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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>
1.299 deraadt 60: <a href=http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1>
61: [TURKISH] DARPA OpenBSD'ye Desteini Geri \307ekiyor...</a>,
62: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003
63: </strong></font><br>
64:
65: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
66: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the benefits
67: of the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
68: views from the interview and his plans about the approching hackathon with
69: out fund. Also covers OpenBSD project's contributions to the operating
70: system security concept and proactive techiques.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.300 ! jose 74: <a href=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5670920.htm">
! 75: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
! 76: Miami Herald, April 19, 2003.
! 77: </strong></font></br>
! 78: Another Associated Press story about the DARPA, UPenn and POSSE situation
! 79: with OpenBSD. No new information over the previous AP stories.
! 80: <p>
! 81:
! 82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 83: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
84: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
85: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
86: </strong></font></br>
87: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
88: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
89: at UPenn and DARPA.
90: <p>
91:
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 93: [GERMAN] <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,
94: April 18, 2003
95: </strong></font><br>
96: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 100: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
101: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
102: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
103: </strong></font></br>
104: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
105: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
106: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 110: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
111: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 112: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 113: </strong></font><br>
114: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
115: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
116: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 117: American century.
1.267 deraadt 118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 121: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
122: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 123: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 124: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 125: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
126: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
127: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
128: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
129: Can also be found online at:
130: <ul>
131: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
132: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 133: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.267 deraadt 134: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 135: <p>
136:
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 138: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
139: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 140: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 141: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 142: </strong></font><br>
143: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 144: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
145: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
146: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
147: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
150: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
151: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
152: New York Times.
153: </strong></font>(free registration required)
154:
1.273 deraadt 155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
156: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 157: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 158: ABC News.
159: </strong></font>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
162: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
163: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 164: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 165: </strong></font>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
168: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 169: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 170: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 171: </strong></font>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 174: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
175: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 176: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 177: </strong></font>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 180: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 181: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 182: Times Daily, AL.
183: </strong></font>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
186: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
187: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
188: Boston.com, MA.
189: </strong></font>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
192: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 193: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 194: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
195: </strong></font>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 198: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
199: [Article was pulled]</a>
200: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 201: </strong></font>
202:
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
204: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
205: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
206: Infoshop News.
207: </strong></font>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
210: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
211: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
212: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
213: </strong></font>
214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
216: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
217: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
218: NEPA News, PA.
219: </strong></font>
220:
221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
222: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
223: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
224: Wired News.
225: </strong></font>
226:
1.271 deraadt 227: </ul>
228: <p>
1.272 deraadt 229: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
230: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 231: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
232: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
233: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
234: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
235: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
236: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
237: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
238: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
239: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
240: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 241: <p>
242: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 245: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
246: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
247: Indianapolis Star, IN.
248: </strong></font>
249:
250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 251: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
252: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
253: Miami Herald, FL.
254: </strong></font>
255:
256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 257: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 258: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
259: </strong></font>
260:
261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
262: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 263: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 264: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 265: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
268: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
269: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
270: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
271: ABC News.
272: </strong></font>
273:
1.276 deraadt 274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
275: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
276: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 277: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 278: </strong></font>
279:
1.286 dhartmei 280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
281: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
282: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
283: Wilmington Star, NC.
284: </strong></font>
285:
1.300 ! jose 286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 287: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
! 288: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
! 289: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
! 290: </strong></font>
! 291:
1.263 deraadt 292: </ul>
1.262 beck 293: <p>
294:
295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 296: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
297: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 298: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 299: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 300: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 301: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
302: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
303: <p>
304:
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 306: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
307: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
308: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
309: </strong></font></br>
310: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
311: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
312: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
313: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
314: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
315: and simply restates other press reports.
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 319: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
320: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
321: OS News, April 18, 2003.
322: </strong></font><br>
323: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
324: <p>
325:
326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 327: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
328: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 329: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 330: </strong></font><br>
331: Another report on the DARPA funding.
332: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
333: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
334: <p>
335:
336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 337: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
338: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 339: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 340: </strong></font><br>
341: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
342: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
343: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
344: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
345: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
346: Goes on to say:
347: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
348: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
349: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
350: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 351: This article is also found online at:
352: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
354: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
355: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
356: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
357: </strong></font></br>
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
359: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
360: ZDnet</a>,
361: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
362: </strong></font></br>
363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
364: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
365: ZDnet Australia</a>,
366: US Defence pulls open source funding.
367: </strong></font></br>
1.279 deraadt 368: </ul>
1.260 ian 369: <p>
1.279 deraadt 370:
1.260 ian 371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
372: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
373: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 374: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 375: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 376: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 377: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
378: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
379: without notice or justification.
380: <p>
381:
382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
383: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
384: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 385: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 386: </strong></font><br>
387: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
388: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
389: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
390: effective today, without any warning..."
391: <p>
1.257 ian 392:
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 394: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
395: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 396: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 397: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 398: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
399: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
400: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
401: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
402: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 403: <p>
404:
405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 406: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
407: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 408: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 409: </strong></font><br>
410: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
411: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
412: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
413: quoting two of them:
414: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
415: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
416: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
417: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
418: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
419: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
420: <p>
421:
1.255 ian 422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 423: [DUTCH] <a href=http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776>
424: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>, Automatiserings Gids
425: Webeditie, April 14 2003
426: </strong></font><br>
427: Een beschrijving van drie nieuwe technieken in OpenBSD om bufferoverflows
428: tegen te gaan.
429: <p>
430:
431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
432: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskozept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
433: April 13, 2003
434: </strong></font><br>
435: New security concepts in OpenBSD
436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 439: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
440: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 441: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 442: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 443: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 444: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
445: security experts for more than three decades."
446: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
447: <p>
1.261 ian 448:
1.254 drahn 449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 450: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
451: April 8, 2003
452: </strong></font><br>
453: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
454: <p>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 457: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
458: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 459: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 460: </strong></font><br>
461: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
462: from US DARPA.
463: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
464: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
465: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
466: the BSD license.
467: <p>
468: </ul>
469:
1.251 ian 470: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
471: <ul>
472:
473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
474: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
475: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 476: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 477: </strong></font><br>
478: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
479: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
480: Mentions
481: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
482: and
483: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
484: programs.
485: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 486: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 487: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
488: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
489: <p>
1.260 ian 490:
491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
492: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
493: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
494: </strong></font><br>
495: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
496: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
497: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
498: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
499: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
500: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
501: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
502: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
503: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
504: put into service."
505: <p>
506: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
507: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
508: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
509: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
510: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
511: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
512: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
513: computers with security features."
514: <p>
1.251 ian 515: </ul>
516:
1.249 jufi 517: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
518: <ul>
519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
520: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
521: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 522: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 523: </strong></font><br>
524: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
525: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 526: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 527: <p>
528: </ul>
529:
1.246 jufi 530: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 531: <ul>
1.246 jufi 532:
1.247 jufi 533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 534: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 535: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
536: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 537: </strong></font><br>
538: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
539: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
540: <p>
541:
1.247 jufi 542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 543: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 544: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
545: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 546: </strong></font><br>
547: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
548: in their annual OpenHack security test.
549: <p>
1.247 jufi 550: </ul>
1.246 jufi 551:
1.244 jufi 552: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 553: <ul>
1.246 jufi 554:
1.247 jufi 555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 556: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
557: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
558: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 559: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 560: </strong></font><br>
561: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
562: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
563: md5 digests.
564: <p>
565:
1.247 jufi 566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 567: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 568: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
569: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 570: </strong></font><br>
571: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
572: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
573: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
574: right the first time."
575: <p>
1.247 jufi 576: </ul>
1.244 jufi 577:
578:
579: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 580: <ul>
1.244 jufi 581:
1.247 jufi 582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 583: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 584: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
585: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 586: </strong></font><br>
587: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
588: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
589: part 6</a>.
590: <p>
591:
1.247 jufi 592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 593: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 594: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
595: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 596: </strong></font><br>
597: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
598: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
599: <p>
1.247 jufi 600: </ul>
1.242 jufi 601:
602: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 603: <ul>
1.242 jufi 604:
1.247 jufi 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 606: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 607: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
608: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 609: </strong></font><br>
610: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
611: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
612: <p>
613:
1.247 jufi 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 615: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 616: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
617: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 618: </strong></font><br>
619: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
620: this time using pf.
621: <p>
1.247 jufi 622: </ul>
1.242 jufi 623:
624: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 625: <ul>
1.242 jufi 626:
1.247 jufi 627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 628: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 629: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
630: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 631: </strong></font><br>
632: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
633: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
634: their rotation.
635: <p>
636:
1.247 jufi 637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 638: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 639: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
640: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 641: </strong></font><br>
642: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
643: <p>
1.247 jufi 644: </ul>
1.242 jufi 645:
1.239 jufi 646: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 647: <ul>
1.239 jufi 648:
1.247 jufi 649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 650: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 651: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
652: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 653: </strong></font><br>
654: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
655: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
656: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
657: <p>
658:
1.247 jufi 659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 660: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 661: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
662: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 663: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 664: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
665: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
666: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 667: <p>
1.247 jufi 668: </ul>
1.239 jufi 669:
1.235 lebel 670: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 671: <ul>
1.235 lebel 672:
1.239 jufi 673:
1.247 jufi 674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 675: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 676: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
677: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 678: </strong></font><br>
679: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
680: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
681: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
682: <p>
1.247 jufi 683: </ul>
1.235 lebel 684:
1.228 horacio 685: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 686: <ul>
1.228 horacio 687:
1.247 jufi 688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 689: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 690: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
691: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 692: </strong></font><br>
693: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
694: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
695: <p>
696:
1.247 jufi 697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 698: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 699: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
700: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 701: </strong></font><br>
702: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
703: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
704: <p>
705:
1.247 jufi 706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 707: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 708: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
709: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 710: </strong></font><br>
711: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
712: on the desktop of his parents.
713: <p>
714:
1.247 jufi 715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 716: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 717: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
718: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 719: </strong></font><br>
720: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
721: using IPFilter.
722:
723: <p>
724:
1.247 jufi 725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 726: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 727: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
728: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 729: </strong></font><br>
730: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
731: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
732: perspectives of the four OS.
733: <br>
734: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 735: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 736: <p>
737:
1.247 jufi 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 739: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
740: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 741: software and security</a>,
742: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 743: </strong></font><br>
744:
745: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
746: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
747: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
748: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
749: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
750: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
751: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
752: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
753: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
754: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
755: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
756: security conscious team beyond doubt.
757: <p>
1.247 jufi 758: </ul>
1.228 horacio 759:
1.225 horacio 760: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 761: <ul>
1.225 horacio 762:
1.247 jufi 763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 764: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
765: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 766: Interview</a>,
767: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 768: </strong></font><br>
769:
770: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
771: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
772: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 773: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 774: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
775: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
776: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
777: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
778: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 779: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 780: of choice.
781: <p>
1.247 jufi 782: </ul>
1.225 horacio 783:
784: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 785: <ul>
1.225 horacio 786:
1.247 jufi 787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 788: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 789: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
790: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 791: </strong></font><br>
792:
793: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
794: <p>
795:
1.247 jufi 796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 797: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 798: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
799: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 800: </strong></font><br>
801:
802: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
803: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
804: <p>
1.247 jufi 805: </ul>
1.225 horacio 806:
1.218 horacio 807: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 808: <ul>
1.218 horacio 809:
1.247 jufi 810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 811: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 812: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
813: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 814: </strong></font><br>
815:
816: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
817: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
818: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
819: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
820: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
821: subjects. Worth a read.
822: <p>
823:
824:
1.247 jufi 825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 826: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 827: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
828: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 829: </strong></font><br>
830:
831: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
832: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
833: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
834: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
835: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
836: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
837: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
838: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
839: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 840: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 841: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
842: on other operating systems.<br>
843: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
844: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
845: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
846: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
847: <p>
848:
1.247 jufi 849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 850: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 851: Operating System 2010</a>,
852: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 853: </strong></font><br>
854:
855: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
856: covering the level of software integration into the core
857: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
858: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
859: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
860: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
861: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
862: <p>
863:
1.247 jufi 864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 865: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 866: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
867: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 868: </strong></font><br>
869:
870: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
871: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
872: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
873: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
874: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
875: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
876: <p>
1.247 jufi 877: </ul>
1.221 horacio 878:
1.210 jufi 879: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 880: <ul>
1.215 horacio 881:
1.247 jufi 882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 883: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 884: Already a Contender</a>,
885: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 886: </strong></font><br>
887:
888: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
889: source software in response to an article which claimed that
890: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
891: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
892: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
893: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
894: <p>
895:
1.247 jufi 896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 897: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 898: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
899: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 900: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 901:
1.224 horacio 902: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
903: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
904: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
905: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
906: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
907: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 908: <p>
1.247 jufi 909: </ul>
1.215 horacio 910:
911: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 912: <ul>
1.215 horacio 913:
1.247 jufi 914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 915: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
916: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 917: Division</a>,
918: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 919: </strong></font><br>
920:
921: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
922: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 923: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 924: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
925: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
926: investment</em>.<br>
927: The implementation details can be seen on their
928: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
929: <p>
930:
1.247 jufi 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 932: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 933: Thinking about Security</a>,
934: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 935: </strong></font><br>
936:
937: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
938: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
939: security and says that even secured operating systems running
940: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
941: to time.<br>
942: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
943: system and just the most secure system.
944: <p>
945:
1.247 jufi 946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 947: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 948: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
949: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 950: </strong></font><br>
951:
952: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
953: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
954: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
955: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
956: choice:<br>
957: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
958: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
959: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
960: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
961: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
962: network security devices and as such must be well
963: armored."</em><br>
964: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
965: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
966: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
967: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
968: <br>
969: Bravo!
970: <p>
1.247 jufi 971: </ul>
1.210 jufi 972:
1.207 ian 973: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 974: <ul>
1.215 horacio 975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 977: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
978: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
979: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 980:
1.207 ian 981: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
982: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 983: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 984: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
985: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
986: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 987: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 988: <p>
1.247 jufi 989: </ul>
1.207 ian 990:
1.194 jufi 991: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 992: <ul>
1.194 jufi 993:
1.247 jufi 994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 995: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 996: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
997: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 998: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 999:
1.240 miod 1000: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1001: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1002: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1003: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1004: <p>
1005:
1.247 jufi 1006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1007: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1008: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1009: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1010: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1011:
1.240 miod 1012: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1013: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1014: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1015: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1016: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1017: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1018: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1019: <br>
1020: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1021: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1022: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1023: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1024: <p>
1025:
1.247 jufi 1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1027: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1028: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1029: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1030: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1031:
1.194 jufi 1032: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1033: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1034: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1035: <br>
1036: The new
1037: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1038: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1039: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1040: <p>
1.247 jufi 1041: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1042:
1.190 horacio 1043: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1044: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1045:
1.247 jufi 1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1047:
1048: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1049: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1050:
1051: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1052: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1053:
1054: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1055: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1056:
1.212 horacio 1057: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1058: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1059: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1060:
1.211 horacio 1061: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1062: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1063: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1064:
1.247 jufi 1065: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1066: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1067:
1.247 jufi 1068: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1069: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1070:
1.212 horacio 1071: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1072: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1073: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1074:
1075: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1076: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1077:
1078: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1079: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1080:
1081: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1082: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1083:
1084: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1085: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1086:
1.192 jufi 1087: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1088: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1089: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1090:
1.193 deraadt 1091: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1092: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1093: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1094:
1.247 jufi 1095: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1096: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1097:
1.247 jufi 1098: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1099: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1100: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1101:
1.213 horacio 1102: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1103: 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 1104: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1105:
1.190 horacio 1106: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1107: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1108: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1109: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1110: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1111: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1112: <p>
1.190 horacio 1113:
1.247 jufi 1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1115: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1116: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1117: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1118: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1119:
1.195 jufi 1120: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1121: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1122: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1123: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1124: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1125: <p>
1126:
1.247 jufi 1127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1128: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1129: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1130: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1131: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1132:
1.191 jufi 1133: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1134: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a> concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers
1135: (ISN), which could be used to hijack TCP connections of several OS's, but not so
1136: with OpenBSD.
1.190 horacio 1137: <p>
1.247 jufi 1138: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1139:
1.191 jufi 1140:
1.186 jufi 1141: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1142: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1143:
1.247 jufi 1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1145: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1146: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1147: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1148: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1149:
1.188 jufi 1150: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1151: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1152: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1153: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1154: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1155: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1156: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1157: <p>
1158:
1.191 jufi 1159:
1.247 jufi 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1161: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1162: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1163: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1164: </strong></font><br>
1165:
1166: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1167: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1168: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1169: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1170: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1171: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1172: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1173: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1174: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1175: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1176: familiar?
1177: <p>
1.247 jufi 1178: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1179:
1.178 louis 1180: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1181: <ul>
1.178 louis 1182:
1.247 jufi 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1184: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1185: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1186: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1190: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1191: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1192: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1193: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1194: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1195: <p>
1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1198: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1199: Open source under the hood</a>,
1200: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1201: </strong></font><br>
1202:
1203: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1204: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1205: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1206: <p>
1207:
1.247 jufi 1208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1209: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1210: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1211: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1212: </strong></font><br>
1213:
1214: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1215: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1216: <p>
1.247 jufi 1217: </ul>
1.179 louis 1218:
1.174 louis 1219:
1.175 louis 1220: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1221: <ul>
1.175 louis 1222:
1.247 jufi 1223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1224: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1225: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1226: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1227: </strong></font><br>
1228:
1229: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1230: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1231: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1232: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1233: <p>
1234:
1.247 jufi 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1236: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1237: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1238: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1239: </strong></font><br>
1240:
1241: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1242: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1243: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1244: <p>
1.247 jufi 1245: </ul>
1.175 louis 1246:
1.176 louis 1247:
1.172 mickey 1248: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1249: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1250:
1.247 jufi 1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1252: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1253: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1254: </strong></font><br>
1255:
1256: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1257: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1258: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1259: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1260: <p>
1261:
1.247 jufi 1262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1263: <a
1.269 deraadt 1264: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1265: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1266: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1267: </strong></font><br>
1268:
1269: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1270: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1271: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1272: <p>
1273:
1.247 jufi 1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1275: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1276: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1277: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1278: </strong></font><br>
1279:
1280: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1281: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1282: <p>
1283:
1.247 jufi 1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1285: <a
1.269 deraadt 1286: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1287: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1288: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1289: </strong></font><br>
1290:
1291: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1292: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1293: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1294: our own Theo de Raadt.
1295: <p>
1296:
1.247 jufi 1297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1298: <a
1.269 deraadt 1299: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1300: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1301: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1302: </strong></font><br>
1303:
1304: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1305: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1306: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1307: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1308: shut down.]
1309: <p>
1310:
1.247 jufi 1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1312: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1313: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1314: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1315: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1316: </strong></font><br>
1317:
1318: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1319: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1320: <p>
1.247 jufi 1321: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1322:
1.161 louis 1323: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1324: <ul>
1.161 louis 1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1327: <a
1.269 deraadt 1328: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1329: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1330: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1331: </strong></font><br>
1332:
1333: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1334: by John Wolley
1335: <p>
1336:
1.247 jufi 1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1338: <a
1.269 deraadt 1339: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1340: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1341: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1342: </strong></font><br>
1343:
1344: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1345: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1346: OpenBSD).
1347: <p>
1348:
1.247 jufi 1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1350: <a
1.247 jufi 1351: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1352: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1353: </strong></font><br>
1354:
1355: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1356: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1357: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1358: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1359: and hindsight.
1360: <p>
1361:
1.247 jufi 1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1363: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1364: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1365: </strong></font><br>
1366:
1367: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1368: <p>
1369:
1.247 jufi 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1371: <a
1.168 provos 1372: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1373: December 7, 2000
1374: </strong></font><br>
1375:
1376: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1377: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1378: us explain.
1379: <p>
1380:
1.247 jufi 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1382: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1383: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1384: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1385: December 6, 2000
1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1389: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1390: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1394: <a
1.226 horacio 1395: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1396: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1400: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1401: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1402: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1403: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1404: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1405: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1406: <p>
1.162 millert 1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1409: <a
1.161 louis 1410: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1411: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1415: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1416: <p>
1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1419: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1420: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1424: <p>
1425:
1426:
1.247 jufi 1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1428: <a
1.226 horacio 1429: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1430: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1431: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1432: </strong></font><br>
1433:
1434: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1435: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1436: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1437: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1438: <p>
1.247 jufi 1439: </ul>
1.169 louis 1440:
1.158 louis 1441: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1442: <ul>
1.147 louis 1443:
1.247 jufi 1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1445: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1446: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1447: </strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1450: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1451: <p>
1452:
1.247 jufi 1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1454: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1455: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1456: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1457: </strong></font><br>
1458: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1459: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1460: <p>
1461:
1.247 jufi 1462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1463: <a
1464: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1465: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1466: </strong></font><br>
1467:
1468: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1469: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1470: <p>
1471:
1.247 jufi 1472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1473: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1474: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1475: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1476:
1.213 horacio 1477: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1478: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1479: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1480: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1481: <p>
1.215 horacio 1482:
1.247 jufi 1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1484: <a
1485: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1486: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1487: </strong></font><br>
1488:
1489: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1490: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1491: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1492: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1493: much of the attitude too).
1494: <p>
1.161 louis 1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1497: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1498: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1499: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1500:
1.157 louis 1501: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1502: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1503: <p>
1.247 jufi 1504: </ul>
1.157 louis 1505:
1506: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1507: <ul>
1.157 louis 1508:
1.247 jufi 1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1510: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1511: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1512: </strong></font><br>
1513:
1514: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1515: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1516: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1517: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1518: <p>
1519:
1.247 jufi 1520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1521: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1522: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1523: </strong></font><br>
1524:
1525: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1526: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1527: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1528: it because they love coding...
1529: <p>
1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1532: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1533: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1534: </strong></font><br>
1535:
1536: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1537: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1538: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1539: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1540: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1541: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1542: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1543: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1544: <p>
1545:
1.247 jufi 1546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1547: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1548: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1549: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1550: </strong></font><br>
1551:
1552: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1553: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1554: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1555: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1556: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1557: the pizza.
1558: <p>
1559:
1.247 jufi 1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1561: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1562: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1563: </strong></font><br>
1564:
1565: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1566: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1567: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1568: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1569: problems.
1570: <p>
1571:
1.247 jufi 1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1573: <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 1574: </strong></font><br>
1575:
1.222 miod 1576: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1577: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1578: - whether they like it or not.
1579: <p>
1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1582: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1583: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1584: </strong></font><br>
1585:
1586: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1587: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1588: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1589: <p>
1.148 aaron 1590:
1.247 jufi 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1592: <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 1593: </strong></font><br>
1594:
1595: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1596: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1597: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1598: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1599: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1600: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1601: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1602: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1603: <p>
1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1606: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1607: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1608: </strong></font><br>
1609:
1610: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1611: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1612: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1613: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1614: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1615: <p>
1.247 jufi 1616: </ul>
1.147 louis 1617:
1.138 louis 1618: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1619: <ul>
1.138 louis 1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1622: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1623: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1624: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1625: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1626: </strong></font><br>
1627:
1.227 horacio 1628: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1629: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1630: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1631: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1632: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1633: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1634: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1635: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1636: <p>
1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1639: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1640: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1641: </strong></font><br>
1642:
1643: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1644: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1645: groups, and even Linux.
1646: <p>
1647:
1.247 jufi 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1649: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1650: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1651: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1652: </strong></font><br>
1653:
1654: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1655: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1656: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1657: library after installing the OS.
1658: <p>
1659:
1.247 jufi 1660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1661: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1662: Sys Admin, September 2000
1663: </strong></font><br>
1664:
1665: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1666: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1667: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1668: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1669: (<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>,
1670: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1671: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1672: <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 1673: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1674: out of the system.
1675: <p>
1676:
1.247 jufi 1677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1678: <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
1679: </strong></font><br>
1680:
1681: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1682: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1683: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1684: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1685: the IP filtering and address translation.
1686: <p>
1.247 jufi 1687: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1688:
1.131 louis 1689: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1690: <ul>
1.131 louis 1691:
1.247 jufi 1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1693: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1694: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1695: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1696: </strong></font><br>
1697:
1698: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1699: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1700: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1701: <p>
1702:
1.247 jufi 1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1704: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1705: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1709: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1710: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1711: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1712: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1713: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1714: note of"</i>.
1715: <p>
1716:
1.247 jufi 1717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1718: <a
1.247 jufi 1719: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1720: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1721: </strong></font><br>
1722:
1723: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1724: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1725: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1726: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1727: <p>
1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1730: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1731: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1732: </strong></font><br>
1733:
1734: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1735: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1736: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1737: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1738: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1739: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1740: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1741: <p>
1742:
1.247 jufi 1743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1744: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1745: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1746: 2000
1747: </strong></font><br>
1748:
1749: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1750: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1751: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1752: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1753: against current industry practices.
1754: <p>
1755:
1.247 jufi 1756: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1757: <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
1758: </strong></font><br>
1759:
1760: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1761: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1762: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1763: <p>
1764:
1.247 jufi 1765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1766: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1767: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1768: </strong></font><br>
1769:
1770: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1771: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1772: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1773: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1774: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1775: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1776: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1777: <p>
1778:
1.247 jufi 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1780: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1781: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1782: </strong></font><br>
1783:
1784: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1785: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1786: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1787: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1788: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1789: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1790: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1791: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1792: <p>
1.247 jufi 1793: </ul>
1.131 louis 1794:
1.118 louis 1795: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1796: <ul>
1.118 louis 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1799: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1800: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1801: </strong></font><br>
1802:
1803: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1804: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1805: about time. The article mentions that
1806: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1807: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1808: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1809: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1810: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1811: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1812: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1816: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1817: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1818: </strong></font><br>
1819:
1820: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1821: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1822: of OpenSSH.
1823: <p>
1824:
1.247 jufi 1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1826: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1827: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1828: </strong></font><br>
1829:
1830: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1831: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1832: bridging.
1833: <p>
1834:
1.247 jufi 1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1836: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1837: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1838: </strong></font><br>
1839:
1.121 deraadt 1840: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1841: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1842: <p>
1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1845: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1846: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1847: </strong></font><br>
1848:
1849: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1850: <p>
1851:
1.247 jufi 1852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1853: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1854: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1855: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1856: </strong></font><br>
1857:
1.120 deraadt 1858: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1859: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1860: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1861: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1862: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1863: <p>
1864:
1.247 jufi 1865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1866: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1867: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1868: </strong></font><br>
1869:
1.222 miod 1870: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1871: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1872: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1873: protocols and their quirks.
1874: <p>
1875:
1.247 jufi 1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1877: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1878: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1879: </strong></font><br>
1880:
1881: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1882: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1883: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1884: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1888: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1889: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1890: </strong></font><br>
1891:
1892: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1893: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1894: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1895: <p>
1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1898: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1899: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1900: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1901: </strong></font><br>
1902:
1903: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
1904: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
1905: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
1906: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
1907: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
1908: <p>
1.247 jufi 1909: </ul>
1.118 louis 1910:
1.104 louis 1911: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1912: <ul>
1.104 louis 1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 1915: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1916: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
1917: </strong></font><br>
1918:
1919: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
1920: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
1921: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
1922: be a bit dry.
1923: <p>
1924:
1.247 jufi 1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1926: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
1927: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
1928: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
1929: </strong></font><br>
1930: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
1931: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
1932: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
1933: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
1934: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
1935: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
1936: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
1937: <p>
1938:
1.247 jufi 1939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1940: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
1941: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 1942: 2000
1.128 louis 1943: </strong></font><br>
1944:
1945: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
1946: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
1947: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
1948: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
1949: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 1950: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 1951: <p>
1952:
1.247 jufi 1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1954: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
1955: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 1956: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 1957:
1958: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
1959: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
1960: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
1961: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 1962: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
1963: <p>
1.110 louis 1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 1966: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
1967: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
1968: </strong></font><br>
1969:
1970: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
1971: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
1972: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
1973: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
1974: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
1975: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
1976: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
1977: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
1978: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
1979: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
1980: <p>
1981:
1.247 jufi 1982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 1983: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 1984: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 1985:
1986: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
1987: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 1988: <p>
1.108 louis 1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 1991: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
1992: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 1993: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 1994:
1995: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
1996: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
1997: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 1998: <p>
1.106 louis 1999:
1.247 jufi 2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2001: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2002: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2003: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2004:
2005: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2006: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2007: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2008: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2009: <p>
1.107 louis 2010:
1.247 jufi 2011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2012: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2013: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2014: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2015:
2016: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2017: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2018: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2019: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2020: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2021: <p>
1.105 louis 2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2024: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2025: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2026: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2027:
1.113 naddy 2028: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2029: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2030: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2031: <p>
1.104 louis 2032:
1.247 jufi 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2034: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2035: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2036: </strong></font><br>
2037:
2038: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2039: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2040: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2041: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2042: <p>
1.247 jufi 2043: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2044:
1.85 louis 2045: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2046: <ul>
1.85 louis 2047:
1.247 jufi 2048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2049: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2050: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2051: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2052:
2053: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2054: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2055: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2056: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2057: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2058: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2059: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2060: <p>
1.99 louis 2061:
1.247 jufi 2062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2063: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2064: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2065: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2066:
2067: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2068: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2069: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2070: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2071: <p>
1.100 louis 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2074: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2075: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2076: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2077:
2078: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2079: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2080: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2081: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2082: <p>
1.95 louis 2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2085: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2086: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2088:
2089: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2090: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2091: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2092: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2093: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2094: <p>
1.92 louis 2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2097: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2098: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2099: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2100:
2101: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2102: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2103: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2104: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2105: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2106: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2107: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2108: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2109: <p>
1.91 louis 2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2112: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2113: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2114: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2115:
2116: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2117: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2118: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2119: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2120: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2121: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2122: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2123: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2124: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2125: <p>
1.90 louis 2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2128: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2129: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2130: </strong></font><br>
2131: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2132: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2133: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2134: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2135: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2136: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2137: <p>
2138:
1.247 jufi 2139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2140: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2141: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2142: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2143:
1.113 naddy 2144: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2145: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2146: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2147: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2148: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2149: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2150: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2151: <p>
1.87 louis 2152:
1.247 jufi 2153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2154: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2155: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2156: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2157:
2158: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2159: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2160: <p>
1.85 louis 2161:
1.247 jufi 2162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2163: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2164: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2165: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2166:
2167: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2168: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2169: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2170: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2171: <p>
1.89 louis 2172:
1.247 jufi 2173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2174: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2175: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2176: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2177:
2178: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2179: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2180: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2181: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2182: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2183: </ul>
1.85 louis 2184:
1.78 deraadt 2185: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2186: <ul>
1.74 louis 2187:
1.247 jufi 2188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2189: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2190: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2191: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2192: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2193:
2194: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2195: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2196: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2197: <p>
1.83 louis 2198:
1.247 jufi 2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2200: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2201: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2202: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2203:
2204: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2205: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2206: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2207: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2208: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2209: <p>
1.93 louis 2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2212: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2213: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2214: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2215: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2216:
1.83 louis 2217: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2218: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2219: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2220: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2221: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2222: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2223: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2224: <p>
1.82 aaron 2225:
1.247 jufi 2226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2227: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2228: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2229: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2230:
1.83 louis 2231: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2232: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2233: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2234: <p>
1.80 louis 2235:
1.247 jufi 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2237: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2238: Bad Press</a>,
2239: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2240: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2241:
2242: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2243: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2244: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2245: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2246: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2247: <p>
1.247 jufi 2248: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2249:
2250: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2251: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2252:
1.247 jufi 2253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2254: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2255: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2256: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2257: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2258:
2259: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2260: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2261: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2262: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2263: <p>
1.74 louis 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2266: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2267: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2269:
1.219 horacio 2270: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2271: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2272: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2273: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2274: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2275: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2276: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2277: <p>
1.88 louis 2278:
1.247 jufi 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2280: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2281: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2282: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2283:
2284: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2285: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2286: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2287: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2288: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2289: <p>
1.81 louis 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2292: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2293: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2294: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2295:
2296: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2297: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2298: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2299: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2300: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2301: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2302: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2303: <p>
1.90 louis 2304:
1.247 jufi 2305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2306: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2307: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2308: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2309:
2310: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2311: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2312: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2313: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.247 jufi 2315: </ul>
1.71 louis 2316:
1.69 deraadt 2317: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2318: <ul>
1.70 louis 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2321: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2322: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2323: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2324:
2325: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2326: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2327: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2328: <p>
1.70 louis 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2331: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2332: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2333: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2334:
2335: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2336: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2337: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2338: <p>
1.68 louis 2339:
1.247 jufi 2340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2341: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2342: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2343: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2344: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2345:
1.111 jufi 2346: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2347: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2348: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2349: "secure by default" installation.
2350: <p>
1.64 louis 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2353: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2354: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2355: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2356:
1.113 naddy 2357: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2358: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2359: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2360: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2361: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2362: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2363: <p>
1.66 louis 2364:
1.247 jufi 2365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2366: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2367: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2368: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2369:
2370: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2371: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2372: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2373: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2374: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2375: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2376: <p>
1.83 louis 2377:
1.247 jufi 2378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2379: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2380: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2381: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2382:
2383: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2384: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2385: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2386: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2387: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2388: <p>
1.64 louis 2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2391: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2392: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2393: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2394:
2395: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2396: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2397: <p>
1.247 jufi 2398: </ul>
1.65 louis 2399:
1.69 deraadt 2400: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2401: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2402:
1.247 jufi 2403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2404: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2405: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2406: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2407:
2408: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2409: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2410: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2411: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2412: <p>
1.88 louis 2413:
1.247 jufi 2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2415: <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 2416: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2417:
2418: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2419: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2420: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2421: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2422: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2423: <p>
1.60 louis 2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2426: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2427: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2428: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2430:
2431: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2432: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2433: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2434: <p>
1.58 louis 2435:
1.247 jufi 2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2437: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2438: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2439:
2440: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2441: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2442: <p>
1.53 louis 2443:
1.247 jufi 2444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2445: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2446: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2447: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2448:
2449: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2450: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2451: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2452: <p>
1.99 louis 2453:
1.247 jufi 2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2455: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2456: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2457:
2458: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2459: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2460: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2461: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2462: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2463:
1.247 jufi 2464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2465: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2466: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2467: </strong></font><br>
2468:
2469: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2470: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2471: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2472: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2473: <p>
2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2476: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2477: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2478: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2479:
2480: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2481: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2482: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2483:
1.247 jufi 2484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2485: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2487:
2488: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2489: in
1.247 jufi 2490: <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 2491: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2492: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2493: <p>
1.53 louis 2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2496: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2497: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2498: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2499: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2500:
1.58 louis 2501: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2502: <p>
1.247 jufi 2503: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2504:
1.69 deraadt 2505: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2506: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2509: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2510: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2511: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2512: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2513:
1.58 louis 2514: Kurt Seifried
2515: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2516: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2517: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2518: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2519:
1.247 jufi 2520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2521: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2522: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2523: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2524:
2525: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2526: <p>
1.96 louis 2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2529: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2530: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2532:
2533: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2534: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2535: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2536: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2537: <p>
1.247 jufi 2538: </ul>
1.86 louis 2539:
1.69 deraadt 2540: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2541: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2544: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2545: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2546: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2547:
2548: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2549: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2550: <p>
1.61 louis 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2553: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2554: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2555: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2556: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2557:
2558: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2559: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2560: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2561: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2562: right -- or at least strives to".
2563: <p>
1.48 louis 2564:
1.247 jufi 2565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2566: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2567: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2568: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2569: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2570: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2571: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2572: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2573: <p>
1.61 louis 2574:
1.247 jufi 2575: <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 2576: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2577: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2578:
2579: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2580: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2581: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2582: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2583: <p>
1.46 louis 2584:
1.247 jufi 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2586: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2587: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2589:
2590: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2591: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2592: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2595: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2596: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2597: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2598:
2599: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2600: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2601: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2602: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2603: <p>
1.247 jufi 2604: </ul>
1.70 louis 2605:
1.69 deraadt 2606: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2607: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2610: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2611: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2612: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2614:
2615: Kurt Seifried
2616: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2617: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2618: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2619: <p>
1.44 philen 2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: <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 2622: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2623: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2624:
2625: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2626: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <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 2629: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2630: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2631:
2632: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2633: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <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 2636: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2638:
2639: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2640: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2641: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2642: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2643: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <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 2646: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2647: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2648:
1.36 louis 2649: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2650: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2651:
1.247 jufi 2652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2653: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2654: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2655: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2656:
2657: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2658: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2659: </ul>
1.38 louis 2660:
1.69 deraadt 2661: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2662: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <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 2665: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2666: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2667:
2668: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2669: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2670: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2671:
1.113 naddy 2672: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2673: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2674: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2675: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2676:
2677: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2678: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2679: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2680: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2681: <blockquote>
2682: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2683: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2684: <br>
2685: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2686: </code>
2687: </blockquote>
2688: <p>
2689:
1.247 jufi 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2691: <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>
2692: <p>
2693:
2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2695: <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 2696: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2697:
2698: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2699: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2700: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2701: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2702:
1.247 jufi 2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2704: <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 2705: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2706:
2707: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2708: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2709: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2710: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2711: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2712: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2713: <p>
1.19 louis 2714:
1.113 naddy 2715: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2716: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2717: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2718:
2719: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2720: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2721: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2722: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2723: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2724: <p>
1.16 louis 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2727: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2728: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2729: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2730:
1.57 louis 2731: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2732: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2733: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2734: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2737: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2738: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2739: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2740:
1.113 naddy 2741: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2744: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2745: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2746: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2747:
1.23 louis 2748: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2749: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2750: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2751: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2752: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2753: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2754:
1.247 jufi 2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2756: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2757: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2758: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2759:
1.199 pvalchev 2760: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2761: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2762: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2763: installation.
1.113 naddy 2764: <p>
1.47 louis 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2767: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2768: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2769: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2770:
2771: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>,
1.113 naddy 2772: an India-based alternative OS news and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2773: </ul>
1.57 louis 2774:
1.69 deraadt 2775: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2776: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2777:
1.247 jufi 2778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2779: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2780: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2781: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2782:
2783: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2784: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2785: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2786: <p>
1.12 louis 2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2789: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2790: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2791: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2792:
2793: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2794: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2795: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2796: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2797: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2798: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2799: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2800: <p>
1.247 jufi 2801: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2802:
1.69 deraadt 2803: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2804: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2807: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2808: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2809:
2810: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2811: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2812: available."
1.113 naddy 2813: <p>
1.247 jufi 2814: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 2815:
1.69 deraadt 2816: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2817: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2818:
1.247 jufi 2819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 2820: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 2821: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 2822:
2823: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
2824: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
2825: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
2826: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
2827: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 2828: <p>
1.33 louis 2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2831: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 2832: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 2833: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2834:
1.113 naddy 2835: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
2836: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 2837: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
2838: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
2839: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 2840: <p>
1.247 jufi 2841: </ul>
1.57 louis 2842:
1.69 deraadt 2843: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2844: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2847: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 2848: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 2849: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 2850:
2851: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
2852: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 2853: <p>
1.69 deraadt 2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2856: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
2857: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
2858: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 2859: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 2860:
2861: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 2862: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 2863:
1.247 jufi 2864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2865: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2866:
1.113 naddy 2867: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 2868:
1.247 jufi 2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 2870: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
2871: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 2872: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 2873:
2874: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 2875: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 2876: </ul>
1.23 louis 2877:
1.69 deraadt 2878: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2879: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2880:
1.247 jufi 2881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2882: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 2883: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2884:
2885: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
2886: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.2 deraadt 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2890: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 2891: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2893:
2894: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
2895: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 2896: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 2897: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2898: </ul>
1.57 louis 2899:
1.69 deraadt 2900: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2901: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 2904: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
2905: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 2906: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 2907:
2908: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
2909: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
2910: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
2911: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2912: <p>
1.15 louis 2913:
1.247 jufi 2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2915: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
2916: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 2917: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2918:
2919: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
2920: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
2921: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
2922: columns."
1.113 naddy 2923: <p>
1.247 jufi 2924: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2925:
1.69 deraadt 2926: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2930: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 2931: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2933:
2934: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 2935: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 2936:
1.113 naddy 2937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2938: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 2939: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2940:
2941: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
2942: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 2943: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 2944: </ul>
1.57 louis 2945:
1.69 deraadt 2946: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2947: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2948:
1.113 naddy 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 2950: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 2951: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 2952: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 2953:
1.222 miod 2954: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 2955: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
2956: Implementation, including a brief interview with
2957: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 2958: <p>
1.247 jufi 2959: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2960:
1.69 deraadt 2961: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2962: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2965: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 2966: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2967:
1.69 deraadt 2968: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
2969: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 2970: <p>
1.247 jufi 2971: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2972:
1.69 deraadt 2973: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2974: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 2977: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
2978: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 2979: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 2980:
2981: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
2982: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 2983: <p>
1.1 deraadt 2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 2986: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 2987: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
2988: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 2989: <p>
1.247 jufi 2990: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 2991:
1.69 deraadt 2992: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 2993: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 2996: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 2997: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
2998: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 2999: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3000: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3001:
3002: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3003: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3004: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 3005: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3006: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3007: <p>
1.247 jufi 3008: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3009:
3010: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3011: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3012:
1.247 jufi 3013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3014: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3015: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3016:
1.69 deraadt 3017: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3018: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3019: <p>
1.112 naddy 3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3022: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3023:
1.113 naddy 3024: <hr>
3025: <a name=se></a>
1.247 jufi 3026: <h3><font color="#e00000">Swedish press coverage (in Swedish)</font></h3><p>
1.1 deraadt 3027:
1.200 niklas 3028: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
3029:
1.247 jufi 3030: <ul>
3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 3032: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
3033: Computer Sweden</a>, June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
3034:
3035: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
3036: <p>
3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3039:
3040: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <ul>
3043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 3044: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14">
3045: Computer Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001</strong></font><br>
3046:
3047: A report on the IPFilter removal from OpenBSD.
3048: <p>
3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 3051: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
3052: Computer Sweden</a>, May 03, 2001</strong></font><br>
3053:
3054: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
3055: being best of brand when it comes to security.
3056: <p>
3057:
1.247 jufi 3058: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3059:
3060: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
3061:
1.247 jufi 3062: <ul>
3063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.200 niklas 3064: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
3065: Computer Sweden</a>, April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
3066:
3067: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
3068: <p>
3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: </ul>
1.200 niklas 3071:
1.102 niklas 3072: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
3073:
1.247 jufi 3074: <ul>
3075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.103 niklas 3076: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
1.113 naddy 3077: Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>, No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.102 niklas 3078:
3079: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
3080: hardware-supported cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3081: <p>
1.102 niklas 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: </ul>
1.102 niklas 3084:
1.84 niklas 3085: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
3086:
1.247 jufi 3087: <ul>
3088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.84 niklas 3089: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
1.113 naddy 3090: Computer Sweden</a>, May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.84 niklas 3091:
3092: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
1.85 louis 3093: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 3094: <p>
1.84 niklas 3095:
1.247 jufi 3096: </ul>
1.84 niklas 3097:
1.69 deraadt 3098: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
3099:
1.247 jufi 3100: <ul>
3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3102: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.113 naddy 3103: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3104:
1.222 miod 3105: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
1.1 deraadt 3106: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3107: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
1.113 naddy 3108: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3111: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 3112: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 3113: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.113 naddy 3114: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3115:
1.20 louis 3116: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3117: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 3118: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3119: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
1.113 naddy 3120: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3121:
1.247 jufi 3122: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3123:
1.113 naddy 3124: <hr>
1.202 jufi 3125: <a name=fi></a>
1.247 jufi 3126: <h3><font color="#e00000">Finnish press coverage (in Finnish)</font></h3><p>
1.202 jufi 3127:
3128:
3129: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3130: <ul>
1.202 jufi 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.202 jufi 3133: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">ITviikko - uutinen</a>
3134: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
3135:
3136: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD, and thus IPF
3137: will be removed from OpenBSD.
1.247 jufi 3138: </ul>
1.202 jufi 3139:
3140: <hr>
1.113 naddy 3141: <a name=jp></a>
1.202 jufi 3142:
1.247 jufi 3143: <h3><font color="#e00000">Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
1.20 louis 3144:
3145:
1.170 louis 3146: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3147: <ul>
1.170 louis 3148:
1.247 jufi 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.170 louis 3150: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">Opinion:
3151: why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
3152: </strong></font><br>
3153:
3154: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
3155: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
3156: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
3157: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
3158: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
3159: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 3160: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.170 louis 3161: <p>
1.247 jufi 3162: </ul>
1.170 louis 3163:
1.69 deraadt 3164: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3165: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.135 ericj 3168: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">BSD Magazine</a>,
1.20 louis 3169: Sept. 28, 1999
1.113 naddy 3170: </strong></font><br>
1.20 louis 3171:
3172: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3173: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3174: translating and reprinting articles from
3175: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
1.113 naddy 3176: <p>
1.247 jufi 3177: </ul>
1.20 louis 3178:
1.113 naddy 3179: <hr>
3180: <a name=de></a>
1.247 jufi 3181: <h3><font color="#e00000">Germany press coverage (in German)</font></h3><p>
1.50 louis 3182:
1.246 jufi 3183: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 3184: <ul>
3185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 3186: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
3187: December 04, 2002
3188: </strong></font><br>
3189: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
3190: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
3191: <p>
1.247 jufi 3192: </ul>
1.246 jufi 3193:
1.151 louis 3194: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3195: <ul>
1.151 louis 3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.151 louis 3198: Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
3199: </strong></font><br>
3200:
3201: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
3202: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
3203: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
3204: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
3205: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
3206: <p>
1.247 jufi 3207: </ul>
1.151 louis 3208:
1.72 louis 3209: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3210: <ul>
1.72 louis 3211:
1.247 jufi 3212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.109 reinhard 3213: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>, Bundesministerium des Innern,
1.72 louis 3214: Februar 2000
1.113 naddy 3215: </strong></font><br>
1.72 louis 3216:
1.101 jufi 3217: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
1.73 louis 3218: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
3219: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
1.113 naddy 3220: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
1.101 jufi 3221: Giving way to
3222: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
3223: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
3224: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
3225: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
1.113 naddy 3226: <p>
1.247 jufi 3227: </ul>
1.72 louis 3228:
1.69 deraadt 3229: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3230: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3233: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
1.50 louis 3234: OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>, heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
1.113 naddy 3235: </strong></font><br>
1.50 louis 3236:
3237: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3238: <p>
1.247 jufi 3239: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3240:
1.50 louis 3241:
1.113 naddy 3242: <hr>
3243: <a name=ru></a>
1.247 jufi 3244: <h3><font color="#e00000">Russian press coverage (in Russian)</font></h3><p>
1.56 deraadt 3245:
1.69 deraadt 3246: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 3247: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3248:
1.247 jufi 3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3250: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3251: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
1.113 naddy 3252: </strong></font><br>
1.62 form 3253:
3254: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
1.113 naddy 3255: <p>
1.247 jufi 3256: </ul>
1.62 form 3257:
1.69 deraadt 3258: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3259: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.98 deraadt 3262: Byte Magazine, Russia,
1.236 horacio 3263: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
1.113 naddy 3264: </strong></font><br>
1.56 deraadt 3265:
1.59 form 3266: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
1.113 naddy 3267: <p>
1.112 naddy 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: </ul>
1.112 naddy 3270:
1.113 naddy 3271: <hr>
3272: <a name=pl></a>
1.247 jufi 3273: <h3><font color="#e00000">Poland press coverage (in Polish)</font></h3><p>
3274: <ul>
1.56 deraadt 3275:
1.247 jufi 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.129 louis 3277: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">OpenBSD and Linux</a>, LinuxNews
3278: Radio, August 2, 2000
3279: </strong></font><br>
3280:
3281: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
1.199 pvalchev 3282: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
1.129 louis 3283: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
3284: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
3285: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
3286: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
3287: <i>Here's the <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
3288: <p>
3289:
1.247 jufi 3290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 3291: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3292: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis Informacyjny,
3293: January 2000
1.113 naddy 3294: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 3295:
3296: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3297: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3298: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3299: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3300: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3301: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
1.247 jufi 3302: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
1.113 naddy 3303: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
1.89 louis 3304: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3305: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3306: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3307: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
1.113 naddy 3308: <p>
1.247 jufi 3309: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 3310:
1.113 naddy 3311: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3312: <a name=es></a>
1.247 jufi 3313: <h3><font color="#e00000">Spanish press coverage (in Spanish)</font></h3><p>
1.216 horacio 3314:
3315: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 3316: <ul>
1.216 horacio 3317:
1.247 jufi 3318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.216 horacio 3319: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
3320: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
3321: </strong></font><br>
3322:
3323: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1.217 jufi 3324: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1.216 horacio 3325: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
3326: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
3327: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
3328: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1.247 jufi 3329: A
1.216 horacio 3330: Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
3331: <p>
1.247 jufi 3332: </ul>
1.216 horacio 3333:
1.252 miod 3334: <hr>
3335: <a name=fr></a>
3336: <h3><font color="#e00000">French press coverage (in French)</font></h3><p>
3337:
3338: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
3339: <ul>
3340:
3341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3342: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">OpenBSD ne
1.296 naddy 3343: désarme pas</a>, Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
1.252 miod 3344: </strong></font><br>
3345:
3346: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
3347: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
3348: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
3349: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
3350: <p>
3351: </ul>
3352:
1.292 camield 3353: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3354: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3355: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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