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1.247 jufi 34: <h3><font color="#e00000">English press coverage</font></h3><p>
1.16 louis 35:
1.253 ian 36: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
37: <ul>
1.255 ian 38:
1.260 ian 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 40: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
41: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
42: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
43: </strong></font></br>
44: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
45: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
46: at UPenn and DARPA.
47: <p>
48:
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 50: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
51: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
52: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
53: </strong></font></br>
54: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
55: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
56: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
57: <p>
58:
59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 60: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
61: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 62: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 63: </strong></font><br>
64: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
65: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
66: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 67: American century.
1.267 deraadt 68: <p>
69:
70: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 71: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
72: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 73: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 74: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 75: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
76: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
77: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
78: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
79: Can also be found online at:
80: <ul>
81: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
82: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 83: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.267 deraadt 84: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 88: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
89: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 90: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 91: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 92: </strong></font><br>
93: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 94: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
95: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
96: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
97: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 98:
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
100: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
101: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
102: New York Times.
103: </strong></font>(free registration required)
104:
1.273 deraadt 105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
106: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 107: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 108: ABC News.
109: </strong></font>
110:
111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
112: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
113: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 114: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 115: </strong></font>
116:
117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
118: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 119: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 120: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 121: </strong></font>
122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 124: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
125: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 126: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 127: </strong></font>
128:
129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 130: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 131: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 132: Times Daily, AL.
133: </strong></font>
134:
135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
136: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
137: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
138: Boston.com, MA.
139: </strong></font>
140:
141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
142: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 143: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 144: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
145: </strong></font>
146:
147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 148: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
149: [Article was pulled]</a>
150: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 151: </strong></font>
152:
153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
154: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
155: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
156: Infoshop News.
157: </strong></font>
158:
159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
160: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
161: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
162: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
163: </strong></font>
164:
165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
166: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
167: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
168: NEPA News, PA.
169: </strong></font>
170:
171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
172: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
173: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
174: Wired News.
175: </strong></font>
176:
1.271 deraadt 177: </ul>
178: <p>
1.272 deraadt 179: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
180: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 181: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
182: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
183: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
184: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
185: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
186: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
187: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
188: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
189: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
190: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 191: <p>
192: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 195: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
196: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
197: Indianapolis Star, IN.
198: </strong></font>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 201: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
202: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
203: Miami Herald, FL.
204: </strong></font>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 207: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 208: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
209: </strong></font>
210:
211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
212: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 213: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 214: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 215: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 216:
217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
218: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
219: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
220: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
221: ABC News.
222: </strong></font>
223:
1.276 deraadt 224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
225: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
226: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 227: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 228: </strong></font>
229:
1.286 dhartmei 230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
231: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
232: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
233: Wilmington Star, NC.
234: </strong></font>
235:
1.263 deraadt 236: </ul>
1.262 beck 237: <p>
238:
239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 240: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
241: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 242: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 243: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 244: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 245: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
246: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
247: <p>
248:
249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 250: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
251: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
252: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
253: </strong></font></br>
254: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
255: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
256: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
257: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
258: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
259: and simply restates other press reports.
260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 263: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
264: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
265: OS News, April 18, 2003.
266: </strong></font><br>
267: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
268: <p>
269:
270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 271: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
272: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 273: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 274: </strong></font><br>
275: Another report on the DARPA funding.
276: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
277: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 281: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
282: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 283: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 284: </strong></font><br>
285: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
286: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
287: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
288: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
289: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
290: Goes on to say:
291: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
292: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
293: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
294: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 295: This article is also found online at:
296: <ul>
297: <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
298: BusinessWeek.com</a>
299: <li><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">ZDnet</a>
300: </ul>
1.260 ian 301: <p>
1.279 deraadt 302:
1.260 ian 303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
304: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
305: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 306: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 307: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 308: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 309: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
310: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
311: without notice or justification.
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
315: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
316: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 317: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 318: </strong></font><br>
319: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
320: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
321: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
322: effective today, without any warning..."
323: <p>
1.257 ian 324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 326: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
327: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 328: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 329: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 330: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
331: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
332: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
333: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
334: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 335: <p>
336:
337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 338: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
339: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 340: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 341: </strong></font><br>
342: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
343: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
344: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
345: quoting two of them:
346: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
347: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
348: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
349: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
350: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
351: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
352: <p>
353:
1.255 ian 354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 355: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
356: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 357: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 358: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 359: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 360: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
361: security experts for more than three decades."
362: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
363: <p>
1.261 ian 364:
1.254 drahn 365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 366: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
367: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 368: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 369: </strong></font><br>
370: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
371: from US DARPA.
372: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
373: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
374: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
375: the BSD license.
376: <p>
377: </ul>
378:
1.251 ian 379: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
380: <ul>
381:
382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
383: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
384: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 385: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 386: </strong></font><br>
387: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
388: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
389: Mentions
390: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
391: and
392: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
393: programs.
394: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 395: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 396: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
397: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
398: <p>
1.260 ian 399:
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
401: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
402: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
403: </strong></font><br>
404: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
405: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
406: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
407: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
408: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
409: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
410: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
411: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
412: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
413: put into service."
414: <p>
415: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
416: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
417: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
418: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
419: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
420: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
421: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
422: computers with security features."
423: <p>
1.251 ian 424: </ul>
425:
1.249 jufi 426: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
427: <ul>
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
429: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
430: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 431: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 432: </strong></font><br>
433: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
434: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 435: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 436: <p>
437: </ul>
438:
1.246 jufi 439: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 440: <ul>
1.246 jufi 441:
1.247 jufi 442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 443: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 444: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
445: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 446: </strong></font><br>
447: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
448: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
449: <p>
450:
1.247 jufi 451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 452: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 453: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
454: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 455: </strong></font><br>
456: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
457: in their annual OpenHack security test.
458: <p>
1.247 jufi 459: </ul>
1.246 jufi 460:
1.244 jufi 461: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 462: <ul>
1.246 jufi 463:
1.247 jufi 464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 465: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
466: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
467: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 468: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 469: </strong></font><br>
470: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
471: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
472: md5 digests.
473: <p>
474:
1.247 jufi 475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 476: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 477: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
478: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 479: </strong></font><br>
480: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
481: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
482: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
483: right the first time."
484: <p>
1.247 jufi 485: </ul>
1.244 jufi 486:
487:
488: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 489: <ul>
1.244 jufi 490:
1.247 jufi 491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 492: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 493: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
494: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 495: </strong></font><br>
496: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
497: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
498: part 6</a>.
499: <p>
500:
1.247 jufi 501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 502: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 503: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
504: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 505: </strong></font><br>
506: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
507: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
508: <p>
1.247 jufi 509: </ul>
1.242 jufi 510:
511: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 512: <ul>
1.242 jufi 513:
1.247 jufi 514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 515: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 516: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
517: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 518: </strong></font><br>
519: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
520: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
521: <p>
522:
1.247 jufi 523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 524: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 525: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
526: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 527: </strong></font><br>
528: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
529: this time using pf.
530: <p>
1.247 jufi 531: </ul>
1.242 jufi 532:
533: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 534: <ul>
1.242 jufi 535:
1.247 jufi 536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 537: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 538: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
539: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 540: </strong></font><br>
541: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
542: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
543: their rotation.
544: <p>
545:
1.247 jufi 546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 547: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 548: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
549: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 550: </strong></font><br>
551: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
552: <p>
1.247 jufi 553: </ul>
1.242 jufi 554:
1.239 jufi 555: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 556: <ul>
1.239 jufi 557:
1.247 jufi 558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 559: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 560: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
561: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 562: </strong></font><br>
563: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
564: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
565: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
566: <p>
567:
1.247 jufi 568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 569: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 570: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
571: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 572: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 573: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
574: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
575: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 576: <p>
1.247 jufi 577: </ul>
1.239 jufi 578:
1.235 lebel 579: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 580: <ul>
1.235 lebel 581:
1.239 jufi 582:
1.247 jufi 583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 584: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 585: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
586: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 587: </strong></font><br>
588: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
589: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
590: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
591: <p>
1.247 jufi 592: </ul>
1.235 lebel 593:
1.228 horacio 594: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 595: <ul>
1.228 horacio 596:
1.247 jufi 597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 598: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 599: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
600: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 601: </strong></font><br>
602: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
603: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
604: <p>
605:
1.247 jufi 606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 607: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 608: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
609: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 610: </strong></font><br>
611: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
612: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
613: <p>
614:
1.247 jufi 615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 616: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 617: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
618: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 619: </strong></font><br>
620: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
621: on the desktop of his parents.
622: <p>
623:
1.247 jufi 624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 625: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 626: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
627: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 628: </strong></font><br>
629: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
630: using IPFilter.
631:
632: <p>
633:
1.247 jufi 634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 635: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 636: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
637: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 638: </strong></font><br>
639: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
640: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
641: perspectives of the four OS.
642: <br>
643: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 644: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 645: <p>
646:
1.247 jufi 647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 648: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
649: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 650: software and security</a>,
651: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 652: </strong></font><br>
653:
654: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
655: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
656: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
657: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
658: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
659: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
660: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
661: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
662: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
663: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
664: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
665: security conscious team beyond doubt.
666: <p>
1.247 jufi 667: </ul>
1.228 horacio 668:
1.225 horacio 669: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 670: <ul>
1.225 horacio 671:
1.247 jufi 672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 673: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
674: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 675: Interview</a>,
676: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 677: </strong></font><br>
678:
679: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
680: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
681: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 682: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 683: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
684: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
685: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
686: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
687: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 688: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 689: of choice.
690: <p>
1.247 jufi 691: </ul>
1.225 horacio 692:
693: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 694: <ul>
1.225 horacio 695:
1.247 jufi 696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 697: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 698: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
699: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 700: </strong></font><br>
701:
702: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
703: <p>
704:
1.247 jufi 705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 706: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 707: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
708: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 709: </strong></font><br>
710:
711: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
712: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
713: <p>
1.247 jufi 714: </ul>
1.225 horacio 715:
1.218 horacio 716: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 717: <ul>
1.218 horacio 718:
1.247 jufi 719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 720: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 721: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
722: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 723: </strong></font><br>
724:
725: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
726: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
727: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
728: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
729: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
730: subjects. Worth a read.
731: <p>
732:
733:
1.247 jufi 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 735: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 736: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
737: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 738: </strong></font><br>
739:
740: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
741: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
742: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
743: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
744: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
745: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
746: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
747: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
748: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 749: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 750: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
751: on other operating systems.<br>
752: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
753: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
754: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
755: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
756: <p>
757:
1.247 jufi 758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 759: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 760: Operating System 2010</a>,
761: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 762: </strong></font><br>
763:
764: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
765: covering the level of software integration into the core
766: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
767: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
768: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
769: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
770: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
771: <p>
772:
1.247 jufi 773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 774: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 775: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
776: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 777: </strong></font><br>
778:
779: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
780: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
781: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
782: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
783: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
784: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
785: <p>
1.247 jufi 786: </ul>
1.221 horacio 787:
1.210 jufi 788: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 789: <ul>
1.215 horacio 790:
1.247 jufi 791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 792: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 793: Already a Contender</a>,
794: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 795: </strong></font><br>
796:
797: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
798: source software in response to an article which claimed that
799: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
800: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
801: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
802: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
803: <p>
804:
1.247 jufi 805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 806: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 807: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
808: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 809: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 810:
1.224 horacio 811: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
812: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
813: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
814: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
815: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
816: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 817: <p>
1.247 jufi 818: </ul>
1.215 horacio 819:
820: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 821: <ul>
1.215 horacio 822:
1.247 jufi 823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 824: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
825: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 826: Division</a>,
827: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 828: </strong></font><br>
829:
830: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
831: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 832: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 833: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
834: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
835: investment</em>.<br>
836: The implementation details can be seen on their
837: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
838: <p>
839:
1.247 jufi 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 841: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 842: Thinking about Security</a>,
843: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 844: </strong></font><br>
845:
846: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
847: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
848: security and says that even secured operating systems running
849: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
850: to time.<br>
851: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
852: system and just the most secure system.
853: <p>
854:
1.247 jufi 855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 856: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 857: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
858: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 859: </strong></font><br>
860:
861: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
862: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
863: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
864: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
865: choice:<br>
866: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
867: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
868: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
869: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
870: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
871: network security devices and as such must be well
872: armored."</em><br>
873: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
874: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
875: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
876: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
877: <br>
878: Bravo!
879: <p>
1.247 jufi 880: </ul>
1.210 jufi 881:
1.207 ian 882: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 883: <ul>
1.215 horacio 884:
1.247 jufi 885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 886: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
887: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
888: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 889:
1.207 ian 890: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
891: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 892: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 893: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
894: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
895: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 896: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 897: <p>
1.247 jufi 898: </ul>
1.207 ian 899:
1.194 jufi 900: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 901: <ul>
1.194 jufi 902:
1.247 jufi 903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 904: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 905: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
906: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 907: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 908:
1.240 miod 909: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 910: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
911: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
912: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
913: <p>
914:
1.247 jufi 915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 916: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 917: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
918: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
919: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 920:
1.240 miod 921: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 922: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 923: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
924: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
925: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 926: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 927: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
928: <br>
929: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
930: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
931: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
932: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
933: <p>
934:
1.247 jufi 935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 936: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
937: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 938: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 939: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 940:
1.194 jufi 941: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
942: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
943: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
944: <br>
945: The new
946: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 947: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 948: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
949: <p>
1.247 jufi 950: </ul>
1.194 jufi 951:
1.190 horacio 952: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 953: <ul>
1.190 horacio 954:
1.247 jufi 955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 956:
957: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
958: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
959:
960: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
961: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
962:
963: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
964: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
965:
1.212 horacio 966: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
967: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 968: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
969:
1.211 horacio 970: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
971: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 972: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
973:
1.247 jufi 974: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 975: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
976:
1.247 jufi 977: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 978: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
979:
1.212 horacio 980: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
981: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 982: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
983:
984: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
985: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
986:
987: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
988: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
989:
990: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
991: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
992:
993: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 994: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 995:
1.192 jufi 996: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
997: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 998: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 999:
1.193 deraadt 1000: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1001: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1002: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1003:
1.247 jufi 1004: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1005: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1006:
1.247 jufi 1007: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1008: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1009: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1010:
1.213 horacio 1011: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1012: 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 1013: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1014:
1.190 horacio 1015: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1016: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1017: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1018: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1019: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1020: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1021: <p>
1.190 horacio 1022:
1.247 jufi 1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1024: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1025: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1026: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1027: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1028:
1.195 jufi 1029: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1030: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1031: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1032: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1033: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1034: <p>
1035:
1.247 jufi 1036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1037: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1038: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1039: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1040: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1041:
1.191 jufi 1042: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1043: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
1044: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
1045: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 1046: <p>
1.247 jufi 1047: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1048:
1.191 jufi 1049:
1.186 jufi 1050: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1051: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1052:
1.247 jufi 1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1054: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1055: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1056: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1057: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1058:
1.188 jufi 1059: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1060: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1061: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1062: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1063: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1064: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1065: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1066: <p>
1067:
1.191 jufi 1068:
1.247 jufi 1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1070: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1071: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1072: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1073: </strong></font><br>
1074:
1075: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1076: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1077: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1078: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1079: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1080: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1081: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1082: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1083: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1084: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1085: familiar?
1086: <p>
1.247 jufi 1087: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1088:
1.178 louis 1089: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1090: <ul>
1.178 louis 1091:
1.247 jufi 1092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1093: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1094: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1095: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1096: </strong></font><br>
1097:
1098: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1099: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1100: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1101: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1102: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1103: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1104: <p>
1105:
1.247 jufi 1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1107: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1108: Open source under the hood</a>,
1109: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1110: </strong></font><br>
1111:
1112: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1113: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1114: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1115: <p>
1116:
1.247 jufi 1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1118: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1119: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1120: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1121: </strong></font><br>
1122:
1123: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1124: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1125: <p>
1.247 jufi 1126: </ul>
1.179 louis 1127:
1.174 louis 1128:
1.175 louis 1129: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1130: <ul>
1.175 louis 1131:
1.247 jufi 1132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1133: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1134: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1135: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1136: </strong></font><br>
1137:
1138: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1139: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1140: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1141: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1142: <p>
1143:
1.247 jufi 1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1145: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1146: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1147: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1148: </strong></font><br>
1149:
1150: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1151: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1152: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1153: <p>
1.247 jufi 1154: </ul>
1.175 louis 1155:
1.176 louis 1156:
1.172 mickey 1157: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1158: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1159:
1.247 jufi 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1161: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1162: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1163: </strong></font><br>
1164:
1165: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1166: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1167: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1168: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1169: <p>
1170:
1.247 jufi 1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1172: <a
1.269 deraadt 1173: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1174: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1175: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1176: </strong></font><br>
1177:
1178: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1179: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1180: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1181: <p>
1182:
1.247 jufi 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1184: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1185: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1186: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1190: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1191: <p>
1192:
1.247 jufi 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1194: <a
1.269 deraadt 1195: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1196: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1197: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1198: </strong></font><br>
1199:
1200: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1201: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1202: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1203: our own Theo de Raadt.
1204: <p>
1205:
1.247 jufi 1206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1207: <a
1.269 deraadt 1208: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1209: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1210: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1211: </strong></font><br>
1212:
1213: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1214: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1215: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1216: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1217: shut down.]
1218: <p>
1219:
1.247 jufi 1220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1221: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1222: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1223: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1224: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1225: </strong></font><br>
1226:
1227: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1228: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1229: <p>
1.247 jufi 1230: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1231:
1.161 louis 1232: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1233: <ul>
1.161 louis 1234:
1.247 jufi 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1236: <a
1.269 deraadt 1237: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1238: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1239: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241:
1242: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1243: by John Wolley
1244: <p>
1245:
1.247 jufi 1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1247: <a
1.269 deraadt 1248: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1249: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1250: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1251: </strong></font><br>
1252:
1253: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1254: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1255: OpenBSD).
1256: <p>
1257:
1.247 jufi 1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1259: <a
1.247 jufi 1260: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1261: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1262: </strong></font><br>
1263:
1264: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1265: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1266: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1267: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1268: and hindsight.
1269: <p>
1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1272: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1273: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1274: </strong></font><br>
1275:
1276: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1277: <p>
1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1280: <a
1.168 provos 1281: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1282: December 7, 2000
1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1286: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1287: us explain.
1288: <p>
1289:
1.247 jufi 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1291: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1292: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1293: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1294: December 6, 2000
1295: </strong></font><br>
1296:
1297: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1298: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1299: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1300: <p>
1301:
1.247 jufi 1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1303: <a
1.226 horacio 1304: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1305: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1308: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1309: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1310: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1311: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1312: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1313: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1314: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1315: <p>
1.162 millert 1316:
1.247 jufi 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1318: <a
1.161 louis 1319: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1320: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1321: </strong></font><br>
1322:
1323: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1324: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1325: <p>
1326:
1.247 jufi 1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1328: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1329: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1330: </strong></font><br>
1331:
1332: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1333: <p>
1334:
1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1337: <a
1.226 horacio 1338: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1339: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1340: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1341: </strong></font><br>
1342:
1343: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1344: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1345: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1346: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1347: <p>
1.247 jufi 1348: </ul>
1.169 louis 1349:
1.158 louis 1350: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1351: <ul>
1.147 louis 1352:
1.247 jufi 1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1354: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1355: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1356: </strong></font><br>
1357:
1358: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1359: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1360: <p>
1361:
1.247 jufi 1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1363: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1364: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1365: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1366: </strong></font><br>
1367: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1368: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1369: <p>
1370:
1.247 jufi 1371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1372: <a
1373: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1374: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1375: </strong></font><br>
1376:
1377: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1378: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1379: <p>
1380:
1.247 jufi 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1382: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1383: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1384: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1385:
1.213 horacio 1386: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1387: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1388: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1389: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1390: <p>
1.215 horacio 1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1393: <a
1394: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1395: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1396: </strong></font><br>
1397:
1398: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1399: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1400: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1401: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1402: much of the attitude too).
1403: <p>
1.161 louis 1404:
1.247 jufi 1405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1406: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1407: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1408: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1409:
1.157 louis 1410: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1411: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1412: <p>
1.247 jufi 1413: </ul>
1.157 louis 1414:
1415: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1416: <ul>
1.157 louis 1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1419: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1420: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1424: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1425: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1426: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1427: <p>
1428:
1.247 jufi 1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1430: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1431: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1432: </strong></font><br>
1433:
1434: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1435: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1436: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1437: it because they love coding...
1438: <p>
1439:
1.247 jufi 1440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1441: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1442: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1443: </strong></font><br>
1444:
1445: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1446: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1447: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1448: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1449: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1450: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1451: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1452: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1453: <p>
1454:
1.247 jufi 1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1456: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1457: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1458: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1459: </strong></font><br>
1460:
1461: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1462: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1463: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1464: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1465: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1466: the pizza.
1467: <p>
1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1470: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1471: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1474: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1475: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1476: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1477: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1478: problems.
1479: <p>
1480:
1.247 jufi 1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1482: <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 1483: </strong></font><br>
1484:
1.222 miod 1485: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1486: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1487: - whether they like it or not.
1488: <p>
1489:
1.247 jufi 1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1491: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1492: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1493: </strong></font><br>
1494:
1495: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1496: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1497: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1498: <p>
1.148 aaron 1499:
1.247 jufi 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1501: <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 1502: </strong></font><br>
1503:
1504: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1505: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1506: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1507: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1508: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1509: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1510: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1511: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1512: <p>
1513:
1.247 jufi 1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1515: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1516: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1517: </strong></font><br>
1518:
1519: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1520: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1521: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1522: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1523: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1524: <p>
1.247 jufi 1525: </ul>
1.147 louis 1526:
1.138 louis 1527: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1528: <ul>
1.138 louis 1529:
1.247 jufi 1530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1531: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1532: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1533: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1534: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1535: </strong></font><br>
1536:
1.227 horacio 1537: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1538: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1539: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1540: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1541: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1542: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1543: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1544: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1545: <p>
1546:
1.247 jufi 1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1548: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1549: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1550: </strong></font><br>
1551:
1552: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1553: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1554: groups, and even Linux.
1555: <p>
1556:
1.247 jufi 1557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1558: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1559: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1560: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1561: </strong></font><br>
1562:
1563: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1564: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1565: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1566: library after installing the OS.
1567: <p>
1568:
1.247 jufi 1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1570: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1571: Sys Admin, September 2000
1572: </strong></font><br>
1573:
1574: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1575: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1576: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1577: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1578: (<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>,
1579: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1580: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1581: <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 1582: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1583: out of the system.
1584: <p>
1585:
1.247 jufi 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1587: <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
1588: </strong></font><br>
1589:
1590: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1591: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1592: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1593: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1594: the IP filtering and address translation.
1595: <p>
1.247 jufi 1596: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1597:
1.131 louis 1598: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1599: <ul>
1.131 louis 1600:
1.247 jufi 1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1602: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1603: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1604: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1605: </strong></font><br>
1606:
1607: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1608: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1609: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1610: <p>
1611:
1.247 jufi 1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1613: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1614: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1615: </strong></font><br>
1616:
1617: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1618: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1619: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1620: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1621: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1622: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1623: note of"</i>.
1624: <p>
1625:
1.247 jufi 1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1627: <a
1.247 jufi 1628: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1629: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1630: </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1633: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1634: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1635: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1636: <p>
1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1639: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1640: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1641: </strong></font><br>
1642:
1643: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1644: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1645: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1646: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1647: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1648: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1649: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1650: <p>
1651:
1.247 jufi 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1653: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1654: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1655: 2000
1656: </strong></font><br>
1657:
1658: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1659: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1660: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1661: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1662: against current industry practices.
1663: <p>
1664:
1.247 jufi 1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1666: <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
1667: </strong></font><br>
1668:
1669: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1670: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1671: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1672: <p>
1673:
1.247 jufi 1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1675: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1676: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1677: </strong></font><br>
1678:
1679: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1680: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1681: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1682: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1683: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1684: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1685: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1686: <p>
1687:
1.247 jufi 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1689: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1690: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1691: </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1694: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1695: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1696: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1697: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1698: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1699: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1700: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1701: <p>
1.247 jufi 1702: </ul>
1.131 louis 1703:
1.118 louis 1704: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1705: <ul>
1.118 louis 1706:
1.247 jufi 1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1708: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1709: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1710: </strong></font><br>
1711:
1712: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1713: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1714: about time. The article mentions that
1715: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1716: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1717: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1718: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1719: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1720: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1721: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1722: <p>
1723:
1.247 jufi 1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1725: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1726: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1730: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1731: of OpenSSH.
1732: <p>
1733:
1.247 jufi 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1735: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1736: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1737: </strong></font><br>
1738:
1739: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1740: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1741: bridging.
1742: <p>
1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1745: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1746: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1747: </strong></font><br>
1748:
1.121 deraadt 1749: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1750: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1751: <p>
1752:
1.247 jufi 1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1754: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1755: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1756: </strong></font><br>
1757:
1758: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1759: <p>
1760:
1.247 jufi 1761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1762: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1763: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1764: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1765: </strong></font><br>
1766:
1.120 deraadt 1767: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1768: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1769: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1770: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1771: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1772: <p>
1773:
1.247 jufi 1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1775: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1776: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1777: </strong></font><br>
1778:
1.222 miod 1779: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1780: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1781: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1782: protocols and their quirks.
1783: <p>
1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1786: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1787: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1788: </strong></font><br>
1789:
1790: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1791: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1792: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1793: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1794: <p>
1795:
1.247 jufi 1796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1797: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1798: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1799: </strong></font><br>
1800:
1801: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1802: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1803: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1804: <p>
1805:
1.247 jufi 1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1807: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1808: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1809: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1810: </strong></font><br>
1811:
1812: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1813: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1814: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1815: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1816: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1817: <p>
1.247 jufi 1818: </ul>
1.118 louis 1819:
1.104 louis 1820: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1821: <ul>
1.104 louis 1822:
1.247 jufi 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1824: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1825: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1826: </strong></font><br>
1827:
1828: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1829: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1830: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1831: be a bit dry.
1832: <p>
1833:
1.247 jufi 1834: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1835: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1836: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1837: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1838: </strong></font><br>
1839: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1840: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1841: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1842: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1843: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1844: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1845: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1846: <p>
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1849: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1850: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1851: 2000
1.128 louis 1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1855: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1856: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1857: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1858: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1859: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1860: <p>
1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1863: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1864: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1865: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1866:
1867: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1868: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1869: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1870: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1871: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1872: <p>
1.110 louis 1873:
1.247 jufi 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1875: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1876: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1877: </strong></font><br>
1878:
1879: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1880: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1881: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1882: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1883: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1884: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1885: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1886: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1887: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1888: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1889: <p>
1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1892: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1893: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1894:
1895: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1896: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1897: <p>
1.108 louis 1898:
1.247 jufi 1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1900: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1901: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1902: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1903:
1904: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1905: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1906: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1907: <p>
1.106 louis 1908:
1.247 jufi 1909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1910: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1911: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1912: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1913:
1914: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1915: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1916: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1917: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1918: <p>
1.107 louis 1919:
1.247 jufi 1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1921: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1922: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1923: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1924:
1925: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1926: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1927: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1928: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1929: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1930: <p>
1.105 louis 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1933: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1934: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1935: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1936:
1.113 naddy 1937: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1938: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1939: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1940: <p>
1.104 louis 1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1943: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1944: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1945: </strong></font><br>
1946:
1947: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1948: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1949: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1950: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1951: <p>
1.247 jufi 1952: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1953:
1.85 louis 1954: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1955: <ul>
1.85 louis 1956:
1.247 jufi 1957: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1958: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1959: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1960: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1961:
1962: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1963: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1964: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1965: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1966: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1967: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1968: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1969: <p>
1.99 louis 1970:
1.247 jufi 1971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1972: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1973: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1974: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1975:
1976: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1977: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1978: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1979: conditions.
1.113 naddy 1980: <p>
1.100 louis 1981:
1.247 jufi 1982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1983: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 1984: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 1985: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 1986:
1987: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
1988: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
1989: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
1990: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 1991: <p>
1.95 louis 1992:
1.247 jufi 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1994: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 1995: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 1996: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 1997:
1998: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
1999: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2000: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2001: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2002: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2003: <p>
1.92 louis 2004:
1.247 jufi 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2006: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2007: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2008: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2009:
2010: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2011: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2012: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2013: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2014: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2015: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2016: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2017: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2018: <p>
1.91 louis 2019:
1.247 jufi 2020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2021: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2022: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2023: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2024:
2025: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2026: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2027: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2028: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2029: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2030: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2031: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2032: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2033: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2034: <p>
1.90 louis 2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2037: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2038: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2039: </strong></font><br>
2040: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2041: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2042: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2043: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2044: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2045: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2046: <p>
2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2049: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2050: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2051: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2052:
1.113 naddy 2053: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2054: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2055: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2056: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2057: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2058: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2059: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2060: <p>
1.87 louis 2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2063: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2064: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2065: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2066:
2067: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2068: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2069: <p>
1.85 louis 2070:
1.247 jufi 2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2072: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2073: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2074: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2075:
2076: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2077: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2078: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2079: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2080: <p>
1.89 louis 2081:
1.247 jufi 2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2083: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2084: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2085: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2086:
2087: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2088: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2089: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2090: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2091: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2092: </ul>
1.85 louis 2093:
1.78 deraadt 2094: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2095: <ul>
1.74 louis 2096:
1.247 jufi 2097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2098: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2099: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2100: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2101: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2102:
2103: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2104: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2105: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2106: <p>
1.83 louis 2107:
1.247 jufi 2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2109: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2110: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2111: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2112:
2113: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2114: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2115: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2116: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2117: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2118: <p>
1.93 louis 2119:
1.247 jufi 2120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2121: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2122: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2123: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2124: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2125:
1.83 louis 2126: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2127: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2128: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2129: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2130: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2131: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2132: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2133: <p>
1.82 aaron 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2136: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2137: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2139:
1.83 louis 2140: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2141: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2142: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2143: <p>
1.80 louis 2144:
1.247 jufi 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2146: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2147: Bad Press</a>,
2148: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2149: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2150:
2151: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2152: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2153: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2154: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2155: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2156: <p>
1.247 jufi 2157: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2158:
2159: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2160: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2161:
1.247 jufi 2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2163: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2164: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2165: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2166: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2167:
2168: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2169: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2170: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2171: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2172: <p>
1.74 louis 2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2175: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2176: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2177: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2178:
1.219 horacio 2179: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2180: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2181: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2182: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2183: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2184: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2185: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2186: <p>
1.88 louis 2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2189: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2190: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2191: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2192:
2193: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2194: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2195: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2196: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2197: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2198: <p>
1.81 louis 2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2201: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2202: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2203: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2204:
2205: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2206: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2207: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2208: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2209: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2210: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2211: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2212: <p>
1.90 louis 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2215: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2216: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2217: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2218:
2219: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2220: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2221: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2222: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2223: <p>
1.247 jufi 2224: </ul>
1.71 louis 2225:
1.69 deraadt 2226: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2227: <ul>
1.70 louis 2228:
1.247 jufi 2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2230: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2231: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2232: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2233:
2234: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2235: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2236: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2237: <p>
1.70 louis 2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2240: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2241: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2242: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2243:
2244: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2245: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2246: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2247: <p>
1.68 louis 2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2250: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2251: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2252: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2253: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2254:
1.111 jufi 2255: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2256: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2257: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2258: "secure by default" installation.
2259: <p>
1.64 louis 2260:
1.247 jufi 2261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2262: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2263: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2264: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2265:
1.113 naddy 2266: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2267: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2268: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2269: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2270: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2271: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2272: <p>
1.66 louis 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2275: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2276: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2278:
2279: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2280: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2281: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2282: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2283: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2284: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2285: <p>
1.83 louis 2286:
1.247 jufi 2287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2288: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2289: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2290: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2291:
2292: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2293: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2294: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2295: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2296: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2297: <p>
1.64 louis 2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2300: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2301: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2302: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2303:
2304: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2305: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2306: <p>
1.247 jufi 2307: </ul>
1.65 louis 2308:
1.69 deraadt 2309: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2310: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2311:
1.247 jufi 2312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2313: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2314: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2315: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2316:
2317: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2318: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2319: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2320: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2321: <p>
1.88 louis 2322:
1.247 jufi 2323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2324: <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 2325: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2326:
2327: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2328: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2329: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2330: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2331: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2332: <p>
1.60 louis 2333:
1.247 jufi 2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2335: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2336: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2337: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2338: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2339:
2340: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2341: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2342: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2343: <p>
1.58 louis 2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2346: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2347: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2348:
2349: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2350: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2351: <p>
1.53 louis 2352:
1.247 jufi 2353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2354: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2355: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2356: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2357:
2358: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2359: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2360: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2361: <p>
1.99 louis 2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2364: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2365: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2366:
2367: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2368: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2369: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2370: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2371: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2374: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2375: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2376: </strong></font><br>
2377:
2378: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2379: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2380: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2381: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2382: <p>
2383:
1.247 jufi 2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2385: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2386: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2387: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2388:
2389: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2390: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2391: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2394: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2395: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2396:
2397: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2398: in
1.247 jufi 2399: <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 2400: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2401: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2402: <p>
1.53 louis 2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2405: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2406: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2407: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2408: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2409:
1.58 louis 2410: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2411: <p>
1.247 jufi 2412: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2413:
1.69 deraadt 2414: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2415: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2418: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2419: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2420: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2422:
1.58 louis 2423: Kurt Seifried
2424: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2425: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2426: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2427: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2430: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2431: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2432: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2433:
2434: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.96 louis 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2438: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2439: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2440: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2441:
2442: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2443: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2444: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2445: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2446: <p>
1.247 jufi 2447: </ul>
1.86 louis 2448:
1.69 deraadt 2449: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2450: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2453: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2454: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2455: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2456:
2457: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2458: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2459: <p>
1.61 louis 2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2462: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2463: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2464: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2465: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2466:
2467: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2468: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2469: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2470: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2471: right -- or at least strives to".
2472: <p>
1.48 louis 2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2475: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2476: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2477: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2478: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2479: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2480: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2481: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2482: <p>
1.61 louis 2483:
1.247 jufi 2484: <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 2485: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2487:
2488: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2489: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2490: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2491: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2492: <p>
1.46 louis 2493:
1.247 jufi 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2495: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2496: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2497: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2498:
2499: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2500: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2501: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2504: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2505: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2506: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2507:
2508: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2509: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2510: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2511: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2512: <p>
1.247 jufi 2513: </ul>
1.70 louis 2514:
1.69 deraadt 2515: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2516: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2517:
1.247 jufi 2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2519: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2520: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2521: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2522: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2523:
2524: Kurt Seifried
2525: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2526: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2527: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2528: <p>
1.44 philen 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <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 2531: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2532: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2533:
2534: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2535: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <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 2538: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2540:
2541: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2542: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2543:
1.247 jufi 2544: <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 2545: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2546: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2547:
2548: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2549: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2550: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2551: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2552: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2553:
1.247 jufi 2554: <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 2555: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2556: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2557:
1.36 louis 2558: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2559: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2562: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2563: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2564: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2565:
2566: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2567: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2568: </ul>
1.38 louis 2569:
1.69 deraadt 2570: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2571: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2572:
1.247 jufi 2573: <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 2574: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2575: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2576:
2577: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2578: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2579: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2580:
1.113 naddy 2581: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2582: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2583: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2584: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2585:
2586: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2587: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2588: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2589: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2590: <blockquote>
2591: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2592: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2593: <br>
2594: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2595: </code>
2596: </blockquote>
2597: <p>
2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2600: <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>
2601: <p>
2602:
2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2604: <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 2605: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2606:
2607: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2608: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2609: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2610: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2611:
1.247 jufi 2612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2613: <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 2614: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2615:
2616: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2617: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2618: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2619: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2620: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2621: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2622: <p>
1.19 louis 2623:
1.113 naddy 2624: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2625: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2626: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2627:
2628: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2629: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2630: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2631: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2632: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2633: <p>
1.16 louis 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2636: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2637: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2638: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2639:
1.57 louis 2640: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2641: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2642: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2643: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2646: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2647: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2648: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2649:
1.113 naddy 2650: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2651:
1.247 jufi 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2653: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2654: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2655: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2656:
1.23 louis 2657: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2658: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2659: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2660: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2661: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2662: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2665: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2666: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2668:
1.199 pvalchev 2669: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2670: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2671: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2672: installation.
1.113 naddy 2673: <p>
1.47 louis 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2676: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2677: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2678: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2679:
2680: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2681: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2682: </ul>
1.57 louis 2683:
1.69 deraadt 2684: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2685: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2688: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2689: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2690: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2691:
2692: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2693: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2694: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2695: <p>
1.12 louis 2696:
1.247 jufi 2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2698: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2699: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2700: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2701:
2702: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2703: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2704: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2705: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2706: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2707: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2708: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2709: <p>
1.247 jufi 2710: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2711:
1.69 deraadt 2712: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2713: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2714:
1.247 jufi 2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2716: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2717: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2718:
2719: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2720: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2721: available."
1.113 naddy 2722: <p>
1.247 jufi 2723: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2724:
1.69 deraadt 2725: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2726: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2729: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2730: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2731:
2732: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2733: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2734: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2735: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2736: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2737: <p>
1.33 louis 2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2740: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2741: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2742: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2743:
1.113 naddy 2744: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2745: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2746: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2747: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2748: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2749: <p>
1.247 jufi 2750: </ul>
1.57 louis 2751:
1.69 deraadt 2752: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2753: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2756: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2757: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2758: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2759:
2760: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2761: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2762: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2765: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2766: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2767: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2768: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2769:
2770: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2771: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2774: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2775:
1.113 naddy 2776: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2779: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2780: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2781: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2782:
2783: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2784: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2785: </ul>
1.23 louis 2786:
1.69 deraadt 2787: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2788: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2789:
1.247 jufi 2790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2791: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2792: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2793:
2794: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2795: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2796: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2799: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2800: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2801: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2802:
2803: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2804: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2805: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2806: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2807: </ul>
1.57 louis 2808:
1.69 deraadt 2809: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2810: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2813: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2814: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2815: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2816:
2817: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2818: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2819: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2820: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.15 louis 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2824: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2825: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2826: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2827:
2828: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2829: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2830: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2831: columns."
1.113 naddy 2832: <p>
1.247 jufi 2833: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2834:
1.69 deraadt 2835: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2836: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2837:
1.247 jufi 2838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2839: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2840: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2842:
2843: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2844: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2845:
1.113 naddy 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2847: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2848: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2849:
2850: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2851: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2852: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2853: </ul>
1.57 louis 2854:
1.69 deraadt 2855: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2856: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2857:
1.113 naddy 2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2859: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2860: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2861: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2862:
1.222 miod 2863: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2864: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2865: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2866: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2867: <p>
1.247 jufi 2868: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2869:
1.69 deraadt 2870: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2871: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2874: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2875: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2876:
1.69 deraadt 2877: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2878: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2879: <p>
1.247 jufi 2880: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2881:
1.69 deraadt 2882: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2883: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2884:
1.247 jufi 2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2886: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2887: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2888: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2889:
2890: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2891: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2892: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2895: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2896: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2897: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2898: <p>
1.247 jufi 2899: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2900:
1.69 deraadt 2901: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2902: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2903:
1.247 jufi 2904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2905: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2906: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2907: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2908: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2909: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2910:
2911: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2912: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2913: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2914: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2915: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2916: <p>
1.247 jufi 2917: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2918:
2919: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2920: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2921:
1.247 jufi 2922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2923: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2924: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2925:
1.69 deraadt 2926: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2927: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2928: <p>
1.112 naddy 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2931: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2932:
1.113 naddy 2933: <hr>
2934: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2935: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2936:
1.200 niklas 2937: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <ul>
2940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2941: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2942: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2943:
2944: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2945: <p>
2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2948:
2949: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <ul>
2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2953: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
2954: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2955:
2956: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2957: <p>
2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2960: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2961: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2962:
2963: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2964: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2965: <p>
2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2968:
2969: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <ul>
2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2973: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2974: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2975:
2976: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2977: <p>
2978:
1.247 jufi 2979: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2980:
1.102 niklas 2981: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
2982:
1.247 jufi 2983: <ul>
2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 2985: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 2986: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 2987:
2988: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2989: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2990: <p>
1.102 niklas 2991:
1.247 jufi 2992: </ul>
1.102 niklas 2993:
1.84 niklas 2994: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
2995:
1.247 jufi 2996: <ul>
2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 2998: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 2999: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 3000:
3001: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 3002: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3003: <p>
1.84 niklas 3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: </ul>
1.84 niklas 3006:
1.69 deraadt 3007: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
3008:
1.247 jufi 3009: <ul>
3010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3011: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 3012: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3013:
1.222 miod 3014: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 3015: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3016: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 3017: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3018:
1.247 jufi 3019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3020: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 3021: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 3022: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 3023: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3024:
1.20 louis 3025: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3026: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 3027: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3028: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 3029: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3032:
1.113 naddy 3033: <hr>
1.202 jufi 3034: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 3035: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 3036:
3037:
3038: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3039: <ul>
1.202 jufi 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 3042: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
3043: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3044:
3045: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
3046: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3047: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3048:
3049: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3050: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3051:
1.247 jufi 3052: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3053:
3054:
1.170 louis 3055: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3056: <ul>
1.170 louis 3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3059: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3060: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3064: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3065: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3066: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3067: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3068: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3069: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3070: <p>
1.247 jufi 3071: </ul>
1.170 louis 3072:
1.69 deraadt 3073: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3074: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3077: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3078: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3079: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3080:
3081: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3082: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3083: translating and reprinting articles from
3084: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3085: <p>
1.247 jufi 3086: </ul>
1.20 louis 3087:
1.113 naddy 3088: <hr>
3089: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3090: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3091:
1.294 pb 3092: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
3093: <ul>
3094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3095: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-18.04.03-002/">Aus der Traum: Keine US-Gelder für OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3096: April 18, 2003
3097: </strong></font><br>
3098: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
3099: <p>
1.295 ! henning 3100:
! 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 3102: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskozept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
! 3103: April 13, 2003
! 3104: </strong></font><br>
! 3105: New security concepts in OpenBSD
! 3106: <p>
! 3107:
! 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 3109: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
! 3110: April 8, 2003
! 3111: </strong></font><br>
! 3112: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
! 3113: <p>
! 3114:
1.294 pb 3115: </ul>
3116:
1.246 jufi 3117: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3118: <ul>
3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3120: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3121: December 04, 2002
3122: </strong></font><br>
3123: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3124: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3125: <p>
1.247 jufi 3126: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3127:
1.151 louis 3128: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3129: <ul>
1.151 louis 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3132: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3133: </strong></font><br>
3134:
3135: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3136: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3137: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3138: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3139: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3140: <p>
1.247 jufi 3141: </ul>
1.151 louis 3142:
1.72 louis 3143: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3144: <ul>
1.72 louis 3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3147: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3148: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3149: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3150:
1.101 jufi 3151: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3152: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3153: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3154: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3155: Giving way to
3156: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3157: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3158: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3159: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3160: <p>
1.247 jufi 3161: </ul>
1.72 louis 3162:
1.69 deraadt 3163: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3164: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3167: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3168: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3169: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3170:
3171: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3172: <p>
1.247 jufi 3173: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3174:
1.50 louis 3175:
1.113 naddy 3176: <hr>
3177: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3178: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3179:
1.69 deraadt 3180: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3181: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3184: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3185: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3186: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3187:
3188: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3189: <p>
1.247 jufi 3190: </ul>
1.62 form 3191:
1.69 deraadt 3192: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3193: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3196: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3197: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3198: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3199:
1.59 form 3200: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3201: <p>
1.112 naddy 3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3204:
1.113 naddy 3205: <hr>
3206: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3207: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3208: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3211: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3212: Radio, August 2, 2000
3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3216: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3217: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3218: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3219: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3220: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3221: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3222: <p>
3223:
1.247 jufi 3224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3225: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3226: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3227: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3228: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3229:
3230: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3231: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3232: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3233: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3234: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3235: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3236: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3237: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3238: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3239: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3240: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3241: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3242: <p>
1.247 jufi 3243: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3244:
1.113 naddy 3245: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3246: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3247: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3248:
3249: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3250: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3253: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3254: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3255: </strong></font><br>
3256:
3257: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3258: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3259: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3260: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3261: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3262: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3263: A
1.216 horacio 3264: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3265: <p>
1.247 jufi 3266: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3267:
1.252 miod 3268: <hr>
3269: <a name=fr></a>
3270: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3271:
3272: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3273: <ul>
3274:
3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3276: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
3277: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, Marc 19, 2003
3278: </strong></font><br>
3279:
3280: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3281: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3282: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3283: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3284: <p>
3285: </ul>
3286:
1.292 camield 3287: <hr>
3288: <a name=nl></a>
3289: <h3><font color="#e00000">Dutch press coverage (in Dutch)</font></h3><p>
3290:
1.293 camield 3291: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1.292 camield 3292: <ul>
3293:
3294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3295: <a href=http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776>
3296: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>, Automatiserings Gids
1.293 camield 3297: Webeditie, April 14 2003
1.292 camield 3298: </strong></font><br>
3299:
3300: Een beschrijving van drie nieuwe technieken in OpenBSD om bufferoverflows
3301: tegen te gaan.
3302: <p>
3303: </ul>
3304:
1.216 horacio 3305:
3306: <hr>
3307: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3308: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.295 ! henning 3309: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.294 2003/04/19 10:03:38 pb Exp $</small>
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