995: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1996: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1997:
1998: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
1999: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2000: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2001: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2002: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2003: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2004: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2005: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2006: <p>
1.91 louis 2007:
1.247 jufi 2008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2009: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2010: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2011: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2012:
2013: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2014: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2015: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2016: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2017: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2018: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2019: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2020: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2021: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2022: <p>
1.90 louis 2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2025: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2026: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2027: </strong></font><br>
2028: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2029: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2030: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2031: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2032: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2033: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2034: <p>
2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2037: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2038: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2039: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2040:
1.113 naddy 2041: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2042: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2043: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2044: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2045: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2046: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2047: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2048: <p>
1.87 louis 2049:
1.247 jufi 2050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2051: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2052: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2053: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2054:
2055: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2056: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2057: <p>
1.85 louis 2058:
1.247 jufi 2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2060: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2061: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2062: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2063:
2064: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2065: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2066: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2067: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2068: <p>
1.89 louis 2069:
1.247 jufi 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2071: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2072: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2073: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2074:
2075: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2076: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2077: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2078: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2079: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2080: </ul>
1.85 louis 2081:
1.78 deraadt 2082: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2083: <ul>
1.74 louis 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2086: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2087: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2088: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2089: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2090:
2091: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2092: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2093: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2094: <p>
1.83 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2097: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2098: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2099: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2100:
2101: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2102: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2103: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2104: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2105: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2106: <p>
1.93 louis 2107:
1.247 jufi 2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2109: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2110: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2111: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2112: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2113:
1.83 louis 2114: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2115: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2116: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2117: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2118: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2119: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2120: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2121: <p>
1.82 aaron 2122:
1.247 jufi 2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2124: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2125: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2126: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2127:
1.83 louis 2128: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2129: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2130: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2131: <p>
1.80 louis 2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2134: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2135: Bad Press</a>,
2136: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2137: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2138:
2139: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2140: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2141: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2142: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2143: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2144: <p>
1.247 jufi 2145: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2146:
2147: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2148: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2149:
1.247 jufi 2150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2151: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2152: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2153: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2154: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2155:
2156: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2157: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2158: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2159: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2160: <p>
1.74 louis 2161:
1.247 jufi 2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2163: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2164: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2165: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2166:
1.219 horacio 2167: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2168: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2169: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2170: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2171: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2172: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2173: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2174: <p>
1.88 louis 2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2177: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2178: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2179: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2180:
2181: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2182: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2183: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2184: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2185: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2186: <p>
1.81 louis 2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2189: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2190: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2191: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2192:
2193: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2194: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2195: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2196: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2197: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2198: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2199: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2200: <p>
1.90 louis 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2203: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2204: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2205: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2206:
2207: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2208: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2209: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2210: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2211: <p>
1.247 jufi 2212: </ul>
1.71 louis 2213:
1.69 deraadt 2214: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2215: <ul>
1.70 louis 2216:
1.247 jufi 2217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2218: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2219: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2220: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2221:
2222: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2223: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2224: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2225: <p>
1.70 louis 2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2228: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2229: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2230: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2231:
2232: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2233: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2234: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2235: <p>
1.68 louis 2236:
1.247 jufi 2237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2238: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2239: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2240: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2241: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2242:
1.111 jufi 2243: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2244: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2245: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2246: "secure by default" installation.
2247: <p>
1.64 louis 2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2250: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2251: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2252: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2253:
1.113 naddy 2254: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2255: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2256: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2257: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2258: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2259: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2260: <p>
1.66 louis 2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2263: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2264: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2265: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2266:
2267: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2268: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2269: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2270: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2271: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2272: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2273: <p>
1.83 louis 2274:
1.247 jufi 2275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2276: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2277: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2278: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2279:
2280: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2281: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2282: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2283: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2284: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2285: <p>
1.64 louis 2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2288: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2289: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2290: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2291:
2292: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2293: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2294: <p>
1.247 jufi 2295: </ul>
1.65 louis 2296:
1.69 deraadt 2297: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2298: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2301: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2302: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2303: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2304:
2305: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2306: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2307: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2308: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2309: <p>
1.88 louis 2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2312: <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 2313: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2314:
2315: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2316: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2317: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2318: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2319: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2320: <p>
1.60 louis 2321:
1.247 jufi 2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2323: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2324: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2325: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2326: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2327:
2328: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2329: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2330: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2331: <p>
1.58 louis 2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2334: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2335: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2336:
2337: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2338: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2339: <p>
1.53 louis 2340:
1.247 jufi 2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2342: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2343: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2344: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2345:
2346: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2347: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2348: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2349: <p>
1.99 louis 2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2352: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2353: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2354:
2355: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2356: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2357: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2358: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2359: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2360:
1.247 jufi 2361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2362: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2363: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2364: </strong></font><br>
2365:
2366: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2367: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2368: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2369: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2370: <p>
2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2373: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2374: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2375: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2376:
2377: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2378: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2379: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2382: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2383: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2384:
2385: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2386: in
1.247 jufi 2387: <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 2388: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2389: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2390: <p>
1.53 louis 2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2393: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2394: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2395: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2396: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2397:
1.58 louis 2398: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2399: <p>
1.247 jufi 2400: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2401:
1.69 deraadt 2402: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2403: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2406: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2407: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2408: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2409: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2410:
1.58 louis 2411: Kurt Seifried
2412: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2413: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2414: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2415: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2418: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2419: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2420: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2421:
2422: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2423: <p>
1.96 louis 2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2426: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2427: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2428: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2429:
2430: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2431: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2432: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2433: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2434: <p>
1.247 jufi 2435: </ul>
1.86 louis 2436:
1.69 deraadt 2437: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2438: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2441: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2442: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2443: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2444:
2445: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2446: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2447: <p>
1.61 louis 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2450: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2451: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2452: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2453: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2454:
2455: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2456: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2457: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2458: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2459: right -- or at least strives to".
2460: <p>
1.48 louis 2461:
1.247 jufi 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2463: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2464: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2465: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2466: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2467: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2468: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2469: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2470: <p>
1.61 louis 2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <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 2473: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2474: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2475:
2476: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2477: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2478: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2479: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2480: <p>
1.46 louis 2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2483: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2484: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2485: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2486:
2487: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2488: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2489: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2492: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2493: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2494: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2495:
2496: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2497: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2498: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2499: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2500: <p>
1.247 jufi 2501: </ul>
1.70 louis 2502:
1.69 deraadt 2503: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2504: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2507: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2508: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2509: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2510: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2511:
2512: Kurt Seifried
2513: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2514: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2515: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2516: <p>
1.44 philen 2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <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 2519: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2520: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2521:
2522: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2523: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <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 2526: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2527: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2528:
2529: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2530: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2531:
1.247 jufi 2532: <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 2533: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2534: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2535:
2536: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2537: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2538: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2539: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2540: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <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 2543: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2545:
1.36 louis 2546: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2547: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2550: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2551: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2553:
2554: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2555: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2556: </ul>
1.38 louis 2557:
1.69 deraadt 2558: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2559: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <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 2562: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2564:
2565: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2566: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2567: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2568:
1.113 naddy 2569: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2570: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2571: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2572: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2573:
2574: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2575: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2576: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2577: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2578: <blockquote>
2579: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2580: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2581: <br>
2582: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2583: </code>
2584: </blockquote>
2585: <p>
2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2588: <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>
2589: <p>
2590:
2591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2592: <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 2593: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2594:
2595: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2596: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2597: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2598: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2601: <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 2602: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2603:
2604: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2605: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2606: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2607: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2608: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2609: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2610: <p>
1.19 louis 2611:
1.113 naddy 2612: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2613: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2614: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2615:
2616: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2617: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2618: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2619: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2620: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2621: <p>
1.16 louis 2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2624: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2625: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2626: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2627:
1.57 louis 2628: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2629: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2630: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2631: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2634: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2635: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2636: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2637:
1.113 naddy 2638: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2641: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2642: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2643: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2644:
1.23 louis 2645: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2646: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2647: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2648: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2649: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2650: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2651:
1.247 jufi 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2653: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2654: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2655: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2656:
1.199 pvalchev 2657: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2658: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2659: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2660: installation.
1.113 naddy 2661: <p>
1.47 louis 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2664: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2665: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2666: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2667:
2668: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2669: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2670: </ul>
1.57 louis 2671:
1.69 deraadt 2672: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2673: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2676: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2677: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2678: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2679:
2680: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2681: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2682: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2683: <p>
1.12 louis 2684:
1.247 jufi 2685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2686: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2687: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2688: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2689:
2690: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2691: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2692: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2693: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2694: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2695: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2696: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2697: <p>
1.247 jufi 2698: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2699:
1.69 deraadt 2700: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2701: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2702:
1.247 jufi 2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2704: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2705: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2706:
2707: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2708: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2709: available."
1.113 naddy 2710: <p>
1.247 jufi 2711: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2712:
1.69 deraadt 2713: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2714: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2715:
1.247 jufi 2716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2717: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2718: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2719:
2720: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2721: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2722: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2723: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2724: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2725: <p>
1.33 louis 2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2728: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2729: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2730: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2731:
1.113 naddy 2732: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2733: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2734: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2735: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2736: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2737: <p>
1.247 jufi 2738: </ul>
1.57 louis 2739:
1.69 deraadt 2740: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2741: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2744: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2745: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2746: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2747:
2748: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2749: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2750: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2751:
1.247 jufi 2752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2753: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2754: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2755: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2756: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2757:
2758: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2759: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2762: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2763:
1.113 naddy 2764: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2767: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2768: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2770:
2771: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2772: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2773: </ul>
1.23 louis 2774:
1.69 deraadt 2775: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2776: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2779: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2780: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2781:
2782: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2783: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2784: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2787: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2788: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2789: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2790:
2791: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2792: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2793: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2794: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2795: </ul>
1.57 louis 2796:
1.69 deraadt 2797: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2798: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2801: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2802: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2803: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2804:
2805: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2806: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2807: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2808: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2809: <p>
1.15 louis 2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2812: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2813: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2814: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2815:
2816: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2817: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2818: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2819: columns."
1.113 naddy 2820: <p>
1.247 jufi 2821: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2822:
1.69 deraadt 2823: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2824: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2827: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2828: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2829: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2830:
2831: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2832: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2833:
1.113 naddy 2834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2835: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2836: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2837:
2838: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2839: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2840: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2841: </ul>
1.57 louis 2842:
1.69 deraadt 2843: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2844: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2845:
1.113 naddy 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2847: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2848: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2849: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2850:
1.222 miod 2851: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2852: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2853: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2854: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2855: <p>
1.247 jufi 2856: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2857:
1.69 deraadt 2858: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2859: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2860:
1.247 jufi 2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2862: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2863: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2864:
1.69 deraadt 2865: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2866: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2867: <p>
1.247 jufi 2868: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2869:
1.69 deraadt 2870: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2871: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2874: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2875: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2876: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2877:
2878: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2879: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2880: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2883: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2884: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2885: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2886: <p>
1.247 jufi 2887: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2888:
1.69 deraadt 2889: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2890: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2891:
1.247 jufi 2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2893: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2894: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2895: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2896: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2897: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2898:
2899: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2900: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2901: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2902: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2903: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2904: <p>
1.247 jufi 2905: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2906:
2907: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2908: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2911: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2912: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2913:
1.69 deraadt 2914: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2915: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2916: <p>
1.112 naddy 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2919: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2920:
1.113 naddy 2921: <hr>
2922: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2923: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2924:
1.200 niklas 2925: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2926:
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2929: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2930: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2931:
2932: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2933: <p>
2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2936:
2937: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <ul>
2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2941: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2942: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2943:
2944: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2945: <p>
2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2948: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2949: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2950:
2951: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2952: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2953: <p>
2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2956:
2957: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <ul>
2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2961: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2962: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2963:
2964: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2965: <p>
2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2968:
1.102 niklas 2969: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <ul>
2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2973: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2974: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2975:
2976: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2977: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2978: <p>
1.102 niklas 2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2981:
1.84 niklas 2982: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <ul>
2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2986: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2987: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2988:
2989: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2990: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2991: <p>
1.84 niklas 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2994:
1.69 deraadt 2995: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <ul>
2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2999: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 3000: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3001:
1.222 miod 3002: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 3003: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3004: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 3005: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3008: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 3009: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 3010: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 3011: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3012:
1.20 louis 3013: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3014: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 3015: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3016: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 3017: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3020:
1.113 naddy 3021: <hr>
1.202 jufi 3022: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 3023: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 3024:
3025:
3026: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3027: <ul>
1.202 jufi 3028:
1.247 jufi 3029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 3030: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
3031: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3032:
3033: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
3034: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3035: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3036:
3037: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3038: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3039:
1.247 jufi 3040: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3041:
3042:
1.170 louis 3043: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3044: <ul>
1.170 louis 3045:
1.247 jufi 3046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3047: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3048: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3049: </strong></font><br>
3050:
3051: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3052: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3053: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3054: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3055: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3056: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3057: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3058: <p>
1.247 jufi 3059: </ul>
1.170 louis 3060:
1.69 deraadt 3061: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3062: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3065: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3066: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3067: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3068:
3069: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3070: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3071: translating and reprinting articles from
3072: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3073: <p>
1.247 jufi 3074: </ul>
1.20 louis 3075:
1.113 naddy 3076: <hr>
3077: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3078: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3079:
1.246 jufi 3080: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3081: <ul>
3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3083: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3084: December 04, 2002
3085: </strong></font><br>
3086: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3087: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3088: <p>
1.247 jufi 3089: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3090:
1.151 louis 3091: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3092: <ul>
1.151 louis 3093:
1.247 jufi 3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3095: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3096: </strong></font><br>
3097:
3098: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3099: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3100: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3101: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3102: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3103: <p>
1.247 jufi 3104: </ul>
1.151 louis 3105:
1.72 louis 3106: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3107: <ul>
1.72 louis 3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3110: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3111: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3112: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3113:
1.101 jufi 3114: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3115: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3116: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3117: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3118: Giving way to
3119: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3120: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3121: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3122: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3123: <p>
1.247 jufi 3124: </ul>
1.72 louis 3125:
1.69 deraadt 3126: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3127: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3128:
1.247 jufi 3129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3130: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3131: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3132: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3133:
3134: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3135: <p>
1.247 jufi 3136: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3137:
1.50 louis 3138:
1.113 naddy 3139: <hr>
3140: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3141: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3142:
1.69 deraadt 3143: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3144: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3147: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3148: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3149: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3150:
3151: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3152: <p>
1.247 jufi 3153: </ul>
1.62 form 3154:
1.69 deraadt 3155: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3156: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3157:
1.247 jufi 3158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3159: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3160: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3161: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3162:
1.59 form 3163: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3164: <p>
1.112 naddy 3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3167:
1.113 naddy 3168: <hr>
3169: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3170: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3171: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3174: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3175: Radio, August 2, 2000
3176: </strong></font><br>
3177:
3178: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3179: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3180: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3181: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3182: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3183: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3184: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3185: <p>
3186:
1.247 jufi 3187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3188: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3189: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3190: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3191: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3192:
3193: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3194: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3195: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3196: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3197: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3198: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3199: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3200: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3201: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3202: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3203: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3204: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3205: <p>
1.247 jufi 3206: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3207:
1.113 naddy 3208: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3209: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3210: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3211:
3212: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3213: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3214:
1.247 jufi 3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3216: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3217: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3218: </strong></font><br>
3219:
3220: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3221: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3222: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3223: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3224: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3225: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3226: A
1.216 horacio 3227: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3228: <p>
1.247 jufi 3229: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3230:
1.252 miod 3231: <hr>
3232: <a name=fr></a>
3233: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3234:
3235: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3236: <ul>
3237:
3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3239: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3240: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3241: </strong></font><br>
3242:
3243: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3244: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3245: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3246: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3247: <p>
3248: </ul>
3249:
1.216 horacio 3250:
3251: <hr>
3252: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3253: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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