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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>
1.283 jsyn 39: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
40: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
41: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
42: </strong></font></br>
43: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
44: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
45: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
46: <p>
47:
48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 49: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
50: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 51: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 52: </strong></font><br>
53: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
54: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
55: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 ! jose 56: American century.
1.267 deraadt 57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 60: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
61: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 62: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 63: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 64: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
65: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
66: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
67: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
68: Can also be found online at:
69: <ul>
70: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
71: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 72: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.267 deraadt 73: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 74: <p>
75:
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 77: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
78: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 79: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 80: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 81: </strong></font><br>
82: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 83: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
84: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
85: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
86: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 87:
88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
89: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
90: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
91: New York Times.
92: </strong></font>(free registration required)
93:
1.273 deraadt 94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
95: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 96: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 97: ABC News.
98: </strong></font>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
101: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
102: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 103: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 104: </strong></font>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
107: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 108: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 109: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 110: </strong></font>
111:
112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 113: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
114: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 115: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 116: </strong></font>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 119: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 120: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 121: Times Daily, AL.
122: </strong></font>
123:
124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
125: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
126: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
127: Boston.com, MA.
128: </strong></font>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
131: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 132: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 133: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
134: </strong></font>
135:
136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 137: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
138: [Article was pulled]</a>
139: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 140: </strong></font>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
143: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
144: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
145: Infoshop News.
146: </strong></font>
147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
149: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
150: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
151: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
152: </strong></font>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
155: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
156: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
157: NEPA News, PA.
158: </strong></font>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
161: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
162: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
163: Wired News.
164: </strong></font>
165:
1.271 deraadt 166: </ul>
167: <p>
1.272 deraadt 168: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
169: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 170: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
171: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
172: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
173: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
174: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
175: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
176: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
177: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
178: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
179: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 180: <p>
181: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 182:
183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 184: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
185: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
186: Indianapolis Star, IN.
187: </strong></font>
188:
189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 190: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
191: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
192: Miami Herald, FL.
193: </strong></font>
194:
195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 196: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 197: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
198: </strong></font>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
201: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 202: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 203: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 204: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
208: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
209: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
210: ABC News.
211: </strong></font>
212:
1.276 deraadt 213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
214: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
215: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 216: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 217: </strong></font>
218:
1.286 dhartmei 219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
220: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
221: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
222: Wilmington Star, NC.
223: </strong></font>
224:
1.263 deraadt 225: </ul>
1.262 beck 226: <p>
227:
228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 229: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
230: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 231: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 232: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 233: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 234: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
235: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 239: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
240: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
241: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
242: </strong></font></br>
243: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
244: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
245: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
246: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
247: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
248: and simply restates other press reports.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 252: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
253: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
254: OS News, April 18, 2003.
255: </strong></font><br>
256: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 260: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
261: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 262: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 263: </strong></font><br>
264: Another report on the DARPA funding.
265: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
266: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 270: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
271: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 272: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 273: </strong></font><br>
274: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
275: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
276: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
277: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
278: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
279: Goes on to say:
280: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
281: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
282: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
283: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 284: This article is also found online at:
285: <ul>
286: <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
287: BusinessWeek.com</a>
288: <li><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">ZDnet</a>
289: </ul>
1.260 ian 290: <p>
1.279 deraadt 291:
1.260 ian 292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
293: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
294: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 295: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 296: </strong></font><br>
1.290 ! jose 297: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 298: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
299: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
300: without notice or justification.
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
304: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
305: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 ! jose 306: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 307: </strong></font><br>
308: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
309: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
310: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
311: effective today, without any warning..."
312: <p>
1.257 ian 313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 315: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
316: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 317: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 318: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 319: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
320: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
321: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
322: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
323: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 327: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
328: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 329: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 330: </strong></font><br>
331: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
332: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
333: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
334: quoting two of them:
335: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
336: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
337: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
338: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
339: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
340: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
341: <p>
342:
1.255 ian 343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 344: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
345: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 346: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 347: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 348: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 349: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
350: security experts for more than three decades."
351: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
352: <p>
1.261 ian 353:
1.254 drahn 354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 355: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
356: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 357: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 358: </strong></font><br>
359: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
360: from US DARPA.
361: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
362: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
363: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
364: the BSD license.
365: <p>
366: </ul>
367:
1.251 ian 368: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
369: <ul>
370:
371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
372: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
373: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 374: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 375: </strong></font><br>
376: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
377: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
378: Mentions
379: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
380: and
381: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
382: programs.
383: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 ! jose 384: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 385: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
386: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
387: <p>
1.260 ian 388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
390: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
391: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
392: </strong></font><br>
393: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
394: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
395: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
396: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
397: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
398: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
399: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
400: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
401: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
402: put into service."
403: <p>
404: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
405: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
406: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
407: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
408: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
409: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
410: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
411: computers with security features."
412: <p>
1.251 ian 413: </ul>
414:
1.249 jufi 415: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
416: <ul>
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
418: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
419: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 420: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 421: </strong></font><br>
422: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
423: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 ! jose 424: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 425: <p>
426: </ul>
427:
1.246 jufi 428: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 429: <ul>
1.246 jufi 430:
1.247 jufi 431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 432: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 433: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
434: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 435: </strong></font><br>
436: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
437: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
438: <p>
439:
1.247 jufi 440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 441: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 442: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
443: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 444: </strong></font><br>
445: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
446: in their annual OpenHack security test.
447: <p>
1.247 jufi 448: </ul>
1.246 jufi 449:
1.244 jufi 450: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 451: <ul>
1.246 jufi 452:
1.247 jufi 453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 454: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
455: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
456: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 457: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 458: </strong></font><br>
459: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
460: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
461: md5 digests.
462: <p>
463:
1.247 jufi 464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 465: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 466: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
467: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 468: </strong></font><br>
469: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
470: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
471: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
472: right the first time."
473: <p>
1.247 jufi 474: </ul>
1.244 jufi 475:
476:
477: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 478: <ul>
1.244 jufi 479:
1.247 jufi 480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 481: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 482: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
483: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 484: </strong></font><br>
485: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
486: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
487: part 6</a>.
488: <p>
489:
1.247 jufi 490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 491: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 492: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
493: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 494: </strong></font><br>
495: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
496: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
497: <p>
1.247 jufi 498: </ul>
1.242 jufi 499:
500: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 501: <ul>
1.242 jufi 502:
1.247 jufi 503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 504: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 505: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
506: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 507: </strong></font><br>
508: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
509: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
510: <p>
511:
1.247 jufi 512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 513: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 514: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
515: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 516: </strong></font><br>
517: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
518: this time using pf.
519: <p>
1.247 jufi 520: </ul>
1.242 jufi 521:
522: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 523: <ul>
1.242 jufi 524:
1.247 jufi 525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 526: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 527: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
528: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 529: </strong></font><br>
530: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
531: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
532: their rotation.
533: <p>
534:
1.247 jufi 535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 536: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 537: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
538: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 539: </strong></font><br>
540: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
541: <p>
1.247 jufi 542: </ul>
1.242 jufi 543:
1.239 jufi 544: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 545: <ul>
1.239 jufi 546:
1.247 jufi 547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 548: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 549: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
550: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 551: </strong></font><br>
552: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
553: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
554: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
555: <p>
556:
1.247 jufi 557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 559: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
560: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 561: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 562: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
563: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
564: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 565: <p>
1.247 jufi 566: </ul>
1.239 jufi 567:
1.235 lebel 568: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 569: <ul>
1.235 lebel 570:
1.239 jufi 571:
1.247 jufi 572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 573: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 574: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
575: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 576: </strong></font><br>
577: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
578: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
579: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
580: <p>
1.247 jufi 581: </ul>
1.235 lebel 582:
1.228 horacio 583: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 584: <ul>
1.228 horacio 585:
1.247 jufi 586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 587: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 588: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
589: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 590: </strong></font><br>
591: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
592: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
593: <p>
594:
1.247 jufi 595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 596: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 597: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
598: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 599: </strong></font><br>
600: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
601: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
602: <p>
603:
1.247 jufi 604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 605: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 606: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
607: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 608: </strong></font><br>
609: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
610: on the desktop of his parents.
611: <p>
612:
1.247 jufi 613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 614: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 615: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
616: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 617: </strong></font><br>
618: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
619: using IPFilter.
620:
621: <p>
622:
1.247 jufi 623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 624: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 625: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
626: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 627: </strong></font><br>
628: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
629: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
630: perspectives of the four OS.
631: <br>
632: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 633: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 634: <p>
635:
1.247 jufi 636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 637: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
638: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 639: software and security</a>,
640: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 641: </strong></font><br>
642:
643: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
644: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
645: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
646: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
647: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
648: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
649: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
650: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
651: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
652: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
653: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
654: security conscious team beyond doubt.
655: <p>
1.247 jufi 656: </ul>
1.228 horacio 657:
1.225 horacio 658: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 659: <ul>
1.225 horacio 660:
1.247 jufi 661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 662: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
663: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 664: Interview</a>,
665: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 666: </strong></font><br>
667:
668: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
669: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
670: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 671: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 672: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
673: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
674: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
675: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
676: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 677: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 678: of choice.
679: <p>
1.247 jufi 680: </ul>
1.225 horacio 681:
682: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 683: <ul>
1.225 horacio 684:
1.247 jufi 685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 686: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 687: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
688: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 689: </strong></font><br>
690:
691: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
692: <p>
693:
1.247 jufi 694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 695: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 696: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
697: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 698: </strong></font><br>
699:
700: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
701: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
702: <p>
1.247 jufi 703: </ul>
1.225 horacio 704:
1.218 horacio 705: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 706: <ul>
1.218 horacio 707:
1.247 jufi 708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 709: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 710: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
711: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 712: </strong></font><br>
713:
714: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
715: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
716: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
717: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
718: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
719: subjects. Worth a read.
720: <p>
721:
722:
1.247 jufi 723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 724: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 725: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
726: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 727: </strong></font><br>
728:
729: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
730: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
731: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
732: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
733: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
734: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
735: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
736: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
737: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 738: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 739: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
740: on other operating systems.<br>
741: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
742: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
743: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
744: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
745: <p>
746:
1.247 jufi 747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 748: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 749: Operating System 2010</a>,
750: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 751: </strong></font><br>
752:
753: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
754: covering the level of software integration into the core
755: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
756: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
757: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
758: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
759: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
760: <p>
761:
1.247 jufi 762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 763: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 764: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
765: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 766: </strong></font><br>
767:
768: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
769: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
770: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
771: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
772: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
773: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
774: <p>
1.247 jufi 775: </ul>
1.221 horacio 776:
1.210 jufi 777: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 778: <ul>
1.215 horacio 779:
1.247 jufi 780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 781: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 782: Already a Contender</a>,
783: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 784: </strong></font><br>
785:
786: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
787: source software in response to an article which claimed that
788: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
789: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
790: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
791: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
792: <p>
793:
1.247 jufi 794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 795: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 796: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
797: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 798: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 799:
1.224 horacio 800: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
801: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
802: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
803: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
804: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
805: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 806: <p>
1.247 jufi 807: </ul>
1.215 horacio 808:
809: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 810: <ul>
1.215 horacio 811:
1.247 jufi 812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 813: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
814: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 815: Division</a>,
816: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 817: </strong></font><br>
818:
819: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
820: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 821: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 822: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
823: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
824: investment</em>.<br>
825: The implementation details can be seen on their
826: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
827: <p>
828:
1.247 jufi 829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 830: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 831: Thinking about Security</a>,
832: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 833: </strong></font><br>
834:
835: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
836: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
837: security and says that even secured operating systems running
838: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
839: to time.<br>
840: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
841: system and just the most secure system.
842: <p>
843:
1.247 jufi 844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 845: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 846: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
847: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
851: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
852: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
853: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
854: choice:<br>
855: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
856: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
857: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
858: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
859: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
860: network security devices and as such must be well
861: armored."</em><br>
862: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
863: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
864: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
865: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
866: <br>
867: Bravo!
868: <p>
1.247 jufi 869: </ul>
1.210 jufi 870:
1.207 ian 871: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 872: <ul>
1.215 horacio 873:
1.247 jufi 874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 875: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
876: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
877: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 878:
1.207 ian 879: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
880: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 881: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 882: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
883: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
884: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 885: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 886: <p>
1.247 jufi 887: </ul>
1.207 ian 888:
1.194 jufi 889: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 890: <ul>
1.194 jufi 891:
1.247 jufi 892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 893: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 894: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
895: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 896: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 897:
1.240 miod 898: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 899: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
900: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
901: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
902: <p>
903:
1.247 jufi 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 905: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 906: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
907: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
908: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 909:
1.240 miod 910: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 911: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 912: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
913: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
914: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 915: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 916: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
917: <br>
918: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
919: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
920: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
921: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
922: <p>
923:
1.247 jufi 924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 925: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
926: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 927: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 928: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 929:
1.194 jufi 930: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
931: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
932: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
933: <br>
934: The new
935: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 936: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 937: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
938: <p>
1.247 jufi 939: </ul>
1.194 jufi 940:
1.190 horacio 941: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 942: <ul>
1.190 horacio 943:
1.247 jufi 944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 945:
946: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
947: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
948:
949: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
950: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
951:
952: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
953: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
954:
1.212 horacio 955: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
956: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 957: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
958:
1.211 horacio 959: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
960: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 961: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
962:
1.247 jufi 963: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 964: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
965:
1.247 jufi 966: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 967: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
968:
1.212 horacio 969: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
970: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 971: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
972:
973: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
974: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
975:
976: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
977: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
978:
979: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
980: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
981:
982: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 983: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 984:
1.192 jufi 985: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
986: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 987: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 988:
1.193 deraadt 989: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
990: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 991: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 992:
1.247 jufi 993: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 994: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
995:
1.247 jufi 996: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 997: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
998: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
999:
1.213 horacio 1000: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1001: 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 1002: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1003:
1.190 horacio 1004: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1005: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1006: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1007: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1008: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1009: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1010: <p>
1.190 horacio 1011:
1.247 jufi 1012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1013: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1014: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1015: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1016: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1017:
1.195 jufi 1018: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1019: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1020: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1021: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1022: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1023: <p>
1024:
1.247 jufi 1025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1026: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1027: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1028: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1029: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1030:
1.191 jufi 1031: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1032: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
1033: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
1034: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 1035: <p>
1.247 jufi 1036: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1037:
1.191 jufi 1038:
1.186 jufi 1039: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1040: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1041:
1.247 jufi 1042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1043: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1044: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1045: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1046: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1047:
1.188 jufi 1048: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1049: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1050: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1051: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1052: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1053: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1054: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1055: <p>
1056:
1.191 jufi 1057:
1.247 jufi 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1059: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1060: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1061: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1062: </strong></font><br>
1063:
1064: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1065: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1066: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1067: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1068: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1069: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1070: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1071: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1072: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1073: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1074: familiar?
1075: <p>
1.247 jufi 1076: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1077:
1.178 louis 1078: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1079: <ul>
1.178 louis 1080:
1.247 jufi 1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1082: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1083: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1084: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1085: </strong></font><br>
1086:
1087: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1088: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1089: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1090: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1091: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1092: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1093: <p>
1094:
1.247 jufi 1095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1096: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1097: Open source under the hood</a>,
1098: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1099: </strong></font><br>
1100:
1101: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1102: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1103: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1104: <p>
1105:
1.247 jufi 1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1107: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1108: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1109: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1110: </strong></font><br>
1111:
1112: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1113: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1114: <p>
1.247 jufi 1115: </ul>
1.179 louis 1116:
1.174 louis 1117:
1.175 louis 1118: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1119: <ul>
1.175 louis 1120:
1.247 jufi 1121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1122: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1123: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1124: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1125: </strong></font><br>
1126:
1127: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1128: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1129: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1130: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1131: <p>
1132:
1.247 jufi 1133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1134: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1135: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1136: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1137: </strong></font><br>
1138:
1139: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1140: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1141: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1142: <p>
1.247 jufi 1143: </ul>
1.175 louis 1144:
1.176 louis 1145:
1.172 mickey 1146: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1147: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1148:
1.247 jufi 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1150: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1151: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1152: </strong></font><br>
1153:
1154: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1155: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1156: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1157: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1158: <p>
1159:
1.247 jufi 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1161: <a
1.269 deraadt 1162: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1163: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1164: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1165: </strong></font><br>
1166:
1167: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1168: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1169: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1170: <p>
1171:
1.247 jufi 1172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1173: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1174: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1175: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1176: </strong></font><br>
1177:
1178: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1179: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1180: <p>
1181:
1.247 jufi 1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1183: <a
1.269 deraadt 1184: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1185: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1186: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1190: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1191: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1192: our own Theo de Raadt.
1193: <p>
1194:
1.247 jufi 1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1196: <a
1.269 deraadt 1197: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1198: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1199: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1200: </strong></font><br>
1201:
1202: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1203: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1204: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1205: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1206: shut down.]
1207: <p>
1208:
1.247 jufi 1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1210: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1211: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1212: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1213: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1214: </strong></font><br>
1215:
1216: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1217: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1218: <p>
1.247 jufi 1219: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1220:
1.161 louis 1221: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1222: <ul>
1.161 louis 1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1225: <a
1.269 deraadt 1226: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1227: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1228: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1229: </strong></font><br>
1230:
1231: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1232: by John Wolley
1233: <p>
1234:
1.247 jufi 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1236: <a
1.269 deraadt 1237: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1238: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1239: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241:
1242: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1243: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1244: OpenBSD).
1245: <p>
1246:
1.247 jufi 1247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1248: <a
1.247 jufi 1249: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1250: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1251: </strong></font><br>
1252:
1253: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1254: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1255: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1256: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1257: and hindsight.
1258: <p>
1259:
1.247 jufi 1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1261: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1262: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1263: </strong></font><br>
1264:
1265: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1266: <p>
1267:
1.247 jufi 1268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1269: <a
1.168 provos 1270: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1271: December 7, 2000
1272: </strong></font><br>
1273:
1274: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1275: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1276: us explain.
1277: <p>
1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1280: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1281: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1282: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1283: December 6, 2000
1284: </strong></font><br>
1285:
1286: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1287: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1288: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1289: <p>
1290:
1.247 jufi 1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1292: <a
1.226 horacio 1293: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1294: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1295: </strong></font><br>
1296:
1297: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1298: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1299: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1300: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1301: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1302: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1303: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1304: <p>
1.162 millert 1305:
1.247 jufi 1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1307: <a
1.161 louis 1308: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1309: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1310: </strong></font><br>
1311:
1312: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1313: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1314: <p>
1315:
1.247 jufi 1316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1317: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1318: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1319: </strong></font><br>
1320:
1321: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1322: <p>
1323:
1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1326: <a
1.226 horacio 1327: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1328: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1329: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1330: </strong></font><br>
1331:
1332: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1333: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1334: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1335: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1336: <p>
1.247 jufi 1337: </ul>
1.169 louis 1338:
1.158 louis 1339: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1340: <ul>
1.147 louis 1341:
1.247 jufi 1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1343: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1344: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1345: </strong></font><br>
1346:
1347: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1348: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1349: <p>
1350:
1.247 jufi 1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1352: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1353: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1354: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1355: </strong></font><br>
1356: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1357: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1358: <p>
1359:
1.247 jufi 1360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1361: <a
1362: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1363: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1364: </strong></font><br>
1365:
1366: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1367: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1368: <p>
1369:
1.247 jufi 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1371: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1372: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1373: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1374:
1.213 horacio 1375: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1376: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1377: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1378: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1379: <p>
1.215 horacio 1380:
1.247 jufi 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1382: <a
1383: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1384: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1385: </strong></font><br>
1386:
1387: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1388: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1389: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1390: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1391: much of the attitude too).
1392: <p>
1.161 louis 1393:
1.247 jufi 1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1395: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1396: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1397: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1398:
1.157 louis 1399: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1400: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1401: <p>
1.247 jufi 1402: </ul>
1.157 louis 1403:
1404: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1405: <ul>
1.157 louis 1406:
1.247 jufi 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1408: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1409: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1410: </strong></font><br>
1411:
1412: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1413: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1414: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1415: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1416: <p>
1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1419: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1420: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1424: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1425: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1426: it because they love coding...
1427: <p>
1428:
1.247 jufi 1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1430: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1431: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1432: </strong></font><br>
1433:
1434: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1435: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1436: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1437: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1438: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1439: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1440: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1441: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1442: <p>
1443:
1.247 jufi 1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1445: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1446: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1447: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1448: </strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1451: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1452: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1453: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1454: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1455: the pizza.
1456: <p>
1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1459: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1460: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1461: </strong></font><br>
1462:
1463: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1464: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1465: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1466: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1467: problems.
1468: <p>
1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1471: <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 1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1.222 miod 1474: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1475: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1476: - whether they like it or not.
1477: <p>
1478:
1.247 jufi 1479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1480: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1481: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1482: </strong></font><br>
1483:
1484: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1485: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1486: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1487: <p>
1.148 aaron 1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1490: <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 1491: </strong></font><br>
1492:
1493: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1494: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1495: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1496: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1497: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1498: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1499: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1500: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1501: <p>
1502:
1.247 jufi 1503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1504: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1505: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1506: </strong></font><br>
1507:
1508: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1509: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1510: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1511: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1512: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1513: <p>
1.247 jufi 1514: </ul>
1.147 louis 1515:
1.138 louis 1516: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1517: <ul>
1.138 louis 1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1520: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1521: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1522: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1523: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1524: </strong></font><br>
1525:
1.227 horacio 1526: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1527: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1528: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1529: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1530: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1531: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1532: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1533: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1534: <p>
1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1537: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1538: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1539: </strong></font><br>
1540:
1541: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1542: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1543: groups, and even Linux.
1544: <p>
1545:
1.247 jufi 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1547: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1548: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1549: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1550: </strong></font><br>
1551:
1552: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1553: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1554: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1555: library after installing the OS.
1556: <p>
1557:
1.247 jufi 1558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1559: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1560: Sys Admin, September 2000
1561: </strong></font><br>
1562:
1563: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1564: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1565: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1566: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1567: (<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>,
1568: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1569: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1570: <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 1571: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1572: out of the system.
1573: <p>
1574:
1.247 jufi 1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1576: <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
1577: </strong></font><br>
1578:
1579: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1580: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1581: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1582: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1583: the IP filtering and address translation.
1584: <p>
1.247 jufi 1585: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1586:
1.131 louis 1587: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1588: <ul>
1.131 louis 1589:
1.247 jufi 1590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1591: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1592: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1593: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1594: </strong></font><br>
1595:
1596: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1597: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1598: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1599: <p>
1600:
1.247 jufi 1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1602: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1603: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1604: </strong></font><br>
1605:
1606: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1607: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1608: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1609: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1610: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1611: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1612: note of"</i>.
1613: <p>
1614:
1.247 jufi 1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1616: <a
1.247 jufi 1617: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1618: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1619: </strong></font><br>
1620:
1621: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1622: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1623: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1624: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1625: <p>
1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1628: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1629: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1630: </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1633: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1634: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1635: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1636: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1637: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1638: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1639: <p>
1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1642: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1643: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1644: 2000
1645: </strong></font><br>
1646:
1647: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1648: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1649: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1650: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1651: against current industry practices.
1652: <p>
1653:
1.247 jufi 1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1655: <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
1656: </strong></font><br>
1657:
1658: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1659: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1660: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1661: <p>
1662:
1.247 jufi 1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1664: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1665: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1669: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1670: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1671: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1672: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1673: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1674: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1675: <p>
1676:
1.247 jufi 1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1678: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1679: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1680: </strong></font><br>
1681:
1682: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1683: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1684: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1685: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1686: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1687: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1688: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1689: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1690: <p>
1.247 jufi 1691: </ul>
1.131 louis 1692:
1.118 louis 1693: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1694: <ul>
1.118 louis 1695:
1.247 jufi 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1697: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1698: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1699: </strong></font><br>
1700:
1701: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1702: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1703: about time. The article mentions that
1704: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1705: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1706: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1707: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1708: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1709: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1710: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1711: <p>
1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1714: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1715: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1716: </strong></font><br>
1717:
1718: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1719: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1720: of OpenSSH.
1721: <p>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1724: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1725: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1726: </strong></font><br>
1727:
1728: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1729: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1730: bridging.
1731: <p>
1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1734: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1735: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1736: </strong></font><br>
1737:
1.121 deraadt 1738: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1739: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1740: <p>
1741:
1.247 jufi 1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1743: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1744: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1745: </strong></font><br>
1746:
1747: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1748: <p>
1749:
1.247 jufi 1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1751: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1752: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1753: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1754: </strong></font><br>
1755:
1.120 deraadt 1756: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1757: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1758: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1759: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1760: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1761: <p>
1762:
1.247 jufi 1763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1764: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1765: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1766: </strong></font><br>
1767:
1.222 miod 1768: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1769: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1770: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1771: protocols and their quirks.
1772: <p>
1773:
1.247 jufi 1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1775: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1776: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1777: </strong></font><br>
1778:
1779: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1780: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1781: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1782: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1783: <p>
1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1786: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1787: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1788: </strong></font><br>
1789:
1790: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1791: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1792: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1793: <p>
1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1796: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1797: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1798: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1799: </strong></font><br>
1800:
1801: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1802: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1803: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1804: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1805: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1806: <p>
1.247 jufi 1807: </ul>
1.118 louis 1808:
1.104 louis 1809: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1810: <ul>
1.104 louis 1811:
1.247 jufi 1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1813: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1814: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1815: </strong></font><br>
1816:
1817: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1818: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1819: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1820: be a bit dry.
1821: <p>
1822:
1.247 jufi 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1824: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1825: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1826: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1827: </strong></font><br>
1828: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1829: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1830: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1831: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1832: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1833: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1834: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1835: <p>
1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1838: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1839: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1840: 2000
1.128 louis 1841: </strong></font><br>
1842:
1843: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1844: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1845: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1846: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1847: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1848: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1849: <p>
1850:
1.247 jufi 1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1852: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1853: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1854: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1855:
1856: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1857: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1858: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1859: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1860: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1861: <p>
1.110 louis 1862:
1.247 jufi 1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1864: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1865: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1869: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1870: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1871: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1872: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1873: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1874: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1875: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1876: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1877: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1878: <p>
1879:
1.247 jufi 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1881: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1882: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1883:
1884: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1885: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1886: <p>
1.108 louis 1887:
1.247 jufi 1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1889: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1890: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1891: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1892:
1893: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1894: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1895: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1896: <p>
1.106 louis 1897:
1.247 jufi 1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1899: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1900: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1901: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1902:
1903: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1904: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1905: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1906: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1907: <p>
1.107 louis 1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1910: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1911: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1912: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1913:
1914: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1915: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1916: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1917: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1918: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1919: <p>
1.105 louis 1920:
1.247 jufi 1921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1922: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1923: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1924: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1925:
1.113 naddy 1926: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1927: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1928: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1929: <p>
1.104 louis 1930:
1.247 jufi 1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1932: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1933: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1934: </strong></font><br>
1935:
1936: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1937: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1938: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1939: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1940: <p>
1.247 jufi 1941: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1942:
1.85 louis 1943: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1944: <ul>
1.85 louis 1945:
1.247 jufi 1946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1947: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1948: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1949: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1950:
1951: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1952: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1953: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1954: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1955: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1956: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1957: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1958: <p>
1.99 louis 1959:
1.247 jufi 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1961: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1962: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1963: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1964:
1965: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1966: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1967: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1968: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1969: <p>
1.100 louis 1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1972: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1973: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1975:
1976: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1977: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1978: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1979: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1980: <p>
1.95 louis 1981:
1.247 jufi 1982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1983: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1984: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1985: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1986:
1987: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1988: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1989: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 1990: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
1991: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 1992: <p>
1.92 louis 1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1995: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 1996: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1997: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 1998:
1999: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2000: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2001: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2002: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2003: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2004: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2005: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2006: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2007: <p>
1.91 louis 2008:
1.247 jufi 2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2010: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2011: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2012: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2013:
2014: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2015: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2016: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2017: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2018: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2019: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2020: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2021: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2022: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2023: <p>
1.90 louis 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2026: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2027: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2028: </strong></font><br>
2029: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2030: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2031: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2032: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2033: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2034: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2035: <p>
2036:
1.247 jufi 2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2038: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2039: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2040: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2041:
1.113 naddy 2042: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2043: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2044: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2045: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2046: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2047: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2048: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2049: <p>
1.87 louis 2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2052: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2053: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2054: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2055:
2056: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2057: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2058: <p>
1.85 louis 2059:
1.247 jufi 2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2061: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2062: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2063: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2064:
2065: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2066: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2067: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2068: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2069: <p>
1.89 louis 2070:
1.247 jufi 2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2072: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2073: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2074: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2075:
2076: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2077: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2078: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2079: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2080: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2081: </ul>
1.85 louis 2082:
1.78 deraadt 2083: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2084: <ul>
1.74 louis 2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2087: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2088: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2089: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2090: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2091:
2092: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2093: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2094: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2095: <p>
1.83 louis 2096:
1.247 jufi 2097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2098: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2099: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2101:
2102: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2103: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2104: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2105: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2106: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2107: <p>
1.93 louis 2108:
1.247 jufi 2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2110: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2111: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2112: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2113: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2114:
1.83 louis 2115: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2116: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2117: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2118: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2119: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2120: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2121: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2122: <p>
1.82 aaron 2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2125: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2126: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2128:
1.83 louis 2129: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2130: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2131: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2132: <p>
1.80 louis 2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2135: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2136: Bad Press</a>,
2137: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2139:
2140: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2141: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2142: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2143: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2144: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2145: <p>
1.247 jufi 2146: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2147:
2148: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2149: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2150:
1.247 jufi 2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2152: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2153: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2154: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2155: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2156:
2157: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2158: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2159: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2160: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2161: <p>
1.74 louis 2162:
1.247 jufi 2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2164: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2165: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2166: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2167:
1.219 horacio 2168: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2169: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2170: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2171: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2172: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2173: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2174: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2175: <p>
1.88 louis 2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2178: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2179: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2180: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2181:
2182: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2183: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2184: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2185: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2186: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2187: <p>
1.81 louis 2188:
1.247 jufi 2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2190: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2191: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2192: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2193:
2194: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2195: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2196: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2197: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2198: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2199: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2200: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2201: <p>
1.90 louis 2202:
1.247 jufi 2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2204: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2205: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2206: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2207:
2208: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2209: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2210: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2211: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2212: <p>
1.247 jufi 2213: </ul>
1.71 louis 2214:
1.69 deraadt 2215: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2216: <ul>
1.70 louis 2217:
1.247 jufi 2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2219: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2220: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2221: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2222:
2223: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2224: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2225: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2226: <p>
1.70 louis 2227:
1.247 jufi 2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2229: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2230: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2231: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2232:
2233: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2234: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2235: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2236: <p>
1.68 louis 2237:
1.247 jufi 2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2239: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2240: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2241: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2242: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2243:
1.111 jufi 2244: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2245: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2246: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2247: "secure by default" installation.
2248: <p>
1.64 louis 2249:
1.247 jufi 2250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2251: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2252: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2253: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2254:
1.113 naddy 2255: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2256: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2257: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2258: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2259: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2260: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2261: <p>
1.66 louis 2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2264: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2265: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2266: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2267:
2268: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2269: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2270: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2271: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2272: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2273: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2274: <p>
1.83 louis 2275:
1.247 jufi 2276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2277: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2278: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2279: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2280:
2281: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2282: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2283: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2284: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2285: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2286: <p>
1.64 louis 2287:
1.247 jufi 2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2289: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2290: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2292:
2293: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2294: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2295: <p>
1.247 jufi 2296: </ul>
1.65 louis 2297:
1.69 deraadt 2298: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2299: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2300:
1.247 jufi 2301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2302: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2303: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2304: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2305:
2306: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2307: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2308: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2309: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2310: <p>
1.88 louis 2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2313: <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 2314: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2315:
2316: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2317: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2318: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2319: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2320: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2321: <p>
1.60 louis 2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2324: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2325: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2326: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2327: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2328:
2329: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2330: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2331: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2332: <p>
1.58 louis 2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2335: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2336: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2337:
2338: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2339: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2340: <p>
1.53 louis 2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2343: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2344: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2345: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2346:
2347: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2348: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2349: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2350: <p>
1.99 louis 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2353: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2354: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2355:
2356: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2357: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2358: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2359: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2360: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2363: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2364: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2365: </strong></font><br>
2366:
2367: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2368: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2369: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2370: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2371: <p>
2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2374: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2375: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2377:
2378: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2379: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2380: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2383: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2384: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2385:
2386: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2387: in
1.247 jufi 2388: <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 2389: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2390: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2391: <p>
1.53 louis 2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2394: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2395: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2396: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2397: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2398:
1.58 louis 2399: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2400: <p>
1.247 jufi 2401: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2402:
1.69 deraadt 2403: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2404: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2407: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2408: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2409: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2410: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2411:
1.58 louis 2412: Kurt Seifried
2413: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2414: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2415: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2416: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2419: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2420: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2422:
2423: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2424: <p>
1.96 louis 2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2427: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2428: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2430:
2431: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2432: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2433: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2434: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.247 jufi 2436: </ul>
1.86 louis 2437:
1.69 deraadt 2438: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2439: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2442: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2443: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2444: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2445:
2446: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2447: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2448: <p>
1.61 louis 2449:
1.247 jufi 2450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2451: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2452: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2453: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2454: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2455:
2456: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2457: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2458: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2459: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2460: right -- or at least strives to".
2461: <p>
1.48 louis 2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2464: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2465: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2466: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2467: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2468: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2469: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2470: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2471: <p>
1.61 louis 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <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 2474: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2475: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2476:
2477: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2478: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2479: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2480: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2481: <p>
1.46 louis 2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2484: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2485: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2487:
2488: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2489: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2490: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2493: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2494: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2495: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2496:
2497: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2498: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2499: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2500: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2501: <p>
1.247 jufi 2502: </ul>
1.70 louis 2503:
1.69 deraadt 2504: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2505: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2506:
1.247 jufi 2507: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2508: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2509: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2510: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2511: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2512:
2513: Kurt Seifried
2514: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2515: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2516: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2517: <p>
1.44 philen 2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <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 2520: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2521: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2522:
2523: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2524: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2525:
1.247 jufi 2526: <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 2527: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2528: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2529:
2530: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2531: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2532:
1.247 jufi 2533: <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 2534: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2535: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2536:
2537: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2538: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2539: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2540: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2541: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <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 2544: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2545: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2546:
1.36 louis 2547: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2548: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2551: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2552: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2553: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2554:
2555: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2556: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2557: </ul>
1.38 louis 2558:
1.69 deraadt 2559: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2560: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <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 2563: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2564: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2565:
2566: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2567: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2568: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2569:
1.113 naddy 2570: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2571: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2572: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2573: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2574:
2575: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2576: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2577: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2578: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2579: <blockquote>
2580: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2581: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2582: <br>
2583: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2584: </code>
2585: </blockquote>
2586: <p>
2587:
1.247 jufi 2588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2589: <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>
2590: <p>
2591:
2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2593: <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 2594: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2595:
2596: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2597: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2598: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2599: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2602: <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 2603: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2604:
2605: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2606: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2607: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2608: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2609: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2610: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2611: <p>
1.19 louis 2612:
1.113 naddy 2613: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2614: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2615: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2616:
2617: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2618: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2619: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2620: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2621: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2622: <p>
1.16 louis 2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2625: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2626: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2628:
1.57 louis 2629: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2630: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2631: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2632: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2635: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2636: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2638:
1.113 naddy 2639: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2640:
1.247 jufi 2641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2642: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2643: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2644: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2645:
1.23 louis 2646: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2647: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2648: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2649: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2650: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2651: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2654: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2655: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2656: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2657:
1.199 pvalchev 2658: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2659: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2660: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2661: installation.
1.113 naddy 2662: <p>
1.47 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2665: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2666: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2667: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2668:
2669: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2670: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2671: </ul>
1.57 louis 2672:
1.69 deraadt 2673: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2674: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2675:
1.247 jufi 2676: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2677: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2678: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2679: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2680:
2681: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2682: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2683: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2684: <p>
1.12 louis 2685:
1.247 jufi 2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2687: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2688: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2689: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2690:
2691: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2692: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2693: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2694: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2695: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2696: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2697: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2698: <p>
1.247 jufi 2699: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2700:
1.69 deraadt 2701: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2702: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2703:
1.247 jufi 2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2705: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2706: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2707:
2708: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2709: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2710: available."
1.113 naddy 2711: <p>
1.247 jufi 2712: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2713:
1.69 deraadt 2714: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2718: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2719: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2720:
2721: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2722: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2723: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2724: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2725: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2726: <p>
1.33 louis 2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2729: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2730: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2731: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2732:
1.113 naddy 2733: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2734: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2735: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2736: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2737: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2738: <p>
1.247 jufi 2739: </ul>
1.57 louis 2740:
1.69 deraadt 2741: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2742: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2743:
1.247 jufi 2744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2745: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2746: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2747: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2748:
2749: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2750: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2751: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2752:
1.247 jufi 2753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2754: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2755: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2756: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2757: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2758:
2759: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2760: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2763: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2764:
1.113 naddy 2765: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2766:
1.247 jufi 2767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2768: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2769: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2770: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2771:
2772: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2773: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2774: </ul>
1.23 louis 2775:
1.69 deraadt 2776: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2777: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2780: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2781: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2782:
2783: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2784: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2785: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2786:
1.247 jufi 2787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2788: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2789: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2790: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2791:
2792: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2793: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2794: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2795: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2796: </ul>
1.57 louis 2797:
1.69 deraadt 2798: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2799: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2800:
1.247 jufi 2801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2802: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2803: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2804: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2805:
2806: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2807: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2808: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2809: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2810: <p>
1.15 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2813: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2814: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2815: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2816:
2817: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2818: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2819: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2820: columns."
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.247 jufi 2822: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2823:
1.69 deraadt 2824: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2825: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2828: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2829: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2830: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2831:
2832: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2833: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2834:
1.113 naddy 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2836: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2837: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2838:
2839: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2840: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2841: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2842: </ul>
1.57 louis 2843:
1.69 deraadt 2844: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2845: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2846:
1.113 naddy 2847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2848: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2849: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2850: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2851:
1.222 miod 2852: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2853: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2854: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2855: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2856: <p>
1.247 jufi 2857: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2858:
1.69 deraadt 2859: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2860: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2863: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2864: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2865:
1.69 deraadt 2866: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2867: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2868: <p>
1.247 jufi 2869: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2870:
1.69 deraadt 2871: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2872: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2873:
1.247 jufi 2874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2875: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2876: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2877: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2878:
2879: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2880: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2881: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2884: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2885: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2886: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2889:
1.69 deraadt 2890: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2894: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2895: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2896: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2897: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2898: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2899:
2900: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2901: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2902: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2903: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2904: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2905: <p>
1.247 jufi 2906: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2907:
2908: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2909: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2910:
1.247 jufi 2911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2912: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2913: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2914:
1.69 deraadt 2915: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2916: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2917: <p>
1.112 naddy 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2920: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2921:
1.113 naddy 2922: <hr>
2923: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2924: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2925:
1.200 niklas 2926: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2927:
1.247 jufi 2928: <ul>
2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2930: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2931: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2932:
2933: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2934: <p>
2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2937:
2938: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2939:
1.247 jufi 2940: <ul>
2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2942: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2943: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2944:
2945: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2946: <p>
2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2949: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2950: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2951:
2952: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2953: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2954: <p>
2955:
1.247 jufi 2956: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2957:
2958: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2959:
1.247 jufi 2960: <ul>
2961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2962: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2963: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2964:
2965: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2966: <p>
2967:
1.247 jufi 2968: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2969:
1.102 niklas 2970: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <ul>
2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2974: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2975: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2976:
2977: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2978: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2979: <p>
1.102 niklas 2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2982:
1.84 niklas 2983: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <ul>
2986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2987: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2988: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2989:
2990: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 2991: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2992: <p>
1.84 niklas 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: </ul>
1.84 niklas 2995:
1.69 deraadt 2996: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
2997:
1.247 jufi 2998: <ul>
2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3000: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 3001: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3002:
1.222 miod 3003: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 3004: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3005: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 3006: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3009: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 3010: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 3011: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 3012: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3013:
1.20 louis 3014: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3015: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 3016: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3017: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 3018: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3021:
1.113 naddy 3022: <hr>
1.202 jufi 3023: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 3024: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 3025:
3026:
3027: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3028: <ul>
1.202 jufi 3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 3031: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
3032: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3033:
3034: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
3035: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3036: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3037:
3038: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3039: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3042:
3043:
1.170 louis 3044: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3045: <ul>
1.170 louis 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3048: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3049: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3050: </strong></font><br>
3051:
3052: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3053: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3054: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3055: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3056: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3057: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3058: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3059: <p>
1.247 jufi 3060: </ul>
1.170 louis 3061:
1.69 deraadt 3062: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3063: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3066: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3067: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3068: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3069:
3070: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3071: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3072: translating and reprinting articles from
3073: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3074: <p>
1.247 jufi 3075: </ul>
1.20 louis 3076:
1.113 naddy 3077: <hr>
3078: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3079: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3080:
1.246 jufi 3081: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3082: <ul>
3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3084: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3085: December 04, 2002
3086: </strong></font><br>
3087: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3088: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3089: <p>
1.247 jufi 3090: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3091:
1.151 louis 3092: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3093: <ul>
1.151 louis 3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3096: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3097: </strong></font><br>
3098:
3099: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3100: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3101: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3102: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3103: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3104: <p>
1.247 jufi 3105: </ul>
1.151 louis 3106:
1.72 louis 3107: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3108: <ul>
1.72 louis 3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3111: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3112: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3113: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3114:
1.101 jufi 3115: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3116: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3117: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3118: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3119: Giving way to
3120: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3121: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3122: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3123: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3124: <p>
1.247 jufi 3125: </ul>
1.72 louis 3126:
1.69 deraadt 3127: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3128: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3129:
1.247 jufi 3130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3131: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3132: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3133: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3134:
3135: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3136: <p>
1.247 jufi 3137: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3138:
1.50 louis 3139:
1.113 naddy 3140: <hr>
3141: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3142: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3143:
1.69 deraadt 3144: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3148: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3149: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3150: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3151:
3152: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3153: <p>
1.247 jufi 3154: </ul>
1.62 form 3155:
1.69 deraadt 3156: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3157: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3160: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3161: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3162: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3163:
1.59 form 3164: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3165: <p>
1.112 naddy 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3168:
1.113 naddy 3169: <hr>
3170: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3171: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3172: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3175: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3176: Radio, August 2, 2000
3177: </strong></font><br>
3178:
3179: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3180: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3181: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3182: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3183: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3184: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3185: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3186: <p>
3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3189: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3190: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3191: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3192: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3193:
3194: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3195: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3196: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3197: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3198: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3199: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3200: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3201: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3202: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3203: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3204: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3205: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3206: <p>
1.247 jufi 3207: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3208:
1.113 naddy 3209: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3210: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3211: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3212:
3213: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3214: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3215:
1.247 jufi 3216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3217: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3218: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3219: </strong></font><br>
3220:
3221: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3222: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3223: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3224: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3225: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3226: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3227: A
1.216 horacio 3228: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3229: <p>
1.247 jufi 3230: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3231:
1.252 miod 3232: <hr>
3233: <a name=fr></a>
3234: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3235:
3236: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3237: <ul>
3238:
3239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3240: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3241: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3242: </strong></font><br>
3243:
3244: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3245: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3246: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3247: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3248: <p>
3249: </ul>
3250:
1.216 horacio 3251:
3252: <hr>
3253: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3254: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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