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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>
1.291 ! deraadt 39: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
! 40: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
! 41: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
! 42: </strong></font></br>
! 43: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
! 44: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
! 45: at UPenn and DARPA.
! 46: <p>
! 47:
! 48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 49: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
50: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
51: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
52: </strong></font></br>
53: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
54: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
55: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
56: <p>
57:
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 59: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
60: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 61: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 62: </strong></font><br>
63: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
64: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
65: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 66: American century.
1.267 deraadt 67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 70: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
71: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 72: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 73: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 74: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
75: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
76: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
77: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
78: Can also be found online at:
79: <ul>
80: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
81: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 82: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.267 deraadt 83: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 87: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
88: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 89: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 90: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 91: </strong></font><br>
92: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 93: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
94: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
95: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
96: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 97:
98: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
99: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
100: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
101: New York Times.
102: </strong></font>(free registration required)
103:
1.273 deraadt 104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
105: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 106: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 107: ABC News.
108: </strong></font>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
111: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
112: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 113: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 114: </strong></font>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
117: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 118: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 119: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 120: </strong></font>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 123: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
124: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 125: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 126: </strong></font>
127:
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 129: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 130: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 131: Times Daily, AL.
132: </strong></font>
133:
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
135: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
136: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
137: Boston.com, MA.
138: </strong></font>
139:
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
141: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 142: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 143: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
144: </strong></font>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 147: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
148: [Article was pulled]</a>
149: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 150: </strong></font>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
153: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
154: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
155: Infoshop News.
156: </strong></font>
157:
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
159: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
160: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
161: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
162: </strong></font>
163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
165: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
166: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
167: NEPA News, PA.
168: </strong></font>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
172: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
173: Wired News.
174: </strong></font>
175:
1.271 deraadt 176: </ul>
177: <p>
1.272 deraadt 178: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
179: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 180: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
181: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
182: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
183: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
184: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
185: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
186: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
187: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
188: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
189: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 190: <p>
191: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 194: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
195: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
196: Indianapolis Star, IN.
197: </strong></font>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 200: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
201: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
202: Miami Herald, FL.
203: </strong></font>
204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 206: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 207: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
208: </strong></font>
209:
210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
211: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 212: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 213: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 214: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
217: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
218: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
219: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
220: ABC News.
221: </strong></font>
222:
1.276 deraadt 223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
224: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
225: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 226: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 227: </strong></font>
228:
1.286 dhartmei 229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
230: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
231: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
232: Wilmington Star, NC.
233: </strong></font>
234:
1.263 deraadt 235: </ul>
1.262 beck 236: <p>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 239: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
240: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 241: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 242: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 243: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 244: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
245: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 249: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
250: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
251: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
252: </strong></font></br>
253: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
254: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
255: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
256: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
257: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
258: and simply restates other press reports.
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 262: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
263: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
264: OS News, April 18, 2003.
265: </strong></font><br>
266: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 270: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
271: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 272: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 273: </strong></font><br>
274: Another report on the DARPA funding.
275: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
276: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
277: <p>
278:
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 280: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
281: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 282: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 283: </strong></font><br>
284: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
285: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
286: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
287: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
288: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
289: Goes on to say:
290: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
291: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
292: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
293: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 294: This article is also found online at:
295: <ul>
296: <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
297: BusinessWeek.com</a>
298: <li><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">ZDnet</a>
299: </ul>
1.260 ian 300: <p>
1.279 deraadt 301:
1.260 ian 302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
303: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
304: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 305: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 306: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 307: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 308: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
309: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
310: without notice or justification.
311: <p>
312:
313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
314: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
315: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 316: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 317: </strong></font><br>
318: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
319: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
320: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
321: effective today, without any warning..."
322: <p>
1.257 ian 323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 325: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
326: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 327: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 328: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 329: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
330: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
331: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
332: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
333: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 337: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
338: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 339: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 340: </strong></font><br>
341: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
342: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
343: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
344: quoting two of them:
345: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
346: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
347: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
348: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
349: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
350: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
351: <p>
352:
1.255 ian 353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 354: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
355: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 356: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 357: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 358: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 359: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
360: security experts for more than three decades."
361: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
362: <p>
1.261 ian 363:
1.254 drahn 364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 365: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
366: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 367: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 368: </strong></font><br>
369: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
370: from US DARPA.
371: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
372: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
373: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
374: the BSD license.
375: <p>
376: </ul>
377:
1.251 ian 378: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
379: <ul>
380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
382: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
383: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 384: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 385: </strong></font><br>
386: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
387: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
388: Mentions
389: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
390: and
391: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
392: programs.
393: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 394: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 395: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
396: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
397: <p>
1.260 ian 398:
399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
400: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
401: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
402: </strong></font><br>
403: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
404: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
405: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
406: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
407: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
408: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
409: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
410: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
411: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
412: put into service."
413: <p>
414: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
415: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
416: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
417: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
418: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
419: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
420: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
421: computers with security features."
422: <p>
1.251 ian 423: </ul>
424:
1.249 jufi 425: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
426: <ul>
427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
428: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
429: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 430: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 431: </strong></font><br>
432: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
433: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 434: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 435: <p>
436: </ul>
437:
1.246 jufi 438: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 439: <ul>
1.246 jufi 440:
1.247 jufi 441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 442: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 443: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
444: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 445: </strong></font><br>
446: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
447: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
448: <p>
449:
1.247 jufi 450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 451: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 452: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
453: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 454: </strong></font><br>
455: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
456: in their annual OpenHack security test.
457: <p>
1.247 jufi 458: </ul>
1.246 jufi 459:
1.244 jufi 460: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 461: <ul>
1.246 jufi 462:
1.247 jufi 463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 464: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
465: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
466: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 467: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 468: </strong></font><br>
469: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
470: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
471: md5 digests.
472: <p>
473:
1.247 jufi 474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 475: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 476: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
477: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 478: </strong></font><br>
479: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
480: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
481: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
482: right the first time."
483: <p>
1.247 jufi 484: </ul>
1.244 jufi 485:
486:
487: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 488: <ul>
1.244 jufi 489:
1.247 jufi 490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 491: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 492: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
493: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 494: </strong></font><br>
495: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
496: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
497: part 6</a>.
498: <p>
499:
1.247 jufi 500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 501: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 502: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
503: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 504: </strong></font><br>
505: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
506: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
507: <p>
1.247 jufi 508: </ul>
1.242 jufi 509:
510: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 511: <ul>
1.242 jufi 512:
1.247 jufi 513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 514: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 515: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
516: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 517: </strong></font><br>
518: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
519: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
520: <p>
521:
1.247 jufi 522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 523: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 524: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
525: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 526: </strong></font><br>
527: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
528: this time using pf.
529: <p>
1.247 jufi 530: </ul>
1.242 jufi 531:
532: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 533: <ul>
1.242 jufi 534:
1.247 jufi 535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 536: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 537: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
538: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 539: </strong></font><br>
540: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
541: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
542: their rotation.
543: <p>
544:
1.247 jufi 545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 546: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 547: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
548: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 549: </strong></font><br>
550: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
551: <p>
1.247 jufi 552: </ul>
1.242 jufi 553:
1.239 jufi 554: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 555: <ul>
1.239 jufi 556:
1.247 jufi 557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 558: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 559: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
560: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 561: </strong></font><br>
562: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
563: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
564: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
565: <p>
566:
1.247 jufi 567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 568: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 569: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
570: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 571: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 572: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
573: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
574: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 575: <p>
1.247 jufi 576: </ul>
1.239 jufi 577:
1.235 lebel 578: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 579: <ul>
1.235 lebel 580:
1.239 jufi 581:
1.247 jufi 582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 583: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 584: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
585: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 586: </strong></font><br>
587: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
588: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
589: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
590: <p>
1.247 jufi 591: </ul>
1.235 lebel 592:
1.228 horacio 593: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 594: <ul>
1.228 horacio 595:
1.247 jufi 596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 597: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 598: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
599: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 600: </strong></font><br>
601: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
602: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
603: <p>
604:
1.247 jufi 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 606: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 607: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
608: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 609: </strong></font><br>
610: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
611: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
612: <p>
613:
1.247 jufi 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 615: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 616: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
617: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 618: </strong></font><br>
619: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
620: on the desktop of his parents.
621: <p>
622:
1.247 jufi 623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 624: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 625: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
626: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 627: </strong></font><br>
628: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
629: using IPFilter.
630:
631: <p>
632:
1.247 jufi 633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 634: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 635: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
636: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 637: </strong></font><br>
638: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
639: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
640: perspectives of the four OS.
641: <br>
642: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 643: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 644: <p>
645:
1.247 jufi 646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 647: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
648: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 649: software and security</a>,
650: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 651: </strong></font><br>
652:
653: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
654: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
655: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
656: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
657: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
658: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
659: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
660: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
661: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
662: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
663: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
664: security conscious team beyond doubt.
665: <p>
1.247 jufi 666: </ul>
1.228 horacio 667:
1.225 horacio 668: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 669: <ul>
1.225 horacio 670:
1.247 jufi 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 672: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
673: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 674: Interview</a>,
675: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 676: </strong></font><br>
677:
678: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
679: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
680: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 681: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 682: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
683: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
684: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
685: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
686: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 687: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 688: of choice.
689: <p>
1.247 jufi 690: </ul>
1.225 horacio 691:
692: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 693: <ul>
1.225 horacio 694:
1.247 jufi 695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 696: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 697: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
698: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 699: </strong></font><br>
700:
701: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
702: <p>
703:
1.247 jufi 704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 705: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 706: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
707: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 708: </strong></font><br>
709:
710: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
711: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
712: <p>
1.247 jufi 713: </ul>
1.225 horacio 714:
1.218 horacio 715: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 716: <ul>
1.218 horacio 717:
1.247 jufi 718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 719: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 720: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
721: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 722: </strong></font><br>
723:
724: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
725: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
726: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
727: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
728: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
729: subjects. Worth a read.
730: <p>
731:
732:
1.247 jufi 733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 734: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 735: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
736: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 737: </strong></font><br>
738:
739: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
740: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
741: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
742: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
743: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
744: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
745: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
746: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
747: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 748: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 749: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
750: on other operating systems.<br>
751: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
752: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
753: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
754: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
755: <p>
756:
1.247 jufi 757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 758: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 759: Operating System 2010</a>,
760: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 761: </strong></font><br>
762:
763: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
764: covering the level of software integration into the core
765: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
766: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
767: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
768: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
769: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
770: <p>
771:
1.247 jufi 772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 773: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 774: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
775: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 776: </strong></font><br>
777:
778: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
779: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
780: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
781: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
782: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
783: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
784: <p>
1.247 jufi 785: </ul>
1.221 horacio 786:
1.210 jufi 787: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 788: <ul>
1.215 horacio 789:
1.247 jufi 790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 791: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 792: Already a Contender</a>,
793: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 794: </strong></font><br>
795:
796: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
797: source software in response to an article which claimed that
798: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
799: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
800: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
801: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
802: <p>
803:
1.247 jufi 804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 805: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 806: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
807: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 808: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 809:
1.224 horacio 810: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
811: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
812: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
813: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
814: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
815: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 816: <p>
1.247 jufi 817: </ul>
1.215 horacio 818:
819: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 820: <ul>
1.215 horacio 821:
1.247 jufi 822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 823: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
824: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 825: Division</a>,
826: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 827: </strong></font><br>
828:
829: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
830: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 831: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 832: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
833: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
834: investment</em>.<br>
835: The implementation details can be seen on their
836: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
837: <p>
838:
1.247 jufi 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 840: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 841: Thinking about Security</a>,
842: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 843: </strong></font><br>
844:
845: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
846: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
847: security and says that even secured operating systems running
848: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
849: to time.<br>
850: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
851: system and just the most secure system.
852: <p>
853:
1.247 jufi 854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 855: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 856: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
857: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 858: </strong></font><br>
859:
860: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
861: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
862: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
863: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
864: choice:<br>
865: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
866: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
867: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
868: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
869: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
870: network security devices and as such must be well
871: armored."</em><br>
872: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
873: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
874: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
875: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
876: <br>
877: Bravo!
878: <p>
1.247 jufi 879: </ul>
1.210 jufi 880:
1.207 ian 881: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 882: <ul>
1.215 horacio 883:
1.247 jufi 884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 885: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
886: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
887: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 888:
1.207 ian 889: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
890: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 891: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 892: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
893: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
894: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 895: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 896: <p>
1.247 jufi 897: </ul>
1.207 ian 898:
1.194 jufi 899: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 900: <ul>
1.194 jufi 901:
1.247 jufi 902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 903: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 904: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
905: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 906: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 907:
1.240 miod 908: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 909: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
910: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
911: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
912: <p>
913:
1.247 jufi 914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 915: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 916: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
917: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
918: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 919:
1.240 miod 920: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 921: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 922: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
923: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
924: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 925: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 926: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
927: <br>
928: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
929: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
930: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
931: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
932: <p>
933:
1.247 jufi 934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 935: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
936: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 937: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 938: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 939:
1.194 jufi 940: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
941: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
942: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
943: <br>
944: The new
945: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 946: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 947: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
948: <p>
1.247 jufi 949: </ul>
1.194 jufi 950:
1.190 horacio 951: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 952: <ul>
1.190 horacio 953:
1.247 jufi 954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 955:
956: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
957: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
958:
959: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
960: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
961:
962: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
963: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
964:
1.212 horacio 965: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
966: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 967: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
968:
1.211 horacio 969: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
970: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 971: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
972:
1.247 jufi 973: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 974: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
975:
1.247 jufi 976: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 977: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
978:
1.212 horacio 979: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
980: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 981: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
982:
983: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
984: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
985:
986: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
987: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
988:
989: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
990: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
991:
992: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 993: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 994:
1.192 jufi 995: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
996: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 997: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 998:
1.193 deraadt 999: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1000: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1001: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1002:
1.247 jufi 1003: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1004: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1005:
1.247 jufi 1006: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1007: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1008: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1009:
1.213 horacio 1010: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1011: 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 1012: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1013:
1.190 horacio 1014: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1015: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1016: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1017: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1018: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1019: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1020: <p>
1.190 horacio 1021:
1.247 jufi 1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1023: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1024: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1025: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1026: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1027:
1.195 jufi 1028: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1029: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1030: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1031: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1032: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1033: <p>
1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1036: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1037: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1038: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1039: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1040:
1.191 jufi 1041: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1042: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
1043: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
1044: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 1045: <p>
1.247 jufi 1046: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1047:
1.191 jufi 1048:
1.186 jufi 1049: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1050: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1051:
1.247 jufi 1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1053: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1054: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1055: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1056: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1057:
1.188 jufi 1058: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1059: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1060: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1061: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1062: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1063: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1064: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1065: <p>
1066:
1.191 jufi 1067:
1.247 jufi 1068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1069: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1070: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1071: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1072: </strong></font><br>
1073:
1074: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1075: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1076: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1077: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1078: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1079: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1080: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1081: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1082: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1083: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1084: familiar?
1085: <p>
1.247 jufi 1086: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1087:
1.178 louis 1088: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1089: <ul>
1.178 louis 1090:
1.247 jufi 1091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1092: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1093: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1094: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1095: </strong></font><br>
1096:
1097: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1098: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1099: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1100: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1101: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1102: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1103: <p>
1104:
1.247 jufi 1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1106: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1107: Open source under the hood</a>,
1108: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1109: </strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1112: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1113: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1114: <p>
1115:
1.247 jufi 1116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1117: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1118: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1119: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1120: </strong></font><br>
1121:
1122: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1123: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1124: <p>
1.247 jufi 1125: </ul>
1.179 louis 1126:
1.174 louis 1127:
1.175 louis 1128: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1129: <ul>
1.175 louis 1130:
1.247 jufi 1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1132: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1133: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1134: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1135: </strong></font><br>
1136:
1137: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1138: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1139: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1140: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1141: <p>
1142:
1.247 jufi 1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1144: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1145: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1146: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1147: </strong></font><br>
1148:
1149: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1150: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1151: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1152: <p>
1.247 jufi 1153: </ul>
1.175 louis 1154:
1.176 louis 1155:
1.172 mickey 1156: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1157: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1158:
1.247 jufi 1159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1160: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1161: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1162: </strong></font><br>
1163:
1164: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1165: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1166: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1167: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1168: <p>
1169:
1.247 jufi 1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1171: <a
1.269 deraadt 1172: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1173: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1174: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1175: </strong></font><br>
1176:
1177: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1178: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1179: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1180: <p>
1181:
1.247 jufi 1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1183: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1184: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1185: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1186: </strong></font><br>
1187:
1188: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1189: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1190: <p>
1191:
1.247 jufi 1192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1193: <a
1.269 deraadt 1194: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1195: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1196: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1197: </strong></font><br>
1198:
1199: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1200: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1201: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1202: our own Theo de Raadt.
1203: <p>
1204:
1.247 jufi 1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1206: <a
1.269 deraadt 1207: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1208: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1209: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1210: </strong></font><br>
1211:
1212: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1213: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1214: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1215: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1216: shut down.]
1217: <p>
1218:
1.247 jufi 1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1220: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1221: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1222: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1223: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1224: </strong></font><br>
1225:
1226: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1227: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1228: <p>
1.247 jufi 1229: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1230:
1.161 louis 1231: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1232: <ul>
1.161 louis 1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1235: <a
1.269 deraadt 1236: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1237: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1238: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1239: </strong></font><br>
1240:
1241: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1242: by John Wolley
1243: <p>
1244:
1.247 jufi 1245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1246: <a
1.269 deraadt 1247: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1248: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1249: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1250: </strong></font><br>
1251:
1252: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1253: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1254: OpenBSD).
1255: <p>
1256:
1.247 jufi 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1258: <a
1.247 jufi 1259: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1260: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1261: </strong></font><br>
1262:
1263: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1264: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1265: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1266: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1267: and hindsight.
1268: <p>
1269:
1.247 jufi 1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1271: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1272: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1279: <a
1.168 provos 1280: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1281: December 7, 2000
1282: </strong></font><br>
1283:
1284: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1285: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1286: us explain.
1287: <p>
1288:
1.247 jufi 1289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1290: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1291: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1292: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1293: December 6, 2000
1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1297: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1298: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1299: <p>
1300:
1.247 jufi 1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1302: <a
1.226 horacio 1303: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1304: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1305: </strong></font><br>
1306:
1307: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1308: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1309: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1310: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1311: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1312: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1313: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1314: <p>
1.162 millert 1315:
1.247 jufi 1316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1317: <a
1.161 louis 1318: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1319: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1320: </strong></font><br>
1321:
1322: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1323: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1324: <p>
1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1327: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1328: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1332: <p>
1333:
1334:
1.247 jufi 1335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1336: <a
1.226 horacio 1337: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1338: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1339: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1340: </strong></font><br>
1341:
1342: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1343: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1344: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1345: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1346: <p>
1.247 jufi 1347: </ul>
1.169 louis 1348:
1.158 louis 1349: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1350: <ul>
1.147 louis 1351:
1.247 jufi 1352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1353: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1354: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1355: </strong></font><br>
1356:
1357: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1358: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1359: <p>
1360:
1.247 jufi 1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1362: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1363: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1364: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1365: </strong></font><br>
1366: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1367: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1368: <p>
1369:
1.247 jufi 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1371: <a
1372: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1373: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1374: </strong></font><br>
1375:
1376: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1377: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1378: <p>
1379:
1.247 jufi 1380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1381: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1382: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1383: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1384:
1.213 horacio 1385: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1386: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1387: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1388: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1389: <p>
1.215 horacio 1390:
1.247 jufi 1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1392: <a
1393: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1394: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1395: </strong></font><br>
1396:
1397: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1398: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1399: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1400: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1401: much of the attitude too).
1402: <p>
1.161 louis 1403:
1.247 jufi 1404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1405: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1406: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1407: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1408:
1.157 louis 1409: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1410: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1411: <p>
1.247 jufi 1412: </ul>
1.157 louis 1413:
1414: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1415: <ul>
1.157 louis 1416:
1.247 jufi 1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1418: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1419: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1420: </strong></font><br>
1421:
1422: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1423: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1424: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1425: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1426: <p>
1427:
1.247 jufi 1428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1429: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1430: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1431: </strong></font><br>
1432:
1433: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1434: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1435: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1436: it because they love coding...
1437: <p>
1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1440: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1441: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1442: </strong></font><br>
1443:
1444: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1445: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1446: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1447: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1448: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1449: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1450: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1451: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1452: <p>
1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1455: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1456: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1457: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1458: </strong></font><br>
1459:
1460: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1461: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1462: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1463: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1464: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1465: the pizza.
1466: <p>
1467:
1.247 jufi 1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1469: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1470: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1471: </strong></font><br>
1472:
1473: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1474: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1475: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1476: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1477: problems.
1478: <p>
1479:
1.247 jufi 1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1481: <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 1482: </strong></font><br>
1483:
1.222 miod 1484: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1485: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1486: - whether they like it or not.
1487: <p>
1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1490: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1491: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1495: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1496: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1497: <p>
1.148 aaron 1498:
1.247 jufi 1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1500: <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 1501: </strong></font><br>
1502:
1503: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1504: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1505: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1506: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1507: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1508: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1509: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1510: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1511: <p>
1512:
1.247 jufi 1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1514: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1515: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1516: </strong></font><br>
1517:
1518: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1519: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1520: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1521: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1522: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1523: <p>
1.247 jufi 1524: </ul>
1.147 louis 1525:
1.138 louis 1526: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1527: <ul>
1.138 louis 1528:
1.247 jufi 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1530: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1531: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1532: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1533: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1534: </strong></font><br>
1535:
1.227 horacio 1536: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1537: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1538: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1539: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1540: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1541: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1542: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1543: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1544: <p>
1545:
1.247 jufi 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1547: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1548: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1549: </strong></font><br>
1550:
1551: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1552: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1553: groups, and even Linux.
1554: <p>
1555:
1.247 jufi 1556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1557: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1558: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1559: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1560: </strong></font><br>
1561:
1562: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1563: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1564: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1565: library after installing the OS.
1566: <p>
1567:
1.247 jufi 1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1569: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1570: Sys Admin, September 2000
1571: </strong></font><br>
1572:
1573: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1574: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1575: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1576: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1577: (<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>,
1578: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1579: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1580: <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 1581: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1582: out of the system.
1583: <p>
1584:
1.247 jufi 1585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1586: <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
1587: </strong></font><br>
1588:
1589: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1590: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1591: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1592: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1593: the IP filtering and address translation.
1594: <p>
1.247 jufi 1595: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1596:
1.131 louis 1597: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1598: <ul>
1.131 louis 1599:
1.247 jufi 1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1601: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1602: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1603: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1604: </strong></font><br>
1605:
1606: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1607: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1608: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1609: <p>
1610:
1.247 jufi 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1612: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1613: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1614: </strong></font><br>
1615:
1616: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1617: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1618: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1619: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1620: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1621: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1622: note of"</i>.
1623: <p>
1624:
1.247 jufi 1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1626: <a
1.247 jufi 1627: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1628: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1629: </strong></font><br>
1630:
1631: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1632: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1633: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1634: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1635: <p>
1636:
1.247 jufi 1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1638: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1639: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1640: </strong></font><br>
1641:
1642: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1643: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1644: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1645: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1646: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1647: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1648: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1649: <p>
1650:
1.247 jufi 1651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1652: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1653: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1654: 2000
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656:
1657: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1658: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1659: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1660: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1661: against current industry practices.
1662: <p>
1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1665: <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
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1669: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1670: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1671: <p>
1672:
1.247 jufi 1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1674: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1675: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1676: </strong></font><br>
1677:
1678: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1679: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1680: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1681: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1682: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1683: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1684: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1685: <p>
1686:
1.247 jufi 1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1688: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1689: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1690: </strong></font><br>
1691:
1692: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1693: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1694: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1695: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1696: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1697: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1698: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1699: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1700: <p>
1.247 jufi 1701: </ul>
1.131 louis 1702:
1.118 louis 1703: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1704: <ul>
1.118 louis 1705:
1.247 jufi 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1707: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1708: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1709: </strong></font><br>
1710:
1711: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1712: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1713: about time. The article mentions that
1714: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1715: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1716: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1717: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1718: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1719: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1720: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1721: <p>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1724: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1725: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1726: </strong></font><br>
1727:
1728: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1729: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1730: of OpenSSH.
1731: <p>
1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1734: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1735: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1736: </strong></font><br>
1737:
1738: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1739: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1740: bridging.
1741: <p>
1742:
1.247 jufi 1743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1744: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1745: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1746: </strong></font><br>
1747:
1.121 deraadt 1748: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1749: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1750: <p>
1751:
1.247 jufi 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1753: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1754: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1758: <p>
1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1761: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1762: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1763: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1764: </strong></font><br>
1765:
1.120 deraadt 1766: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1767: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1768: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1769: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1770: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1771: <p>
1772:
1.247 jufi 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1774: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1775: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1776: </strong></font><br>
1777:
1.222 miod 1778: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1779: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1780: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1781: protocols and their quirks.
1782: <p>
1783:
1.247 jufi 1784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1785: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1786: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1787: </strong></font><br>
1788:
1789: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1790: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1791: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1792: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1793: <p>
1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1796: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1797: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1798: </strong></font><br>
1799:
1800: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1801: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1802: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1803: <p>
1804:
1.247 jufi 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1806: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1807: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1808: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1809: </strong></font><br>
1810:
1811: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1812: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1813: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1814: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1815: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1816: <p>
1.247 jufi 1817: </ul>
1.118 louis 1818:
1.104 louis 1819: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1820: <ul>
1.104 louis 1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1823: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1824: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826:
1827: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1828: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1829: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1830: be a bit dry.
1831: <p>
1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1834: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1835: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1836: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1837: </strong></font><br>
1838: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1839: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1840: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1841: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1842: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1843: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1844: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1845: <p>
1846:
1.247 jufi 1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1848: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1849: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1850: 2000
1.128 louis 1851: </strong></font><br>
1852:
1853: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1854: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1855: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1856: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1857: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1858: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1859: <p>
1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1862: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1863: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1864: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1865:
1866: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1867: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1868: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1869: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1870: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1871: <p>
1.110 louis 1872:
1.247 jufi 1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1874: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1875: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1876: </strong></font><br>
1877:
1878: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1879: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1880: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1881: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1882: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1883: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1884: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1885: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1886: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1887: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1888: <p>
1889:
1.247 jufi 1890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1891: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1892: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1893:
1894: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1895: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1896: <p>
1.108 louis 1897:
1.247 jufi 1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1899: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1900: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1901: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1902:
1903: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1904: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1905: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1906: <p>
1.106 louis 1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1909: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1910: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1911: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1912:
1913: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1914: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1915: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1916: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1917: <p>
1.107 louis 1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1920: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1921: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1922: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1923:
1924: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1925: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1926: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1927: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1928: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1929: <p>
1.105 louis 1930:
1.247 jufi 1931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1932: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1933: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1934: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1935:
1.113 naddy 1936: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1937: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1938: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1939: <p>
1.104 louis 1940:
1.247 jufi 1941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1942: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1943: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1944: </strong></font><br>
1945:
1946: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1947: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1948: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1949: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1950: <p>
1.247 jufi 1951: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1952:
1.85 louis 1953: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1954: <ul>
1.85 louis 1955:
1.247 jufi 1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1957: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1958: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1959: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1960:
1961: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1962: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1963: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1964: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1965: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1966: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1967: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1968: <p>
1.99 louis 1969:
1.247 jufi 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1971: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1972: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1973: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1974:
1975: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1976: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1977: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1978: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1979: <p>
1.100 louis 1980:
1.247 jufi 1981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1982: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1983: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1984: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1985:
1986: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1987: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1988: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1989: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1990: <p>
1.95 louis 1991:
1.247 jufi 1992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1993: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1994: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1995: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1996:
1997: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1998: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 1999: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2000: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2001: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2002: <p>
1.92 louis 2003:
1.247 jufi 2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2005: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2006: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2007: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2008:
2009: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2010: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2011: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2012: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2013: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2014: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2015: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2016: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2017: <p>
1.91 louis 2018:
1.247 jufi 2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2020: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2021: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2022: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2023:
2024: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2025: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2026: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2027: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2028: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2029: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2030: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2031: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2032: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2033: <p>
1.90 louis 2034:
1.247 jufi 2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2036: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2037: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2038: </strong></font><br>
2039: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2040: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2041: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2042: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2043: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2044: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2045: <p>
2046:
1.247 jufi 2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2048: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2049: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2050: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2051:
1.113 naddy 2052: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2053: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2054: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2055: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2056: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2057: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2058: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2059: <p>
1.87 louis 2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2062: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2063: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2065:
2066: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2067: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2068: <p>
1.85 louis 2069:
1.247 jufi 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2071: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2072: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2073: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2074:
2075: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2076: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2077: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2078: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2079: <p>
1.89 louis 2080:
1.247 jufi 2081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2082: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2083: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2084: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2085:
2086: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2087: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2088: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2089: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2090: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2091: </ul>
1.85 louis 2092:
1.78 deraadt 2093: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2094: <ul>
1.74 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2097: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2098: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2099: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2100: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2101:
2102: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2103: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2104: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2105: <p>
1.83 louis 2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2108: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2109: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2110: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2111:
2112: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2113: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2114: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2115: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2116: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2117: <p>
1.93 louis 2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2120: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2121: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2122: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2123: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2124:
1.83 louis 2125: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2126: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2127: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2128: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2129: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2130: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2131: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2132: <p>
1.82 aaron 2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2135: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2136: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2137: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2138:
1.83 louis 2139: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2140: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2141: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2142: <p>
1.80 louis 2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2145: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2146: Bad Press</a>,
2147: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2148: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2149:
2150: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2151: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2152: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2153: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2154: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2155: <p>
1.247 jufi 2156: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2157:
2158: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2159: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2162: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2163: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2164: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2165: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2166:
2167: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2168: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2169: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2170: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2171: <p>
1.74 louis 2172:
1.247 jufi 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2174: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2175: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2176: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2177:
1.219 horacio 2178: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2179: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2180: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2181: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2182: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2183: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2184: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2185: <p>
1.88 louis 2186:
1.247 jufi 2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2188: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2189: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2190: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2191:
2192: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2193: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2194: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2195: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2196: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2197: <p>
1.81 louis 2198:
1.247 jufi 2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2200: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2201: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2202: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2203:
2204: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2205: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2206: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2207: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2208: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2209: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2210: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2211: <p>
1.90 louis 2212:
1.247 jufi 2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2214: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2215: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2216: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2217:
2218: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2219: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2220: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2221: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2222: <p>
1.247 jufi 2223: </ul>
1.71 louis 2224:
1.69 deraadt 2225: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2226: <ul>
1.70 louis 2227:
1.247 jufi 2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2229: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2230: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2231: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2232:
2233: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2234: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2235: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2236: <p>
1.70 louis 2237:
1.247 jufi 2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2239: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2240: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2241: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2242:
2243: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2244: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2245: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2246: <p>
1.68 louis 2247:
1.247 jufi 2248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2249: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2250: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2251: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2252: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2253:
1.111 jufi 2254: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2255: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2256: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2257: "secure by default" installation.
2258: <p>
1.64 louis 2259:
1.247 jufi 2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2261: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2262: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2263: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2264:
1.113 naddy 2265: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2266: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2267: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2268: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2269: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2270: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2271: <p>
1.66 louis 2272:
1.247 jufi 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2274: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2275: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2276: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2277:
2278: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2279: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2280: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2281: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2282: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2283: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2284: <p>
1.83 louis 2285:
1.247 jufi 2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2287: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2288: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2289: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2290:
2291: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2292: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2293: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2294: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2295: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2296: <p>
1.64 louis 2297:
1.247 jufi 2298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2299: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2300: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2301: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2302:
2303: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2304: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2305: <p>
1.247 jufi 2306: </ul>
1.65 louis 2307:
1.69 deraadt 2308: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2309: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2310:
1.247 jufi 2311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2312: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2313: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2314: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2315:
2316: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2317: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2318: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2319: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2320: <p>
1.88 louis 2321:
1.247 jufi 2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2323: <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 2324: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2325:
2326: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2327: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2328: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2329: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2330: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2331: <p>
1.60 louis 2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2334: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2335: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2336: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2337: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2338:
2339: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2340: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2341: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2342: <p>
1.58 louis 2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2345: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2346: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2347:
2348: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2349: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2350: <p>
1.53 louis 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2353: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2354: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2355: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2356:
2357: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2358: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2359: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2360: <p>
1.99 louis 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2363: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2364: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2365:
2366: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2367: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2368: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2369: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2370: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2373: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2374: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2375: </strong></font><br>
2376:
2377: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2378: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2379: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2380: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2381: <p>
2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2384: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2385: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2386: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2387:
2388: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2389: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2390: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2391:
1.247 jufi 2392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2393: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2394: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2395:
2396: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2397: in
1.247 jufi 2398: <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 2399: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2400: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2401: <p>
1.53 louis 2402:
1.247 jufi 2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2404: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2405: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2406: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2407: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2408:
1.58 louis 2409: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2410: <p>
1.247 jufi 2411: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2412:
1.69 deraadt 2413: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2414: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2417: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2418: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2419: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2420: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2421:
1.58 louis 2422: Kurt Seifried
2423: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2424: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2425: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2426: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2427:
1.247 jufi 2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2429: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2430: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2431: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2432:
2433: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2434: <p>
1.96 louis 2435:
1.247 jufi 2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2437: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2438: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2440:
2441: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2442: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2443: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2444: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2445: <p>
1.247 jufi 2446: </ul>
1.86 louis 2447:
1.69 deraadt 2448: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2449: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2452: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2453: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2454: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2455:
2456: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2457: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2458: <p>
1.61 louis 2459:
1.247 jufi 2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2461: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2462: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2463: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2464: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2465:
2466: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2467: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2468: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2469: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2470: right -- or at least strives to".
2471: <p>
1.48 louis 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2474: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2475: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2476: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2477: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2478: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2479: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2480: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2481: <p>
1.61 louis 2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <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 2484: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2485: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2486:
2487: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2488: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2489: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2490: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2491: <p>
1.46 louis 2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2494: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2495: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2496: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2497:
2498: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2499: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2500: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2501:
1.247 jufi 2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2503: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2504: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2505: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2506:
2507: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2508: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2509: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2510: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2511: <p>
1.247 jufi 2512: </ul>
1.70 louis 2513:
1.69 deraadt 2514: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2515: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2518: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2519: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2520: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2521: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2522:
2523: Kurt Seifried
2524: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2525: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2526: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2527: <p>
1.44 philen 2528:
1.247 jufi 2529: <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 2530: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2532:
2533: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2534: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <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 2537: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2538: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2539:
2540: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2541: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <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 2544: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2545: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2546:
2547: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2548: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2549: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2550: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2551: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2552:
1.247 jufi 2553: <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 2554: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2555: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2556:
1.36 louis 2557: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2558: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2561: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2562: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2564:
2565: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2566: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2567: </ul>
1.38 louis 2568:
1.69 deraadt 2569: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2570: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <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 2573: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2574: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2575:
2576: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2577: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2578: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2579:
1.113 naddy 2580: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2581: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2582: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2583: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2584:
2585: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2586: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2587: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2588: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2589: <blockquote>
2590: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2591: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2592: <br>
2593: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2594: </code>
2595: </blockquote>
2596: <p>
2597:
1.247 jufi 2598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2599: <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>
2600: <p>
2601:
2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2603: <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 2604: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2605:
2606: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2607: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2608: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2609: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2612: <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 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2614:
2615: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2616: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2617: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2618: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2619: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2620: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2621: <p>
1.19 louis 2622:
1.113 naddy 2623: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2624: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2625: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2626:
2627: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2628: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2629: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2630: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2631: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2632: <p>
1.16 louis 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2635: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2636: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2638:
1.57 louis 2639: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2640: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2641: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2642: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2645: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2646: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2647: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2648:
1.113 naddy 2649: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2652: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2653: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2654: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2655:
1.23 louis 2656: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2657: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2658: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2659: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2660: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2661: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2664: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2665: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2666: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2667:
1.199 pvalchev 2668: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2669: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2670: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2671: installation.
1.113 naddy 2672: <p>
1.47 louis 2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2675: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2676: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2677: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2678:
2679: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2680: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2681: </ul>
1.57 louis 2682:
1.69 deraadt 2683: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2684: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2685:
1.247 jufi 2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2687: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2688: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2689: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2690:
2691: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2692: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2693: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2694: <p>
1.12 louis 2695:
1.247 jufi 2696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2697: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2698: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2699: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2700:
2701: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2702: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2703: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2704: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2705: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2706: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2707: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2708: <p>
1.247 jufi 2709: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2710:
1.69 deraadt 2711: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2712: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2713:
1.247 jufi 2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2715: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2716: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2717:
2718: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2719: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2720: available."
1.113 naddy 2721: <p>
1.247 jufi 2722: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2723:
1.69 deraadt 2724: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2725: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2728: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2729: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2730:
2731: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2732: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2733: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2734: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2735: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2736: <p>
1.33 louis 2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2739: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2740: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2741: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2742:
1.113 naddy 2743: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2744: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2745: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2746: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2747: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2748: <p>
1.247 jufi 2749: </ul>
1.57 louis 2750:
1.69 deraadt 2751: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2752: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2755: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2756: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2757: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2758:
2759: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2760: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2761: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2762:
1.247 jufi 2763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2764: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2765: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2766: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2767: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2768:
2769: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2770: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2773: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2774:
1.113 naddy 2775: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2776:
1.247 jufi 2777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2778: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2779: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2780: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2781:
2782: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2783: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2784: </ul>
1.23 louis 2785:
1.69 deraadt 2786: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2787: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2788:
1.247 jufi 2789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2790: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2791: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2792:
2793: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2794: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2795: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2798: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2799: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2800: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2801:
2802: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2803: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2804: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2805: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2806: </ul>
1.57 louis 2807:
1.69 deraadt 2808: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2809: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2812: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2813: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2814: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2815:
2816: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2817: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2818: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2819: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2820: <p>
1.15 louis 2821:
1.247 jufi 2822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2823: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2824: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2825: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2826:
2827: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2828: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2829: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2830: columns."
1.113 naddy 2831: <p>
1.247 jufi 2832: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2833:
1.69 deraadt 2834: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2835: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2836:
1.247 jufi 2837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2838: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2839: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2840: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2841:
2842: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2843: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2844:
1.113 naddy 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2846: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2847: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2848:
2849: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2850: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2851: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2852: </ul>
1.57 louis 2853:
1.69 deraadt 2854: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2855: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2856:
1.113 naddy 2857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2858: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2859: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2860: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2861:
1.222 miod 2862: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2863: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2864: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2865: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2866: <p>
1.247 jufi 2867: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2868:
1.69 deraadt 2869: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2870: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2871:
1.247 jufi 2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2873: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2874: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2875:
1.69 deraadt 2876: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2877: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2878: <p>
1.247 jufi 2879: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2880:
1.69 deraadt 2881: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2882: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2885: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2886: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2887: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2888:
2889: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2890: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2891: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2894: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2895: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2896: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2897: <p>
1.247 jufi 2898: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2899:
1.69 deraadt 2900: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2901: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2904: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2905: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2906: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2907: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2908: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2909:
2910: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2911: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2912: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2913: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2914: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2915: <p>
1.247 jufi 2916: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2917:
2918: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2919: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2922: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2923: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2924:
1.69 deraadt 2925: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2926: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2927: <p>
1.112 naddy 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2930: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2931:
1.113 naddy 2932: <hr>
2933: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2934: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2935:
1.200 niklas 2936: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <ul>
2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2940: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2941: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2942:
2943: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2944: <p>
2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2947:
2948: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: <ul>
2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2952: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2953: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2954:
2955: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2956: <p>
2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2959: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2960: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2961:
2962: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2963: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2964: <p>
2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2967:
2968: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2969:
1.247 jufi 2970: <ul>
2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2972: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2973: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2974:
2975: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2976: <p>
2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2979:
1.102 niklas 2980: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <ul>
2983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2984: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2985: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2986:
2987: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2988: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2989: <p>
1.102 niklas 2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2992:
1.84 niklas 2993: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <ul>
2996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2997: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2998: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 2999:
3000: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 3001: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3002: <p>
1.84 niklas 3003:
1.247 jufi 3004: </ul>
1.84 niklas 3005:
1.69 deraadt 3006: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <ul>
3009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3010: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 3011: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3012:
1.222 miod 3013: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 3014: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3015: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 3016: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3019: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 3020: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 3021: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 3022: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3023:
1.20 louis 3024: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3025: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 3026: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3027: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 3028: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3031:
1.113 naddy 3032: <hr>
1.202 jufi 3033: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 3034: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 3035:
3036:
3037: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3038: <ul>
1.202 jufi 3039:
1.247 jufi 3040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 3041: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
3042: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3043:
3044: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
3045: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3046: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3047:
3048: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3049: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3052:
3053:
1.170 louis 3054: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3055: <ul>
1.170 louis 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3058: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3059: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3063: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3064: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3065: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3066: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3067: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3068: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3069: <p>
1.247 jufi 3070: </ul>
1.170 louis 3071:
1.69 deraadt 3072: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3073: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3074:
1.247 jufi 3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3076: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3077: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3078: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3079:
3080: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3081: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3082: translating and reprinting articles from
3083: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3084: <p>
1.247 jufi 3085: </ul>
1.20 louis 3086:
1.113 naddy 3087: <hr>
3088: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3089: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3090:
1.246 jufi 3091: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3092: <ul>
3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3094: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3095: December 04, 2002
3096: </strong></font><br>
3097: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3098: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3099: <p>
1.247 jufi 3100: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3101:
1.151 louis 3102: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3103: <ul>
1.151 louis 3104:
1.247 jufi 3105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3106: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3107: </strong></font><br>
3108:
3109: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3110: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3111: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3112: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3113: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3114: <p>
1.247 jufi 3115: </ul>
1.151 louis 3116:
1.72 louis 3117: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3118: <ul>
1.72 louis 3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3121: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3122: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3123: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3124:
1.101 jufi 3125: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3126: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3127: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3128: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3129: Giving way to
3130: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3131: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3132: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3133: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3134: <p>
1.247 jufi 3135: </ul>
1.72 louis 3136:
1.69 deraadt 3137: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3138: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3141: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3142: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3144:
3145: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3146: <p>
1.247 jufi 3147: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3148:
1.50 louis 3149:
1.113 naddy 3150: <hr>
3151: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3152: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3153:
1.69 deraadt 3154: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3155: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3156:
1.247 jufi 3157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3158: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3159: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3160: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3161:
3162: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3163: <p>
1.247 jufi 3164: </ul>
1.62 form 3165:
1.69 deraadt 3166: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3167: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3170: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3171: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3172: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3173:
1.59 form 3174: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3175: <p>
1.112 naddy 3176:
1.247 jufi 3177: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3178:
1.113 naddy 3179: <hr>
3180: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3181: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3182: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3183:
1.247 jufi 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3185: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3186: Radio, August 2, 2000
3187: </strong></font><br>
3188:
3189: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3190: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3191: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3192: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3193: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3194: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3195: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3196: <p>
3197:
1.247 jufi 3198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3199: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3200: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3201: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3202: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3203:
3204: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3205: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3206: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3207: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3208: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3209: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3210: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3211: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3212: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3213: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3214: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3215: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3216: <p>
1.247 jufi 3217: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3218:
1.113 naddy 3219: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3220: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3221: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3222:
3223: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3224: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3227: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3228: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3229: </strong></font><br>
3230:
3231: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3232: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3233: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3234: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3235: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3236: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3237: A
1.216 horacio 3238: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3239: <p>
1.247 jufi 3240: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3241:
1.252 miod 3242: <hr>
3243: <a name=fr></a>
3244: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3245:
3246: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3247: <ul>
3248:
3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3250: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3251: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3252: </strong></font><br>
3253:
3254: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3255: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3256: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3257: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3258: <p>
3259: </ul>
3260:
1.216 horacio 3261:
3262: <hr>
3263: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3264: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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