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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>
1.297 ! deraadt 40: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
! 41: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
! 42: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
! 43: </strong></font></br>
! 44: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
! 45: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
! 46: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
! 47: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
! 48: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
! 49: Can also be found online at:
! 50: <ul>
! 51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 52: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
! 53: The Age</a>,
! 54: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements.
! 55: </strong></font>
! 56: </ul>
! 57: <p>
! 58:
! 59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 60: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
61: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
62: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
63: </strong></font></br>
64: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
65: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
66: at UPenn and DARPA.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 70: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
71: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
72: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
73: </strong></font></br>
74: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
75: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
76: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 80: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
81: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 82: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 83: </strong></font><br>
84: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
85: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
86: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 87: American century.
1.267 deraadt 88: <p>
89:
90: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 91: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
92: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 93: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 94: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 95: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
96: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
97: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
98: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
99: Can also be found online at:
100: <ul>
101: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
102: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 103: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.267 deraadt 104: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 105: <p>
106:
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 108: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
109: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 110: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 111: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 112: </strong></font><br>
113: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 114: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
115: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
116: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
117: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 118:
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
120: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
121: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
122: New York Times.
123: </strong></font>(free registration required)
124:
1.273 deraadt 125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
126: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 127: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 128: ABC News.
129: </strong></font>
130:
131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
132: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
133: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 134: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 135: </strong></font>
136:
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 139: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 140: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 141: </strong></font>
142:
143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 144: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
145: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 146: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 147: </strong></font>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 150: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 151: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 152: Times Daily, AL.
153: </strong></font>
154:
155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
156: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
157: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
158: Boston.com, MA.
159: </strong></font>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
162: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 163: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 164: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
165: </strong></font>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 168: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
169: [Article was pulled]</a>
170: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 171: </strong></font>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
174: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
175: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
176: Infoshop News.
177: </strong></font>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
180: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
181: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
182: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
183: </strong></font>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
186: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
187: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
188: NEPA News, PA.
189: </strong></font>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
192: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
193: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
194: Wired News.
195: </strong></font>
196:
1.271 deraadt 197: </ul>
198: <p>
1.272 deraadt 199: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
200: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 201: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
202: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
203: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
204: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
205: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
206: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
207: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
208: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
209: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
210: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 211: <p>
212: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 215: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
216: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
217: Indianapolis Star, IN.
218: </strong></font>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 221: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
222: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
223: Miami Herald, FL.
224: </strong></font>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 227: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 228: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
229: </strong></font>
230:
231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
232: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 233: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 234: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 235: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
238: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
239: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
240: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
241: ABC News.
242: </strong></font>
243:
1.276 deraadt 244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
245: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
246: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 247: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 248: </strong></font>
249:
1.286 dhartmei 250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
251: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
252: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
253: Wilmington Star, NC.
254: </strong></font>
255:
1.263 deraadt 256: </ul>
1.262 beck 257: <p>
258:
259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 260: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
261: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 262: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 263: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 264: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 265: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
266: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
267: <p>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 270: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
271: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
272: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
273: </strong></font></br>
274: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
275: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
276: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
277: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
278: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
279: and simply restates other press reports.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 283: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
284: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
285: OS News, April 18, 2003.
286: </strong></font><br>
287: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 291: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
292: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 293: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 294: </strong></font><br>
295: Another report on the DARPA funding.
296: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
297: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 301: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
302: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 303: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 304: </strong></font><br>
305: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
306: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
307: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
308: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
309: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
310: Goes on to say:
311: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
312: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
313: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
314: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 315: This article is also found online at:
316: <ul>
317: <li><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
318: BusinessWeek.com</a>
319: <li><a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">ZDnet</a>
320: </ul>
1.260 ian 321: <p>
1.279 deraadt 322:
1.260 ian 323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
324: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
325: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 326: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 327: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 328: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 329: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
330: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
331: without notice or justification.
332: <p>
333:
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
335: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
336: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 337: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 338: </strong></font><br>
339: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
340: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
341: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
342: effective today, without any warning..."
343: <p>
1.257 ian 344:
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 346: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
347: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 348: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 349: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 350: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
351: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
352: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
353: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
354: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 355: <p>
356:
357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 358: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
359: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 360: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 361: </strong></font><br>
362: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
363: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
364: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
365: quoting two of them:
366: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
367: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
368: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
369: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
370: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
371: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
372: <p>
373:
1.255 ian 374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 375: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
376: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 377: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 378: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 379: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 380: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
381: security experts for more than three decades."
382: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
383: <p>
1.261 ian 384:
1.254 drahn 385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 386: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
387: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 388: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 389: </strong></font><br>
390: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
391: from US DARPA.
392: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
393: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
394: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
395: the BSD license.
396: <p>
397: </ul>
398:
1.251 ian 399: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
400: <ul>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
403: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
404: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 405: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 406: </strong></font><br>
407: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
408: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
409: Mentions
410: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
411: and
412: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
413: programs.
414: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 415: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 416: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
417: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
418: <p>
1.260 ian 419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
421: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
422: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
423: </strong></font><br>
424: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
425: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
426: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
427: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
428: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
429: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
430: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
431: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
432: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
433: put into service."
434: <p>
435: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
436: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
437: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
438: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
439: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
440: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
441: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
442: computers with security features."
443: <p>
1.251 ian 444: </ul>
445:
1.249 jufi 446: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
447: <ul>
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
449: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
450: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 451: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 452: </strong></font><br>
453: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
454: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 455: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 456: <p>
457: </ul>
458:
1.246 jufi 459: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 460: <ul>
1.246 jufi 461:
1.247 jufi 462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 463: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 464: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
465: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 466: </strong></font><br>
467: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
468: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
469: <p>
470:
1.247 jufi 471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 472: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 473: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
474: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 475: </strong></font><br>
476: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
477: in their annual OpenHack security test.
478: <p>
1.247 jufi 479: </ul>
1.246 jufi 480:
1.244 jufi 481: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 482: <ul>
1.246 jufi 483:
1.247 jufi 484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 485: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
486: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
487: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 488: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 489: </strong></font><br>
490: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
491: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
492: md5 digests.
493: <p>
494:
1.247 jufi 495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 496: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 497: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
498: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 499: </strong></font><br>
500: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
501: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
502: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
503: right the first time."
504: <p>
1.247 jufi 505: </ul>
1.244 jufi 506:
507:
508: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 509: <ul>
1.244 jufi 510:
1.247 jufi 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 512: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 513: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
514: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 515: </strong></font><br>
516: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
517: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
518: part 6</a>.
519: <p>
520:
1.247 jufi 521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 522: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 523: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
524: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 525: </strong></font><br>
526: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
527: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
528: <p>
1.247 jufi 529: </ul>
1.242 jufi 530:
531: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 532: <ul>
1.242 jufi 533:
1.247 jufi 534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 535: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 536: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
537: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 538: </strong></font><br>
539: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
540: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
541: <p>
542:
1.247 jufi 543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 544: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 545: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
546: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 547: </strong></font><br>
548: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
549: this time using pf.
550: <p>
1.247 jufi 551: </ul>
1.242 jufi 552:
553: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 554: <ul>
1.242 jufi 555:
1.247 jufi 556: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 557: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 558: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
559: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 560: </strong></font><br>
561: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
562: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
563: their rotation.
564: <p>
565:
1.247 jufi 566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 567: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 568: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
569: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 570: </strong></font><br>
571: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
572: <p>
1.247 jufi 573: </ul>
1.242 jufi 574:
1.239 jufi 575: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 576: <ul>
1.239 jufi 577:
1.247 jufi 578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 579: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 580: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
581: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 582: </strong></font><br>
583: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
584: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
585: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
586: <p>
587:
1.247 jufi 588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 589: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 590: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
591: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 592: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 593: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
594: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
595: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 596: <p>
1.247 jufi 597: </ul>
1.239 jufi 598:
1.235 lebel 599: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 600: <ul>
1.235 lebel 601:
1.239 jufi 602:
1.247 jufi 603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 604: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 605: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
606: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 607: </strong></font><br>
608: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
609: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
610: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
611: <p>
1.247 jufi 612: </ul>
1.235 lebel 613:
1.228 horacio 614: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 615: <ul>
1.228 horacio 616:
1.247 jufi 617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 618: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 619: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
620: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 621: </strong></font><br>
622: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
623: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
624: <p>
625:
1.247 jufi 626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 627: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 628: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
629: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 630: </strong></font><br>
631: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
632: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
633: <p>
634:
1.247 jufi 635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 636: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 637: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
638: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 639: </strong></font><br>
640: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
641: on the desktop of his parents.
642: <p>
643:
1.247 jufi 644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 645: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 646: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
647: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 648: </strong></font><br>
649: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
650: using IPFilter.
651:
652: <p>
653:
1.247 jufi 654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 655: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 656: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
657: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 658: </strong></font><br>
659: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
660: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
661: perspectives of the four OS.
662: <br>
663: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 664: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 665: <p>
666:
1.247 jufi 667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 668: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
669: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 670: software and security</a>,
671: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 672: </strong></font><br>
673:
674: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
675: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
676: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
677: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
678: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
679: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
680: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
681: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
682: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
683: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
684: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
685: security conscious team beyond doubt.
686: <p>
1.247 jufi 687: </ul>
1.228 horacio 688:
1.225 horacio 689: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 690: <ul>
1.225 horacio 691:
1.247 jufi 692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 693: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
694: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 695: Interview</a>,
696: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 697: </strong></font><br>
698:
699: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
700: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
701: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 702: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 703: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
704: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
705: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
706: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
707: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 708: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 709: of choice.
710: <p>
1.247 jufi 711: </ul>
1.225 horacio 712:
713: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 714: <ul>
1.225 horacio 715:
1.247 jufi 716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 717: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 718: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
719: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 720: </strong></font><br>
721:
722: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
723: <p>
724:
1.247 jufi 725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 726: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 727: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
728: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 729: </strong></font><br>
730:
731: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
732: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
733: <p>
1.247 jufi 734: </ul>
1.225 horacio 735:
1.218 horacio 736: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 737: <ul>
1.218 horacio 738:
1.247 jufi 739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 740: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 741: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
742: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 743: </strong></font><br>
744:
745: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
746: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
747: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
748: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
749: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
750: subjects. Worth a read.
751: <p>
752:
753:
1.247 jufi 754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 755: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 756: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
757: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 758: </strong></font><br>
759:
760: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
761: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
762: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
763: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
764: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
765: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
766: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
767: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
768: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 769: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 770: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
771: on other operating systems.<br>
772: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
773: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
774: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
775: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
776: <p>
777:
1.247 jufi 778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 779: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 780: Operating System 2010</a>,
781: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 782: </strong></font><br>
783:
784: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
785: covering the level of software integration into the core
786: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
787: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
788: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
789: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
790: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
791: <p>
792:
1.247 jufi 793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 794: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 795: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
796: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 797: </strong></font><br>
798:
799: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
800: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
801: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
802: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
803: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
804: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
805: <p>
1.247 jufi 806: </ul>
1.221 horacio 807:
1.210 jufi 808: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 809: <ul>
1.215 horacio 810:
1.247 jufi 811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 812: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 813: Already a Contender</a>,
814: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 815: </strong></font><br>
816:
817: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
818: source software in response to an article which claimed that
819: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
820: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
821: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
822: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
823: <p>
824:
1.247 jufi 825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 826: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 827: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
828: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 829: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 830:
1.224 horacio 831: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
832: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
833: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
834: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
835: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
836: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 837: <p>
1.247 jufi 838: </ul>
1.215 horacio 839:
840: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 841: <ul>
1.215 horacio 842:
1.247 jufi 843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 844: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
845: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 846: Division</a>,
847: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
851: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 852: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 853: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
854: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
855: investment</em>.<br>
856: The implementation details can be seen on their
857: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
858: <p>
859:
1.247 jufi 860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 861: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 862: Thinking about Security</a>,
863: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 864: </strong></font><br>
865:
866: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
867: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
868: security and says that even secured operating systems running
869: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
870: to time.<br>
871: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
872: system and just the most secure system.
873: <p>
874:
1.247 jufi 875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 876: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 877: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
878: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 879: </strong></font><br>
880:
881: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
882: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
883: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
884: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
885: choice:<br>
886: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
887: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
888: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
889: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
890: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
891: network security devices and as such must be well
892: armored."</em><br>
893: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
894: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
895: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
896: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
897: <br>
898: Bravo!
899: <p>
1.247 jufi 900: </ul>
1.210 jufi 901:
1.207 ian 902: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 903: <ul>
1.215 horacio 904:
1.247 jufi 905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 906: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
907: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
908: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 909:
1.207 ian 910: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
911: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 912: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 913: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
914: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
915: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 916: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 917: <p>
1.247 jufi 918: </ul>
1.207 ian 919:
1.194 jufi 920: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 921: <ul>
1.194 jufi 922:
1.247 jufi 923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 924: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 925: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
926: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 927: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 928:
1.240 miod 929: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 930: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
931: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
932: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
933: <p>
934:
1.247 jufi 935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 936: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 937: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
938: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
939: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 940:
1.240 miod 941: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 942: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 943: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
944: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
945: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 946: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 947: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
948: <br>
949: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
950: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
951: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
952: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
953: <p>
954:
1.247 jufi 955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 956: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
957: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 958: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 959: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 960:
1.194 jufi 961: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
962: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
963: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
964: <br>
965: The new
966: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 967: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 968: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
969: <p>
1.247 jufi 970: </ul>
1.194 jufi 971:
1.190 horacio 972: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 973: <ul>
1.190 horacio 974:
1.247 jufi 975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 976:
977: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
978: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
979:
980: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
981: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
982:
983: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
984: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
985:
1.212 horacio 986: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
987: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 988: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
989:
1.211 horacio 990: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
991: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 992: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
993:
1.247 jufi 994: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 995: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
996:
1.247 jufi 997: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 998: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
999:
1.212 horacio 1000: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1001: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1002: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1003:
1004: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1005: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1006:
1007: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1008: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1009:
1010: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1011: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1012:
1013: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1014: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1015:
1.192 jufi 1016: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1017: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1018: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1019:
1.193 deraadt 1020: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1021: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1022: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1023:
1.247 jufi 1024: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1025: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1026:
1.247 jufi 1027: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1028: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1029: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1030:
1.213 horacio 1031: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1032: 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 1033: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1034:
1.190 horacio 1035: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1036: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1037: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1038: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1039: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1040: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1041: <p>
1.190 horacio 1042:
1.247 jufi 1043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1044: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1045: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1046: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1047: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1048:
1.195 jufi 1049: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1050: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1051: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1052: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1053: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1054: <p>
1055:
1.247 jufi 1056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1057: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1058: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1059: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1060: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1061:
1.191 jufi 1062: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1063: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
1064: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
1065: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 1066: <p>
1.247 jufi 1067: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1068:
1.191 jufi 1069:
1.186 jufi 1070: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1071: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1072:
1.247 jufi 1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1074: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1075: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1076: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1077: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1078:
1.188 jufi 1079: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1080: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1081: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1082: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1083: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1084: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1085: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1086: <p>
1087:
1.191 jufi 1088:
1.247 jufi 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1090: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1091: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1092: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1093: </strong></font><br>
1094:
1095: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1096: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1097: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1098: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1099: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1100: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1101: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1102: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1103: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1104: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1105: familiar?
1106: <p>
1.247 jufi 1107: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1108:
1.178 louis 1109: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1110: <ul>
1.178 louis 1111:
1.247 jufi 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1113: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1114: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1115: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1116: </strong></font><br>
1117:
1118: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1119: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1120: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1121: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1122: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1123: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1124: <p>
1125:
1.247 jufi 1126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1127: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1128: Open source under the hood</a>,
1129: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1130: </strong></font><br>
1131:
1132: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1133: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1134: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1135: <p>
1136:
1.247 jufi 1137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1138: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1139: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1140: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1141: </strong></font><br>
1142:
1143: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1144: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1145: <p>
1.247 jufi 1146: </ul>
1.179 louis 1147:
1.174 louis 1148:
1.175 louis 1149: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1150: <ul>
1.175 louis 1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1153: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1154: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1155: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1156: </strong></font><br>
1157:
1158: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1159: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1160: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1161: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1162: <p>
1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1165: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1166: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1167: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1168: </strong></font><br>
1169:
1170: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1171: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1172: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1173: <p>
1.247 jufi 1174: </ul>
1.175 louis 1175:
1.176 louis 1176:
1.172 mickey 1177: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1178: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1181: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1182: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1186: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1187: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1188: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1189: <p>
1190:
1.247 jufi 1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1192: <a
1.269 deraadt 1193: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1194: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1195: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1196: </strong></font><br>
1197:
1198: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1199: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1200: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1201: <p>
1202:
1.247 jufi 1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1204: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1205: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1206: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1207: </strong></font><br>
1208:
1209: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1210: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1211: <p>
1212:
1.247 jufi 1213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1214: <a
1.269 deraadt 1215: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1216: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1217: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1218: </strong></font><br>
1219:
1220: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1221: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1222: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1223: our own Theo de Raadt.
1224: <p>
1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1227: <a
1.269 deraadt 1228: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1229: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1230: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1231: </strong></font><br>
1232:
1233: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1234: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1235: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1236: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1237: shut down.]
1238: <p>
1239:
1.247 jufi 1240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1241: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1242: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1243: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1244: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1245: </strong></font><br>
1246:
1247: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1248: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1249: <p>
1.247 jufi 1250: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1251:
1.161 louis 1252: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1253: <ul>
1.161 louis 1254:
1.247 jufi 1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1256: <a
1.269 deraadt 1257: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1258: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1259: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1260: </strong></font><br>
1261:
1262: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1263: by John Wolley
1264: <p>
1265:
1.247 jufi 1266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1267: <a
1.269 deraadt 1268: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1269: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1270: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1271: </strong></font><br>
1272:
1273: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1274: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1275: OpenBSD).
1276: <p>
1277:
1.247 jufi 1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1279: <a
1.247 jufi 1280: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1281: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1282: </strong></font><br>
1283:
1284: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1285: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1286: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1287: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1288: and hindsight.
1289: <p>
1290:
1.247 jufi 1291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1292: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1293: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1297: <p>
1298:
1.247 jufi 1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1300: <a
1.168 provos 1301: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1302: December 7, 2000
1303: </strong></font><br>
1304:
1305: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1306: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1307: us explain.
1308: <p>
1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1311: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1312: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1313: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1314: December 6, 2000
1315: </strong></font><br>
1316:
1317: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1318: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1319: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1320: <p>
1321:
1.247 jufi 1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1323: <a
1.226 horacio 1324: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1325: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1326: </strong></font><br>
1327:
1328: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1329: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1330: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1331: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1332: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1333: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1334: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1335: <p>
1.162 millert 1336:
1.247 jufi 1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1338: <a
1.161 louis 1339: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1340: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1341: </strong></font><br>
1342:
1343: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1344: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1345: <p>
1346:
1.247 jufi 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1348: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1349: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1353: <p>
1354:
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1357: <a
1.226 horacio 1358: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1359: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1360: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1361: </strong></font><br>
1362:
1363: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1364: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1365: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1366: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1367: <p>
1.247 jufi 1368: </ul>
1.169 louis 1369:
1.158 louis 1370: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1371: <ul>
1.147 louis 1372:
1.247 jufi 1373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1374: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1375: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1376: </strong></font><br>
1377:
1378: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1379: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1380: <p>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1383: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1384: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1385: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1388: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1389: <p>
1390:
1.247 jufi 1391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1392: <a
1393: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1394: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1395: </strong></font><br>
1396:
1397: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1398: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1399: <p>
1400:
1.247 jufi 1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1402: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1403: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1404: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1405:
1.213 horacio 1406: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1407: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1408: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1409: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1410: <p>
1.215 horacio 1411:
1.247 jufi 1412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1413: <a
1414: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1415: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1416: </strong></font><br>
1417:
1418: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1419: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1420: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1421: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1422: much of the attitude too).
1423: <p>
1.161 louis 1424:
1.247 jufi 1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1426: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1427: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1428: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1429:
1.157 louis 1430: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1431: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1432: <p>
1.247 jufi 1433: </ul>
1.157 louis 1434:
1435: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1436: <ul>
1.157 louis 1437:
1.247 jufi 1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1439: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1440: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1441: </strong></font><br>
1442:
1443: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1444: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1445: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1446: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1447: <p>
1448:
1.247 jufi 1449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1450: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1451: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1452: </strong></font><br>
1453:
1454: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1455: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1456: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1457: it because they love coding...
1458: <p>
1459:
1.247 jufi 1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1461: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1462: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1466: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1467: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1468: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1469: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1470: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1471: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1472: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1473: <p>
1474:
1.247 jufi 1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1476: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1477: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1478: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1479: </strong></font><br>
1480:
1481: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1482: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1483: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1484: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1485: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1486: the pizza.
1487: <p>
1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1490: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1491: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1495: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1496: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1497: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1498: problems.
1499: <p>
1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1502: <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 1503: </strong></font><br>
1504:
1.222 miod 1505: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1506: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1507: - whether they like it or not.
1508: <p>
1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1511: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1512: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1513: </strong></font><br>
1514:
1515: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1516: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1517: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1518: <p>
1.148 aaron 1519:
1.247 jufi 1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1521: <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 1522: </strong></font><br>
1523:
1524: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1525: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1526: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1527: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1528: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1529: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1530: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1531: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1532: <p>
1533:
1.247 jufi 1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1535: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1536: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1537: </strong></font><br>
1538:
1539: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1540: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1541: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1542: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1543: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1544: <p>
1.247 jufi 1545: </ul>
1.147 louis 1546:
1.138 louis 1547: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1548: <ul>
1.138 louis 1549:
1.247 jufi 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1551: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1552: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1553: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1554: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1555: </strong></font><br>
1556:
1.227 horacio 1557: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1558: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1559: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1560: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1561: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1562: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1563: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1564: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1565: <p>
1566:
1.247 jufi 1567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1568: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1569: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1570: </strong></font><br>
1571:
1572: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1573: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1574: groups, and even Linux.
1575: <p>
1576:
1.247 jufi 1577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1578: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1579: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1580: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1581: </strong></font><br>
1582:
1583: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1584: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1585: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1586: library after installing the OS.
1587: <p>
1588:
1.247 jufi 1589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1590: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1591: Sys Admin, September 2000
1592: </strong></font><br>
1593:
1594: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1595: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1596: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1597: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1598: (<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>,
1599: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1600: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1601: <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 1602: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1603: out of the system.
1604: <p>
1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1607: <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
1608: </strong></font><br>
1609:
1610: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1611: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1612: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1613: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1614: the IP filtering and address translation.
1615: <p>
1.247 jufi 1616: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1617:
1.131 louis 1618: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1619: <ul>
1.131 louis 1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1622: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1623: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1624: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1625: </strong></font><br>
1626:
1627: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1628: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1629: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1630: <p>
1631:
1.247 jufi 1632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1633: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1634: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1635: </strong></font><br>
1636:
1637: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1638: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1639: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1640: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1641: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1642: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1643: note of"</i>.
1644: <p>
1645:
1.247 jufi 1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1647: <a
1.247 jufi 1648: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1649: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1650: </strong></font><br>
1651:
1652: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1653: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1654: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1655: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1656: <p>
1657:
1.247 jufi 1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1659: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1660: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662:
1663: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1664: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1665: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1666: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1667: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1668: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1669: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1670: <p>
1671:
1.247 jufi 1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1673: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1674: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1675: 2000
1676: </strong></font><br>
1677:
1678: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1679: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1680: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1681: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1682: against current industry practices.
1683: <p>
1684:
1.247 jufi 1685: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1686: <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
1687: </strong></font><br>
1688:
1689: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1690: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1691: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1692: <p>
1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1695: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1696: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698:
1699: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1700: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1701: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1702: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1703: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1704: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1705: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1706: <p>
1707:
1.247 jufi 1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1709: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1710: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1711: </strong></font><br>
1712:
1713: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1714: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1715: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1716: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1717: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1718: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1719: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1720: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1721: <p>
1.247 jufi 1722: </ul>
1.131 louis 1723:
1.118 louis 1724: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1725: <ul>
1.118 louis 1726:
1.247 jufi 1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1728: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1729: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1730: </strong></font><br>
1731:
1732: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1733: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1734: about time. The article mentions that
1735: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1736: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1737: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1738: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1739: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1740: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1741: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1742: <p>
1743:
1.247 jufi 1744: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1745: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1746: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1747: </strong></font><br>
1748:
1749: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1750: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1751: of OpenSSH.
1752: <p>
1753:
1.247 jufi 1754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1755: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1756: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1757: </strong></font><br>
1758:
1759: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1760: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1761: bridging.
1762: <p>
1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1765: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1766: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1767: </strong></font><br>
1768:
1.121 deraadt 1769: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1770: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1771: <p>
1772:
1.247 jufi 1773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1774: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1775: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1776: </strong></font><br>
1777:
1778: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1779: <p>
1780:
1.247 jufi 1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1782: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1783: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1784: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1785: </strong></font><br>
1786:
1.120 deraadt 1787: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1788: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1789: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1790: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1791: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1792: <p>
1793:
1.247 jufi 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1795: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1796: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1797: </strong></font><br>
1798:
1.222 miod 1799: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1800: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1801: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1802: protocols and their quirks.
1803: <p>
1804:
1.247 jufi 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1806: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1807: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1808: </strong></font><br>
1809:
1810: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1811: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1812: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1813: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1814: <p>
1815:
1.247 jufi 1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1817: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1818: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1819: </strong></font><br>
1820:
1821: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1822: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1823: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1824: <p>
1825:
1.247 jufi 1826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1827: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1828: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1829: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1830: </strong></font><br>
1831:
1832: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1833: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1834: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1835: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1836: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1837: <p>
1.247 jufi 1838: </ul>
1.118 louis 1839:
1.104 louis 1840: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1841: <ul>
1.104 louis 1842:
1.247 jufi 1843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1844: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1845: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1846: </strong></font><br>
1847:
1848: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1849: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1850: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1851: be a bit dry.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1855: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1856: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1857: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1858: </strong></font><br>
1859: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1860: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1861: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1862: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1863: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1864: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1865: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1866: <p>
1867:
1.247 jufi 1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1869: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1870: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1871: 2000
1.128 louis 1872: </strong></font><br>
1873:
1874: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1875: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1876: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1877: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1878: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1879: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1880: <p>
1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1883: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1884: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1885: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1886:
1887: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1888: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1889: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1890: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1891: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1892: <p>
1.110 louis 1893:
1.247 jufi 1894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1895: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1896: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1897: </strong></font><br>
1898:
1899: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1900: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1901: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1902: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1903: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1904: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1905: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1906: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1907: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1908: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1909: <p>
1910:
1.247 jufi 1911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1912: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1913: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1914:
1915: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1916: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1917: <p>
1.108 louis 1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1920: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1921: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1922: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1923:
1924: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1925: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1926: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1927: <p>
1.106 louis 1928:
1.247 jufi 1929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 1930: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
1931: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 1932: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 1933:
1934: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
1935: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
1936: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
1937: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 1938: <p>
1.107 louis 1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1941: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
1942: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 1943: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 1944:
1945: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
1946: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 1947: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 1948: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
1949: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 1950: <p>
1.105 louis 1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 1953: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 1954: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 1955: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 1956:
1.113 naddy 1957: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
1958: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 1959: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 1960: <p>
1.104 louis 1961:
1.247 jufi 1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1963: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
1964: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
1965: </strong></font><br>
1966:
1967: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
1968: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
1969: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
1970: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
1971: <p>
1.247 jufi 1972: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 1973:
1.85 louis 1974: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1975: <ul>
1.85 louis 1976:
1.247 jufi 1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1978: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 1979: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 1980: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 1981:
1982: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
1983: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
1984: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
1985: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
1986: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
1987: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
1988: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 1989: <p>
1.99 louis 1990:
1.247 jufi 1991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 1992: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 1993: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 1994: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 1995:
1996: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
1997: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
1998: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
1999: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2000: <p>
1.100 louis 2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2003: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2004: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2005: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2006:
2007: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2008: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2009: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2010: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2011: <p>
1.95 louis 2012:
1.247 jufi 2013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2014: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2015: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2016: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2017:
2018: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2019: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2020: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2021: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2022: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2023: <p>
1.92 louis 2024:
1.247 jufi 2025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2026: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2027: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2028: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2029:
2030: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2031: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2032: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2033: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2034: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2035: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2036: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2037: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2038: <p>
1.91 louis 2039:
1.247 jufi 2040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2041: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2042: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2043: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2044:
2045: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2046: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2047: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2048: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2049: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2050: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2051: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2052: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2053: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2054: <p>
1.90 louis 2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2057: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2058: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2059: </strong></font><br>
2060: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2061: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2062: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2063: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2064: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2065: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2066: <p>
2067:
1.247 jufi 2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2069: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2070: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2071: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2072:
1.113 naddy 2073: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2074: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2075: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2076: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2077: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2078: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2079: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2080: <p>
1.87 louis 2081:
1.247 jufi 2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2083: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2084: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2085: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2086:
2087: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2088: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2089: <p>
1.85 louis 2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2092: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2093: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2094: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2095:
2096: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2097: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2098: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2099: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2100: <p>
1.89 louis 2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2103: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2104: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2105: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2106:
2107: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2108: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2109: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2110: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2111: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2112: </ul>
1.85 louis 2113:
1.78 deraadt 2114: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2115: <ul>
1.74 louis 2116:
1.247 jufi 2117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2118: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2119: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2120: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2121: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2122:
2123: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2124: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2125: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2126: <p>
1.83 louis 2127:
1.247 jufi 2128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2129: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2130: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2131: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2132:
2133: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2134: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2135: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2136: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2137: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2138: <p>
1.93 louis 2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2141: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2142: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2143: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2144: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2145:
1.83 louis 2146: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2147: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2148: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2149: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2150: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2151: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2152: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2153: <p>
1.82 aaron 2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2156: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2157: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2159:
1.83 louis 2160: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2161: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2162: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2163: <p>
1.80 louis 2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2166: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2167: Bad Press</a>,
2168: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2169: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2170:
2171: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2172: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2173: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2174: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2175: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2176: <p>
1.247 jufi 2177: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2178:
2179: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2180: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2181:
1.247 jufi 2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2183: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2184: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2185: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2186: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2187:
2188: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2189: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2190: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2191: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2192: <p>
1.74 louis 2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2195: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2196: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2198:
1.219 horacio 2199: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2200: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2201: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2202: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2203: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2204: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2205: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2206: <p>
1.88 louis 2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2209: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2210: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2211: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2212:
2213: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2214: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2215: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2216: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2217: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2218: <p>
1.81 louis 2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2221: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2222: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2223: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2224:
2225: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2226: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2227: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2228: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2229: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2230: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2231: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2232: <p>
1.90 louis 2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2235: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2236: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2237: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2238:
2239: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2240: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2241: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2242: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2243: <p>
1.247 jufi 2244: </ul>
1.71 louis 2245:
1.69 deraadt 2246: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2247: <ul>
1.70 louis 2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2250: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2251: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2252: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2253:
2254: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2255: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2256: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2257: <p>
1.70 louis 2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2260: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2261: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2262: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2263:
2264: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2265: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2266: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2267: <p>
1.68 louis 2268:
1.247 jufi 2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2270: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2271: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2272: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2273: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2274:
1.111 jufi 2275: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2276: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2277: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2278: "secure by default" installation.
2279: <p>
1.64 louis 2280:
1.247 jufi 2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2282: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2283: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2284: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2285:
1.113 naddy 2286: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2287: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2288: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2289: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2290: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2291: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2292: <p>
1.66 louis 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2295: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2296: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2297: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2298:
2299: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2300: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2301: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2302: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2303: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2304: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2305: <p>
1.83 louis 2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2308: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2309: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2310: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2311:
2312: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2313: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2314: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2315: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2316: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2317: <p>
1.64 louis 2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2320: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2321: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2322: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2323:
2324: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2325: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2326: <p>
1.247 jufi 2327: </ul>
1.65 louis 2328:
1.69 deraadt 2329: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2330: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2333: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2334: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2335: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2336:
2337: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2338: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2339: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2340: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2341: <p>
1.88 louis 2342:
1.247 jufi 2343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2344: <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 2345: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2346:
2347: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2348: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2349: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2350: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2351: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2352: <p>
1.60 louis 2353:
1.247 jufi 2354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2355: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2356: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2357: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2358: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2359:
2360: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2361: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2362: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2363: <p>
1.58 louis 2364:
1.247 jufi 2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2366: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2367: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2368:
2369: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2370: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2371: <p>
1.53 louis 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2374: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2375: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2377:
2378: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2379: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2380: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2381: <p>
1.99 louis 2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2384: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2385: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2386:
2387: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2388: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2389: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2390: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2391: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2392:
1.247 jufi 2393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2394: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2395: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2396: </strong></font><br>
2397:
2398: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2399: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2400: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2401: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2402: <p>
2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2405: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2406: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2407: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2408:
2409: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2410: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2411: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2412:
1.247 jufi 2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2414: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2415: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2416:
2417: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2418: in
1.247 jufi 2419: <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 2420: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2421: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2422: <p>
1.53 louis 2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2425: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2426: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2427: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2428: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2429:
1.58 louis 2430: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2431: <p>
1.247 jufi 2432: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2433:
1.69 deraadt 2434: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2435: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2438: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2439: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2440: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2441: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2442:
1.58 louis 2443: Kurt Seifried
2444: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2445: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2446: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2447: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2450: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2451: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2452: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2453:
2454: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2455: <p>
1.96 louis 2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2458: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2459: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2460: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2461:
2462: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2463: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2464: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2465: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
1.247 jufi 2467: </ul>
1.86 louis 2468:
1.69 deraadt 2469: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2470: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2473: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2474: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2475: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2476:
2477: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2478: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2479: <p>
1.61 louis 2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2482: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2483: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2484: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2485: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2486:
2487: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2488: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2489: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2490: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2491: right -- or at least strives to".
2492: <p>
1.48 louis 2493:
1.247 jufi 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2495: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2496: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2497: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2498: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2499: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2500: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2501: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2502: <p>
1.61 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <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 2505: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2506: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2507:
2508: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2509: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2510: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2511: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2512: <p>
1.46 louis 2513:
1.247 jufi 2514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2515: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2516: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2517: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2518:
2519: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2520: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2521: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2522:
1.247 jufi 2523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2524: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2525: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2526: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2527:
2528: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2529: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2530: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2531: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2532: <p>
1.247 jufi 2533: </ul>
1.70 louis 2534:
1.69 deraadt 2535: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2536: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2537:
1.247 jufi 2538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2539: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2540: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2541: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2542: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2543:
2544: Kurt Seifried
2545: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2546: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2547: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2548: <p>
1.44 philen 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <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 2551: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2553:
2554: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2555: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <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 2558: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2559: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2560:
2561: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2562: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <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 2565: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2566: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2567:
2568: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2569: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2570: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2571: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2572: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <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 2575: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2576: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2577:
1.36 louis 2578: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2579: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2580:
1.247 jufi 2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2582: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2583: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2584: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2585:
2586: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2587: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2588: </ul>
1.38 louis 2589:
1.69 deraadt 2590: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2591: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2592:
1.247 jufi 2593: <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 2594: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2595: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2596:
2597: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2598: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2599: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2600:
1.113 naddy 2601: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2602: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2603: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2604: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2605:
2606: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2607: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2608: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2609: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2610: <blockquote>
2611: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2612: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2613: <br>
2614: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2615: </code>
2616: </blockquote>
2617: <p>
2618:
1.247 jufi 2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2620: <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>
2621: <p>
2622:
2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2624: <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 2625: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2626:
2627: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2628: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2629: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2630: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2631:
1.247 jufi 2632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2633: <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 2634: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2635:
2636: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2637: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2638: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2639: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2640: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2641: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2642: <p>
1.19 louis 2643:
1.113 naddy 2644: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2645: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2646: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2647:
2648: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2649: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2650: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2651: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2652: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2653: <p>
1.16 louis 2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2656: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2657: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2658: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2659:
1.57 louis 2660: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2661: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2662: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2663: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2664:
1.247 jufi 2665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2666: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2667: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2668: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2669:
1.113 naddy 2670: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2671:
1.247 jufi 2672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2673: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2674: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2676:
1.23 louis 2677: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2678: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2679: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2680: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2681: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2682: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2685: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2686: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2687: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2688:
1.199 pvalchev 2689: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2690: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2691: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2692: installation.
1.113 naddy 2693: <p>
1.47 louis 2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2696: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2697: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2698: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2699:
2700: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2701: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2702: </ul>
1.57 louis 2703:
1.69 deraadt 2704: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2705: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2706:
1.247 jufi 2707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2708: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2709: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2710: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2711:
2712: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2713: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2714: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2715: <p>
1.12 louis 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2718: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2719: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2720: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2721:
2722: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2723: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2724: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2725: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2726: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2727: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2728: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2729: <p>
1.247 jufi 2730: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2731:
1.69 deraadt 2732: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2733: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2734:
1.247 jufi 2735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2736: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2737: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2738:
2739: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2740: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2741: available."
1.113 naddy 2742: <p>
1.247 jufi 2743: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2744:
1.69 deraadt 2745: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2746: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2749: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2750: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2751:
2752: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2753: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2754: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2755: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2756: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2757: <p>
1.33 louis 2758:
1.247 jufi 2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2760: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2761: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2762: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2763:
1.113 naddy 2764: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2765: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2766: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2767: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2768: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2769: <p>
1.247 jufi 2770: </ul>
1.57 louis 2771:
1.69 deraadt 2772: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2773: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2776: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2777: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2778: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2779:
2780: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2781: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2782: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2785: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2786: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2787: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2788: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2789:
2790: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2791: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2794: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2795:
1.113 naddy 2796: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2799: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2800: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2801: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2802:
2803: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2804: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2805: </ul>
1.23 louis 2806:
1.69 deraadt 2807: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2808: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2811: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2812: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2813:
2814: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2815: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2816: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2817:
1.247 jufi 2818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2819: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2820: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2821: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2822:
2823: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2824: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2825: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2826: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2827: </ul>
1.57 louis 2828:
1.69 deraadt 2829: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2830: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2831:
1.247 jufi 2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2833: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2834: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2835: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2836:
2837: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2838: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2839: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2840: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2841: <p>
1.15 louis 2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2844: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2845: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2846: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2847:
2848: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2849: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2850: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2851: columns."
1.113 naddy 2852: <p>
1.247 jufi 2853: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2854:
1.69 deraadt 2855: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2856: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2857:
1.247 jufi 2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2859: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2860: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2861: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2862:
2863: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2864: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2865:
1.113 naddy 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2867: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2868: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2869:
2870: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2871: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2872: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2873: </ul>
1.57 louis 2874:
1.69 deraadt 2875: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2876: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2877:
1.113 naddy 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2879: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2880: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2881: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2882:
1.222 miod 2883: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2884: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2885: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2886: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2889:
1.69 deraadt 2890: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2894: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2895: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2896:
1.69 deraadt 2897: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2898: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2899: <p>
1.247 jufi 2900: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2901:
1.69 deraadt 2902: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2903: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2906: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2907: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2908: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2909:
2910: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2911: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2912: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2913:
1.247 jufi 2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2915: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2916: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2917: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2918: <p>
1.247 jufi 2919: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2920:
1.69 deraadt 2921: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2922: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2925: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2926: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2927: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2928: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 2929: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2930:
2931: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
2932: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
2933: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 2934: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 2935: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 2936: <p>
1.247 jufi 2937: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 2938:
2939: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2940: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2943: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 2944: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2945:
1.69 deraadt 2946: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
2947: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 2948: <p>
1.112 naddy 2949:
1.247 jufi 2950: </ul>
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2952:
1.113 naddy 2953: <hr>
2954: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 2955: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 2956:
1.200 niklas 2957: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <ul>
2960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2961: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
2962: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
2963:
2964: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
2965: <p>
2966:
1.247 jufi 2967: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2968:
2969: <h2>May, 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=010531-cs14">
2974: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
2975:
2976: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
2977: <p>
2978:
1.247 jufi 2979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2980: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
2981: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
2982:
2983: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
2984: being best of brand when it comes to security.
2985: <p>
2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2988:
2989: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
2990:
1.247 jufi 2991: <ul>
2992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 2993: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
2994: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
2995:
2996: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
2997: <p>
2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3000:
1.102 niklas 3001: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
3002:
1.247 jufi 3003: <ul>
3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 3005: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 3006: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 3007:
3008: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3009: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3010: <p>
1.102 niklas 3011:
1.247 jufi 3012: </ul>
1.102 niklas 3013:
1.84 niklas 3014: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
3015:
1.247 jufi 3016: <ul>
3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 3018: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 3019: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 3020:
3021: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 3022: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3023: <p>
1.84 niklas 3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: </ul>
1.84 niklas 3026:
1.69 deraadt 3027: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
3028:
1.247 jufi 3029: <ul>
3030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3031: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 3032: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3033:
1.222 miod 3034: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 3035: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3036: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 3037: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3038:
1.247 jufi 3039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3040: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 3041: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 3042: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 3043: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3044:
1.20 louis 3045: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3046: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 3047: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3048: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 3049: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3052:
1.113 naddy 3053: <hr>
1.202 jufi 3054: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 3055: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 3056:
3057:
3058: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3059: <ul>
1.202 jufi 3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 3062: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
3063: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3064:
3065: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
3066: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3067: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3068:
3069: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3070: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3073:
3074:
1.170 louis 3075: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3076: <ul>
1.170 louis 3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3079: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3080: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3081: </strong></font><br>
3082:
3083: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3084: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3085: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3086: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3087: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3088: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3089: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3090: <p>
1.247 jufi 3091: </ul>
1.170 louis 3092:
1.69 deraadt 3093: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3094: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3097: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3098: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3099: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3100:
3101: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3102: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3103: translating and reprinting articles from
3104: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3105: <p>
1.247 jufi 3106: </ul>
1.20 louis 3107:
1.113 naddy 3108: <hr>
3109: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3110: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3111:
1.294 pb 3112: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
3113: <ul>
3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3115: <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,
3116: April 18, 2003
3117: </strong></font><br>
3118: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
3119: <p>
1.295 henning 3120:
3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3122: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskozept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3123: April 13, 2003
3124: </strong></font><br>
3125: New security concepts in OpenBSD
3126: <p>
3127:
3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3129: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3130: April 8, 2003
3131: </strong></font><br>
3132: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
3133: <p>
3134:
1.294 pb 3135: </ul>
3136:
1.246 jufi 3137: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3138: <ul>
3139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3140: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3141: December 04, 2002
3142: </strong></font><br>
3143: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3144: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3145: <p>
1.247 jufi 3146: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3147:
1.151 louis 3148: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3149: <ul>
1.151 louis 3150:
1.247 jufi 3151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3152: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3153: </strong></font><br>
3154:
3155: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3156: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3157: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3158: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3159: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3160: <p>
1.247 jufi 3161: </ul>
1.151 louis 3162:
1.72 louis 3163: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3164: <ul>
1.72 louis 3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3167: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3168: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3169: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3170:
1.101 jufi 3171: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3172: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3173: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3174: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3175: Giving way to
3176: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3177: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3178: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3179: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3180: <p>
1.247 jufi 3181: </ul>
1.72 louis 3182:
1.69 deraadt 3183: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3184: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3187: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3188: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3189: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3190:
3191: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3192: <p>
1.247 jufi 3193: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3194:
1.50 louis 3195:
1.113 naddy 3196: <hr>
3197: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3198: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3199:
1.69 deraadt 3200: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3201: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3204: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3205: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3206: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3207:
3208: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3209: <p>
1.247 jufi 3210: </ul>
1.62 form 3211:
1.69 deraadt 3212: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3213: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3214:
1.247 jufi 3215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3216: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3217: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3218: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3219:
1.59 form 3220: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3221: <p>
1.112 naddy 3222:
1.247 jufi 3223: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3224:
1.113 naddy 3225: <hr>
3226: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3227: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3228: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3229:
1.247 jufi 3230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3231: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3232: Radio, August 2, 2000
3233: </strong></font><br>
3234:
3235: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3236: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3237: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3238: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3239: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3240: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3241: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3242: <p>
3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3245: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3246: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3247: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3248: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3249:
3250: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3251: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3252: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3253: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3254: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3255: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3256: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3257: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3258: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3259: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3260: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3261: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3262: <p>
1.247 jufi 3263: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3264:
1.113 naddy 3265: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3266: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3267: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3268:
3269: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3270: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3271:
1.247 jufi 3272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3273: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3274: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3275: </strong></font><br>
3276:
3277: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3278: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3279: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3280: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3281: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3282: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3283: A
1.216 horacio 3284: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3285: <p>
1.247 jufi 3286: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3287:
1.252 miod 3288: <hr>
3289: <a name=fr></a>
3290: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3291:
3292: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3293: <ul>
3294:
3295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3296: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
1.296 naddy 3297: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1.252 miod 3298: </strong></font><br>
3299:
3300: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3301: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3302: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3303: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3304: <p>
3305: </ul>
3306:
1.292 camield 3307: <hr>
3308: <a name=nl></a>
3309: <h3><font color="#e00000">Dutch press coverage (in Dutch)</font></h3><p>
3310:
1.293 camield 3311: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
1.292 camield 3312: <ul>
3313:
3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3315: <a href=http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776>
3316: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>, Automatiserings Gids
1.293 camield 3317: Webeditie, April 14 2003
1.292 camield 3318: </strong></font><br>
3319:
3320: Een beschrijving van drie nieuwe technieken in OpenBSD om bufferoverflows
3321: tegen te gaan.
3322: <p>
3323: </ul>
3324:
1.216 horacio 3325:
3326: <hr>
3327: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3328: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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