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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.16 louis 19:
1.253 ian 20: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
21: <ul>
1.255 ian 22:
1.260 ian 23: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 24: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
25: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
26: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
27: </strong></font></br>
28: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
29: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
30: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
31: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
32: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
33: Can also be found online at:
34: <ul>
35: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
36: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
37: The Age</a>,
38: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements.
39: </strong></font>
40: </ul>
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 44: <a href=http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1>
1.302 jose 45: [TURKISH] DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.299 deraadt 46: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003
47: </strong></font><br>
48:
49: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
50: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the benefits
1.303 jose 51: to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
52: views from the interview and his plans about the approching hackathon without
53: funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's contributions to the operating
54: system security concepts and proactive techiques.
1.299 deraadt 55: <p>
56:
57: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.300 jose 58: <a href=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5670920.htm">
59: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
60: Miami Herald, April 19, 2003.
61: </strong></font></br>
62: Another Associated Press story about the DARPA, UPenn and POSSE situation
63: with OpenBSD. No new information over the previous AP stories.
64: <p>
65:
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 67: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
68: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
69: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
70: </strong></font></br>
71: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
72: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
73: at UPenn and DARPA.
74: <p>
75:
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 77: [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,
78: April 18, 2003
79: </strong></font><br>
80: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 84: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
85: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
86: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
87: </strong></font></br>
88: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
89: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
90: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
91: <p>
92:
93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 94: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
95: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 96: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 97: </strong></font><br>
98: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
99: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
100: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 101: American century.
1.267 deraadt 102: <p>
103:
104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 105: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
106: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 107: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 108: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 109: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
110: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
111: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
112: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
113: Can also be found online at:
114: <ul>
115: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
116: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 117: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 ! deraadt 118: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 119: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 123: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
124: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 125: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 126: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 127: </strong></font><br>
128: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 129: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
130: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
131: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
132: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 133:
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
135: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
136: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
137: New York Times.
138: </strong></font>(free registration required)
139:
1.273 deraadt 140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
141: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 142: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 143: ABC News.
144: </strong></font>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
147: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
148: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 149: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 150: </strong></font>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
153: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 154: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 155: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 156: </strong></font>
157:
158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 159: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
160: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 161: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 162: </strong></font>
163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 165: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 166: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 167: Times Daily, AL.
168: </strong></font>
169:
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
172: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
173: Boston.com, MA.
174: </strong></font>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
177: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 178: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 179: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
180: </strong></font>
181:
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 183: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
184: [Article was pulled]</a>
185: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 186: </strong></font>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
189: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
190: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
191: Infoshop News.
192: </strong></font>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
195: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
196: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
197: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
198: </strong></font>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
201: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
202: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
203: NEPA News, PA.
204: </strong></font>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
208: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
209: Wired News.
210: </strong></font>
211:
1.271 deraadt 212: </ul>
213: <p>
1.272 deraadt 214: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
215: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 216: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
217: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
218: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
219: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
220: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
221: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
222: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
223: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
224: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
225: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 226: <p>
227: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 230: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
231: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
232: Indianapolis Star, IN.
233: </strong></font>
234:
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 236: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
237: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
238: Miami Herald, FL.
239: </strong></font>
240:
241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 242: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 243: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
244: </strong></font>
245:
246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
247: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 248: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 249: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 250: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 251:
252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
253: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
254: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
255: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
256: ABC News.
257: </strong></font>
258:
1.276 deraadt 259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
260: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
261: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 262: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 263: </strong></font>
264:
1.286 dhartmei 265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
266: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
267: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
268: Wilmington Star, NC.
269: </strong></font>
270:
1.300 jose 271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
272: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
273: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
274: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
275: </strong></font>
276:
1.263 deraadt 277: </ul>
1.262 beck 278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 281: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
282: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 283: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 284: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 285: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 286: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
287: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 291: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
292: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
293: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
294: </strong></font></br>
295: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
296: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
297: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
298: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
299: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
300: and simply restates other press reports.
301: <p>
302:
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 304: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
305: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
306: OS News, April 18, 2003.
307: </strong></font><br>
308: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 312: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
313: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 314: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 315: </strong></font><br>
316: Another report on the DARPA funding.
317: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
318: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 322: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
323: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 324: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 325: </strong></font><br>
326: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
327: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
328: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
329: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
330: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
331: Goes on to say:
332: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
333: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
334: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
335: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 336: This article is also found online at:
337: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
339: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
340: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
341: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
342: </strong></font></br>
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
344: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
345: ZDnet</a>,
346: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
347: </strong></font></br>
348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
349: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
350: ZDnet Australia</a>,
351: US Defence pulls open source funding.
352: </strong></font></br>
1.279 deraadt 353: </ul>
1.260 ian 354: <p>
1.279 deraadt 355:
1.260 ian 356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
357: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
358: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 359: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 360: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 361: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 362: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
363: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
364: without notice or justification.
365: <p>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
368: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
369: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 370: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 371: </strong></font><br>
372: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
373: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
374: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
375: effective today, without any warning..."
376: <p>
1.257 ian 377:
378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 379: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
380: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 381: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 382: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 383: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
384: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
385: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
386: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
387: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 388: <p>
389:
390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 391: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
392: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 393: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 394: </strong></font><br>
395: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
396: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
397: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
398: quoting two of them:
399: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
400: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
401: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
402: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
403: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
404: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
405: <p>
406:
1.255 ian 407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 408: [DUTCH] <a href=http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776>
409: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>, Automatiserings Gids
410: Webeditie, April 14 2003
411: </strong></font><br>
412: Een beschrijving van drie nieuwe technieken in OpenBSD om bufferoverflows
413: tegen te gaan.
414: <p>
415:
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
417: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskozept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
418: April 13, 2003
419: </strong></font><br>
420: New security concepts in OpenBSD
421: <p>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 424: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
425: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 426: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 427: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 428: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 429: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
430: security experts for more than three decades."
431: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
432: <p>
1.261 ian 433:
1.254 drahn 434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 435: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
436: April 8, 2003
437: </strong></font><br>
438: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
439: <p>
440:
441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 442: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
443: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 444: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 445: </strong></font><br>
446: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
447: from US DARPA.
448: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
449: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
450: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
451: the BSD license.
452: <p>
453: </ul>
454:
1.251 ian 455: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
456: <ul>
457:
458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 459: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
460: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
461: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
462: </strong></font><br>
463:
464: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
465: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
466: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
467: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 471: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
472: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 473: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 474: </strong></font><br>
475: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
476: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
477: Mentions
478: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
479: and
480: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
481: programs.
482: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 483: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 484: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
485: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
486: <p>
1.260 ian 487:
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
489: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
490: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
491: </strong></font><br>
492: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
493: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
494: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
495: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
496: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
497: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
498: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
499: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
500: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
501: put into service."
502: <p>
503: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
504: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
505: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
506: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
507: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
508: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
509: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
510: computers with security features."
511: <p>
1.251 ian 512: </ul>
513:
1.249 jufi 514: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
515: <ul>
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
517: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
518: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 519: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 520: </strong></font><br>
521: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
522: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 523: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 524: <p>
525: </ul>
526:
1.246 jufi 527: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 528: <ul>
1.246 jufi 529:
1.247 jufi 530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 531: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 532: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
533: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 534: </strong></font><br>
535: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
536: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
537: <p>
538:
1.247 jufi 539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 540: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
541: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
542: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
543: </strong></font><br>
544: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
545: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
546: <p>
547:
548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 549: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 550: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
551: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 552: </strong></font><br>
553: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
554: in their annual OpenHack security test.
555: <p>
1.247 jufi 556: </ul>
1.246 jufi 557:
1.244 jufi 558: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 559: <ul>
1.246 jufi 560:
1.247 jufi 561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 562: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
563: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
564: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 565: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 566: </strong></font><br>
567: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
568: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
569: md5 digests.
570: <p>
571:
1.247 jufi 572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 573: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 574: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
575: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 576: </strong></font><br>
577: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
578: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
579: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
580: right the first time."
581: <p>
1.247 jufi 582: </ul>
1.244 jufi 583:
584:
585: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 586: <ul>
1.244 jufi 587:
1.247 jufi 588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 589: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 590: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
591: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 592: </strong></font><br>
593: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
594: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
595: part 6</a>.
596: <p>
597:
1.247 jufi 598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 599: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 600: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
601: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 602: </strong></font><br>
603: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
604: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
605: <p>
1.301 jose 606:
607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
608: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
609: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
610: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
611: </strong></font><br>
612:
613: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
614: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
615: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
616: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
617: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
618: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
619: <i>Here's the
620: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
621: <p>
1.247 jufi 622: </ul>
1.242 jufi 623:
624: <h2>July, 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/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 629: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
630: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 631: </strong></font><br>
632: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
633: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
634: <p>
635:
1.247 jufi 636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 637: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 638: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
639: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 640: </strong></font><br>
641: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
642: this time using pf.
643: <p>
1.247 jufi 644: </ul>
1.242 jufi 645:
646: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 647: <ul>
1.242 jufi 648:
1.247 jufi 649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 650: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 651: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
652: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 653: </strong></font><br>
654: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
655: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
656: their rotation.
657: <p>
658:
1.247 jufi 659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 660: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 661: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
662: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 663: </strong></font><br>
664: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
665: <p>
1.247 jufi 666: </ul>
1.242 jufi 667:
1.239 jufi 668: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 669: <ul>
1.239 jufi 670:
1.247 jufi 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 672: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 673: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
674: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 675: </strong></font><br>
676: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
677: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
678: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
679: <p>
680:
1.247 jufi 681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 682: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 683: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
684: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 685: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 686: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
687: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
688: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 689: <p>
1.247 jufi 690: </ul>
1.239 jufi 691:
1.235 lebel 692: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 693: <ul>
1.235 lebel 694:
1.239 jufi 695:
1.247 jufi 696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 697: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 698: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
699: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 700: </strong></font><br>
701: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
702: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
703: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
704: <p>
1.301 jose 705:
1.247 jufi 706: </ul>
1.235 lebel 707:
1.228 horacio 708: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 709: <ul>
1.228 horacio 710:
1.247 jufi 711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 712: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 713: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
714: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 715: </strong></font><br>
716: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
717: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
718: <p>
719:
1.247 jufi 720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 721: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 722: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
723: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 724: </strong></font><br>
725: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
726: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
727: <p>
728:
1.247 jufi 729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 730: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 731: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
732: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 733: </strong></font><br>
734: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
735: on the desktop of his parents.
736: <p>
737:
1.247 jufi 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 739: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 740: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
741: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 742: </strong></font><br>
743: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
744: using IPFilter.
745:
746: <p>
747:
1.247 jufi 748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 749: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 750: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
751: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 752: </strong></font><br>
753: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
754: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
755: perspectives of the four OS.
756: <br>
757: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 758: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 759: <p>
760:
1.247 jufi 761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 762: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
763: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 764: software and security</a>,
765: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 766: </strong></font><br>
767:
768: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
769: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
770: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
771: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
772: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
773: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
774: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
775: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
776: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
777: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
778: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
779: security conscious team beyond doubt.
780: <p>
1.247 jufi 781: </ul>
1.228 horacio 782:
1.225 horacio 783: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 784: <ul>
1.225 horacio 785:
1.247 jufi 786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 787: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
788: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 789: Interview</a>,
790: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 791: </strong></font><br>
792:
793: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
794: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
795: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 796: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 797: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
798: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
799: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
800: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
801: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 802: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 803: of choice.
804: <p>
1.247 jufi 805: </ul>
1.225 horacio 806:
807: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 808: <ul>
1.225 horacio 809:
1.247 jufi 810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 811: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 812: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
813: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 814: </strong></font><br>
815:
816: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
817: <p>
818:
1.247 jufi 819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 820: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 821: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
822: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 823: </strong></font><br>
824:
825: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
826: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
827: <p>
1.247 jufi 828: </ul>
1.225 horacio 829:
1.218 horacio 830: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 831: <ul>
1.218 horacio 832:
1.247 jufi 833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 834: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 835: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
836: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 837: </strong></font><br>
838:
839: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
840: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
841: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
842: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
843: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
844: subjects. Worth a read.
845: <p>
846:
847:
1.247 jufi 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 849: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 850: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
851: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 852: </strong></font><br>
853:
854: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
855: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
856: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
857: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
858: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
859: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
860: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
861: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
862: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 863: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 864: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
865: on other operating systems.<br>
866: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
867: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
868: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
869: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
870: <p>
871:
1.247 jufi 872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 873: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 874: Operating System 2010</a>,
875: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 876: </strong></font><br>
877:
878: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
879: covering the level of software integration into the core
880: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
881: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
882: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
883: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
884: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
885: <p>
886:
1.247 jufi 887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 888: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 889: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
890: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 891: </strong></font><br>
892:
893: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
894: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
895: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
896: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
897: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
898: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
899: <p>
1.247 jufi 900: </ul>
1.221 horacio 901:
1.210 jufi 902: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 903: <ul>
1.215 horacio 904:
1.247 jufi 905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 906: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 907: Already a Contender</a>,
908: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 909: </strong></font><br>
910:
911: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
912: source software in response to an article which claimed that
913: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
914: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
915: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
916: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
917: <p>
918:
1.247 jufi 919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 920: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 921: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
922: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 923: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 924:
1.224 horacio 925: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
926: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
927: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
928: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
929: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
930: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 931: <p>
1.247 jufi 932: </ul>
1.215 horacio 933:
934: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 935: <ul>
1.215 horacio 936:
1.247 jufi 937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 938: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
939: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 940: Division</a>,
941: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 942: </strong></font><br>
943:
944: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
945: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 946: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 947: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
948: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
949: investment</em>.<br>
950: The implementation details can be seen on their
951: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
952: <p>
953:
1.247 jufi 954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 955: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
956: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
957: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
958: </strong></font><br>
959:
960: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
961: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
962: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
963: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
964: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
965: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
966: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
967: <p>
968:
969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 970: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 971: Thinking about Security</a>,
972: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 973: </strong></font><br>
974:
975: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
976: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
977: security and says that even secured operating systems running
978: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
979: to time.<br>
980: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
981: system and just the most secure system.
982: <p>
983:
1.247 jufi 984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 985: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 986: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
987: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 988: </strong></font><br>
989:
990: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
991: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
992: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
993: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
994: choice:<br>
995: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
996: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
997: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
998: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
999: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1000: network security devices and as such must be well
1001: armored."</em><br>
1002: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1003: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1004: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1005: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1006: <br>
1007: Bravo!
1008: <p>
1.247 jufi 1009: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1010:
1.207 ian 1011: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1012: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1013:
1.247 jufi 1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1015: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1016: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1017: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1018:
1.207 ian 1019: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1020: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1021: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1022: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1023: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1024: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1025: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1026: <p>
1.247 jufi 1027: </ul>
1.207 ian 1028:
1.194 jufi 1029: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1030: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1031:
1.247 jufi 1032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1033: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1034: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1035: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1036: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1037:
1.240 miod 1038: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1039: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1040: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1041: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1042: <p>
1043:
1.247 jufi 1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1045: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1046: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1047: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1048:
1049: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1050: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1051: <p>
1052:
1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1054: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1055: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1056: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1057:
1058: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1059: <p>
1060:
1061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1062: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1063: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1064: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1065: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1066:
1.240 miod 1067: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1068: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1069: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1070: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1071: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1072: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1073: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1074: <br>
1075: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1076: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1077: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1078: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1079: <p>
1080:
1.247 jufi 1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1082: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1083: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1084: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1085: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1086:
1.194 jufi 1087: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1088: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1089: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1090: <br>
1091: The new
1092: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1093: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1094: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1095: <p>
1.247 jufi 1096: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1097:
1.190 horacio 1098: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1099: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1100:
1.247 jufi 1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1102:
1103: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1104: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1105:
1.301 jose 1106:
1.191 jufi 1107: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1108: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1109:
1110: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1111: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1112:
1.212 horacio 1113: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1114: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1115: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1116:
1.211 horacio 1117: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1118: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1119: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1120:
1.247 jufi 1121: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1122: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1125: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1126:
1.212 horacio 1127: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1128: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1129: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1130:
1131: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1132: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1133:
1134: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1135: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1136:
1.301 jose 1137: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1138: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1139:
1.191 jufi 1140: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1141: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1142:
1143: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1144: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1145:
1.192 jufi 1146: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1147: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1148: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1149:
1.193 deraadt 1150: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1151: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1152: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1155: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1156:
1.247 jufi 1157: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1158: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1159: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1160:
1.213 horacio 1161: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1162: 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 1163: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1164:
1.190 horacio 1165: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1166: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1167: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1168: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1169: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1170: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1171: <p>
1.190 horacio 1172:
1.247 jufi 1173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1174: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1175: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1176: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1177: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1178:
1.195 jufi 1179: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1180: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1181: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1182: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1183: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1184: <p>
1185:
1.247 jufi 1186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1187: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1188: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1189: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1190: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1191:
1.191 jufi 1192: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1193: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1194: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1195: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1196: <p>
1197:
1198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1199: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1200: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1201: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1202:
1203: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1204: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1205: <p>
1.247 jufi 1206: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1207:
1.191 jufi 1208:
1.186 jufi 1209: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1210: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1211:
1.247 jufi 1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1213: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1214: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1215: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1216: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1217:
1.188 jufi 1218: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1219: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1220: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1221: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1222: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1223: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1224: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1225: <p>
1226:
1.301 jose 1227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1228: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1229: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1230: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1231:
1232: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1233: <p>
1.191 jufi 1234:
1.247 jufi 1235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1236: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1237: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1238: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1239: </strong></font><br>
1240:
1241: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1242: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1243: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1244: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1245: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1246: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1247: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1248: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1249: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1250: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1251: familiar?
1252: <p>
1.247 jufi 1253: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1254:
1.178 louis 1255: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1256: <ul>
1.178 louis 1257:
1.247 jufi 1258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1259: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1260: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1261: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1262: </strong></font><br>
1263:
1264: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1265: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1266: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1267: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1268: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1269: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1270: <p>
1271:
1.247 jufi 1272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1273: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1274: Open source under the hood</a>,
1275: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1276: </strong></font><br>
1277:
1278: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1279: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1280: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1281: <p>
1282:
1.247 jufi 1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1284: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1285: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1286: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1287: </strong></font><br>
1288:
1289: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1290: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1291: <p>
1.247 jufi 1292: </ul>
1.179 louis 1293:
1.174 louis 1294:
1.175 louis 1295: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1296: <ul>
1.175 louis 1297:
1.247 jufi 1298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1299: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1300: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1301: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1302: </strong></font><br>
1303:
1304: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1305: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1306: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1307: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1308: <p>
1309:
1.247 jufi 1310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1311: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1312: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1313: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1314: </strong></font><br>
1315:
1316: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1317: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1318: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1319: <p>
1.247 jufi 1320: </ul>
1.175 louis 1321:
1.176 louis 1322:
1.172 mickey 1323: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1324: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1327: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1328: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1332: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1333: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1334: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1335: <p>
1336:
1.247 jufi 1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1338: <a
1.269 deraadt 1339: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1340: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1341: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1342: </strong></font><br>
1343:
1344: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1345: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1346: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1347: <p>
1348:
1.247 jufi 1349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1350: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1351: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1352: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1353: </strong></font><br>
1354:
1355: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1356: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1357: <p>
1358:
1.247 jufi 1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1360: <a
1.269 deraadt 1361: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1362: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1363: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1364: </strong></font><br>
1365:
1366: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1367: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1368: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1369: our own Theo de Raadt.
1370: <p>
1371:
1.247 jufi 1372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1373: <a
1.269 deraadt 1374: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1375: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1376: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1377: </strong></font><br>
1378:
1379: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1380: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1381: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1382: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1383: shut down.]
1384: <p>
1385:
1.247 jufi 1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1387: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1388: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1389: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1390: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1391: </strong></font><br>
1392:
1393: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1394: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1395: <p>
1.247 jufi 1396: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1397:
1.161 louis 1398: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1399: <ul>
1.161 louis 1400:
1.247 jufi 1401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1402: <a
1.269 deraadt 1403: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1404: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1405: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1406: </strong></font><br>
1407:
1408: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1409: by John Wolley
1410: <p>
1411:
1.247 jufi 1412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1413: <a
1.269 deraadt 1414: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1415: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1416: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1417: </strong></font><br>
1418:
1419: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1420: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1421: OpenBSD).
1422: <p>
1423:
1.247 jufi 1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1425: <a
1.247 jufi 1426: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1427: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1428: </strong></font><br>
1429:
1430: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1431: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1432: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1433: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1434: and hindsight.
1435: <p>
1436:
1.247 jufi 1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1438: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1439: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1440: </strong></font><br>
1441:
1442: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1443: <p>
1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1446: <a
1.168 provos 1447: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1448: December 7, 2000
1449: </strong></font><br>
1450:
1451: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1452: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1453: us explain.
1454: <p>
1455:
1.247 jufi 1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1457: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1458: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1459: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1460: December 6, 2000
1461: </strong></font><br>
1462:
1463: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1464: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1465: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1466: <p>
1467:
1.247 jufi 1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1469: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1470: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1471: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1474: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1475: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1476: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1477: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1478: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1479: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1480: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1481: <p>
1482:
1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1484: <a
1.226 horacio 1485: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1486: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1487: </strong></font><br>
1488:
1489: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1490: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1491: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1492: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1493: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1494: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1495: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1496: <p>
1.162 millert 1497:
1.247 jufi 1498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1499: <a
1.161 louis 1500: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1501: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1502: </strong></font><br>
1503:
1504: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1505: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1506: <p>
1507:
1.247 jufi 1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1509: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1510: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1511: </strong></font><br>
1512:
1513: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1514: <p>
1515:
1516:
1.247 jufi 1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1518: <a
1.226 horacio 1519: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1520: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1521: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1522: </strong></font><br>
1523:
1524: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1525: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1526: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1527: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1528: <p>
1.247 jufi 1529: </ul>
1.169 louis 1530:
1.158 louis 1531: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1532: <ul>
1.147 louis 1533:
1.247 jufi 1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1535: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1536: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1537: </strong></font><br>
1538:
1539: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1540: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1541: <p>
1542:
1.247 jufi 1543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1544: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1545: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1546: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1547: </strong></font><br>
1548: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1549: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1550: <p>
1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1553: <a
1554: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1555: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1556: </strong></font><br>
1557:
1558: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1559: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1560: <p>
1561:
1.247 jufi 1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1563: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1564: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1565: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1566:
1.213 horacio 1567: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1568: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1569: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1570: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1571: <p>
1.215 horacio 1572:
1.247 jufi 1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1574: <a
1575: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1576: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1577: </strong></font><br>
1578:
1579: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1580: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1581: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1582: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1583: much of the attitude too).
1584: <p>
1.161 louis 1585:
1.247 jufi 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1587: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1588: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1589: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1590:
1.157 louis 1591: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1592: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1593: <p>
1.247 jufi 1594: </ul>
1.157 louis 1595:
1596: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1597: <ul>
1.157 louis 1598:
1.247 jufi 1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1600: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1601: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1602: </strong></font><br>
1603:
1604: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1605: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1606: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1607: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1608: <p>
1609:
1.247 jufi 1610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1611: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1612: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1615: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1616: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1617: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1618: it because they love coding...
1619: <p>
1620:
1.247 jufi 1621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1622: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1623: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1624: </strong></font><br>
1625:
1626: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1627: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1628: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1629: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1630: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1631: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1632: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1633: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1637: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1638: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1639: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1640: </strong></font><br>
1641:
1642: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1643: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1644: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1645: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1646: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1647: the pizza.
1648: <p>
1649:
1.247 jufi 1650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1651: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1652: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1653: </strong></font><br>
1654:
1655: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1656: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1657: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1658: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1659: problems.
1660: <p>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1663: <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 1664: </strong></font><br>
1665:
1.222 miod 1666: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1667: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1668: - whether they like it or not.
1669: <p>
1670:
1.247 jufi 1671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1672: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1673: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1674: </strong></font><br>
1675:
1676: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1677: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1678: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1679: <p>
1.148 aaron 1680:
1.247 jufi 1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1682: <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 1683: </strong></font><br>
1684:
1685: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1686: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1687: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1688: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1689: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1690: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1691: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1692: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1693: <p>
1694:
1.247 jufi 1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1696: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1697: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1698: </strong></font><br>
1699:
1700: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1701: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1702: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1703: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1704: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1705: <p>
1.247 jufi 1706: </ul>
1.147 louis 1707:
1.138 louis 1708: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1709: <ul>
1.138 louis 1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1712: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1713: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1714: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1715: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1716: </strong></font><br>
1717:
1.227 horacio 1718: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1719: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1720: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1721: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1722: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1723: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1724: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1725: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1726: <p>
1727:
1.247 jufi 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1729: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1730: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1731: </strong></font><br>
1732:
1733: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1734: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1735: groups, and even Linux.
1736: <p>
1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1739: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1740: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1741: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1742: </strong></font><br>
1743:
1744: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1745: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1746: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1747: library after installing the OS.
1748: <p>
1749:
1.247 jufi 1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1751: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1752: Sys Admin, September 2000
1753: </strong></font><br>
1754:
1755: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1756: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1757: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1758: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1759: (<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>,
1760: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1761: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1762: <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 1763: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1764: out of the system.
1765: <p>
1766:
1.247 jufi 1767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1768: <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
1769: </strong></font><br>
1770:
1771: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1772: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1773: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1774: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1775: the IP filtering and address translation.
1776: <p>
1.301 jose 1777:
1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1779: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1780: </strong></font><br>
1781:
1782: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1783: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1784: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1785: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1786: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1787: <p>
1.247 jufi 1788: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1789:
1.131 louis 1790: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1791: <ul>
1.131 louis 1792:
1.247 jufi 1793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1794: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1795: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1796: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1797: </strong></font><br>
1798:
1799: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1800: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1801: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1802: <p>
1803:
1.247 jufi 1804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1805: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1806: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1807: </strong></font><br>
1808:
1809: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1810: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1811: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1812: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1813: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1814: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1815: note of"</i>.
1816: <p>
1817:
1.247 jufi 1818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1819: <a
1.247 jufi 1820: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1821: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1822: </strong></font><br>
1823:
1824: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1825: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1826: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1827: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1828: <p>
1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1831: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1832: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1833: </strong></font><br>
1834:
1835: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1836: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1837: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1838: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1839: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1840: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1841: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1842: <p>
1843:
1.247 jufi 1844: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1845: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1846: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1847: 2000
1848: </strong></font><br>
1849:
1850: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1851: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1852: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1853: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1854: against current industry practices.
1855: <p>
1856:
1.247 jufi 1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1858: <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
1859: </strong></font><br>
1860:
1861: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1862: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1863: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1864: <p>
1865:
1.247 jufi 1866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1867: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1868: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1869: </strong></font><br>
1870:
1871: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1872: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1873: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1874: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1875: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1876: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1877: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1878: <p>
1879:
1.247 jufi 1880: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1881: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1882: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1883: </strong></font><br>
1884:
1885: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1886: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1887: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1888: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1889: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1890: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1891: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1892: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1893: <p>
1.247 jufi 1894: </ul>
1.131 louis 1895:
1.118 louis 1896: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1897: <ul>
1.118 louis 1898:
1.247 jufi 1899: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1900: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1901: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1902: </strong></font><br>
1903:
1904: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1905: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1906: about time. The article mentions that
1907: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1908: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1909: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1910: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1911: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1912: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1913: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1914: <p>
1915:
1.247 jufi 1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1917: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1918: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1919: </strong></font><br>
1920:
1921: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1922: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1923: of OpenSSH.
1924: <p>
1925:
1.247 jufi 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1927: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1928: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1929: </strong></font><br>
1930:
1931: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1932: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1933: bridging.
1934: <p>
1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1937: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1938: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1939: </strong></font><br>
1940:
1.121 deraadt 1941: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1942: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1943: <p>
1944:
1.247 jufi 1945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1946: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1947: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1948: </strong></font><br>
1949:
1950: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1951: <p>
1952:
1.247 jufi 1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1954: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1955: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1956: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1957: </strong></font><br>
1958:
1.120 deraadt 1959: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1960: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1961: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1962: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1963: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1964: <p>
1965:
1.247 jufi 1966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1967: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1968: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1969: </strong></font><br>
1970:
1.222 miod 1971: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1972: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1973: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1974: protocols and their quirks.
1975: <p>
1976:
1.247 jufi 1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1978: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1979: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1980: </strong></font><br>
1981:
1982: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1983: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1984: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1985: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1986: <p>
1987:
1.247 jufi 1988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1989: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1990: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1991: </strong></font><br>
1992:
1993: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1994: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1995: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1996: <p>
1997:
1.247 jufi 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1999: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2000: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2001: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2002: </strong></font><br>
2003:
2004: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2005: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2006: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2007: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2008: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2009: <p>
1.247 jufi 2010: </ul>
1.118 louis 2011:
1.104 louis 2012: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2013: <ul>
1.104 louis 2014:
1.247 jufi 2015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2016: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2017: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2018: </strong></font><br>
2019:
2020: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2021: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2022: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2023: be a bit dry.
2024: <p>
2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2027: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2028: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2029: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2030: </strong></font><br>
2031: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2032: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2033: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2034: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2035: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2036: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2037: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2038: <p>
2039:
1.247 jufi 2040: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2041: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2042: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2043: 2000
1.128 louis 2044: </strong></font><br>
2045:
2046: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2047: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2048: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2049: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2050: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2051: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2052: <p>
2053:
1.247 jufi 2054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2055: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2056: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2057: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2058:
2059: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2060: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2061: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2062: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2063: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2064: <p>
1.110 louis 2065:
1.247 jufi 2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2067: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2068: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2069: </strong></font><br>
2070:
2071: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2072: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2073: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2074: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2075: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2076: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2077: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2078: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2079: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2080: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2084: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2085: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2086:
2087: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2088: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2089: <p>
1.108 louis 2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2092: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2093: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2094: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2095:
2096: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2097: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2098: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2099: <p>
1.106 louis 2100:
1.247 jufi 2101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2102: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2103: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2104: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2105:
2106: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2107: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2108: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2109: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2110: <p>
1.107 louis 2111:
1.247 jufi 2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2113: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2114: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2115: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2116:
2117: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2118: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2119: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2120: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2121: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2122: <p>
1.105 louis 2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2125: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2126: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2127: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2128:
1.113 naddy 2129: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2130: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2131: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2132: <p>
1.104 louis 2133:
1.247 jufi 2134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2135: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2136: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
2139: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2140: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2141: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2142: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2143: <p>
1.301 jose 2144:
2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2146: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2147: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2148: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2151: hardware-supported cryptography.
2152: <p>
1.247 jufi 2153: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2154:
1.85 louis 2155: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2156: <ul>
1.85 louis 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2159: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2160: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2161: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2162:
2163: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2164: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2165: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2166: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2167: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2168: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2169: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2170: <p>
1.99 louis 2171:
1.247 jufi 2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2173: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2174: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2175: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2176:
2177: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2178: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2179: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2180: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2181: <p>
1.100 louis 2182:
1.247 jufi 2183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2184: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2185: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2186: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2187:
2188: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2189: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2190: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2191: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2192: <p>
1.95 louis 2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2195: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2196: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2197: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2198:
2199: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2200: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2201: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2202: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2203: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2204: <p>
1.92 louis 2205:
1.247 jufi 2206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2207: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2208: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2209: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2210:
2211: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2212: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2213: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2214: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2215: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2216: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2217: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2218: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2219: <p>
1.91 louis 2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2222: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2223: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2224: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2225:
2226: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2227: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2228: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2229: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2230: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2231: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2232: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2233: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2234: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2235: <p>
1.90 louis 2236:
1.247 jufi 2237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2238: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2239: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2240: </strong></font><br>
2241: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2242: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2243: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2244: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2245: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2246: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2247: <p>
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2250: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2251: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2252: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2253:
1.113 naddy 2254: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2255: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2256: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2257: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2258: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2259: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2260: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2261: <p>
1.87 louis 2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2264: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2265: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2266: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2267:
2268: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2269: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2270: <p>
1.85 louis 2271:
1.247 jufi 2272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2273: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2274: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2275: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2276:
2277: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2278: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2279: <p>
2280:
2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2282: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2283: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2284: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2285:
2286: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2287: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2288: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2289: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2290: <p>
1.89 louis 2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2293: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2294: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2295: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2296:
2297: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2298: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2299: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2300: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2301: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2302: </ul>
1.85 louis 2303:
1.78 deraadt 2304: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2305: <ul>
1.74 louis 2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2308: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2309: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2310: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2311: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2312:
2313: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2314: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2315: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2316: <p>
1.83 louis 2317:
1.247 jufi 2318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2319: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2320: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2321: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2322:
2323: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2324: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2325: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2326: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2327: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2328: <p>
1.93 louis 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2331: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2332: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2333: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2334: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2335:
1.83 louis 2336: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2337: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2338: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2339: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2340: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2341: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2342: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2343: <p>
1.82 aaron 2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2346: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2347: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2348: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2349:
1.83 louis 2350: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2351: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2352: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2353: <p>
1.80 louis 2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2356: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2357: Bad Press</a>,
2358: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2359: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2360:
2361: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2362: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2363: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2364: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2365: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2366: <p>
1.247 jufi 2367: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2368:
2369: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2370: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2373: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2374: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2375: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2377:
2378: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2379: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2380: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2381: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2382: <p>
1.74 louis 2383:
1.247 jufi 2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2385: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2386: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2387: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2388:
1.219 horacio 2389: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2390: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2391: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2392: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2393: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2394: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2395: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2396: <p>
1.88 louis 2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2399: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2400: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2401: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2402:
2403: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2404: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2405: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2406: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2407: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2408: <p>
1.81 louis 2409:
1.247 jufi 2410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2411: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2412: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2413: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2414:
2415: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2416: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2417: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2418: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2419: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2420: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2421: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2422: <p>
1.90 louis 2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2425: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2426: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2427: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2428:
2429: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2430: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2431: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2432: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2433: <p>
1.247 jufi 2434: </ul>
1.71 louis 2435:
1.69 deraadt 2436: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2437: <ul>
1.70 louis 2438:
1.247 jufi 2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2440: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2441: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2442: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2443:
2444: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2445: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2446: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2447: <p>
1.70 louis 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2450: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2451: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2452: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2453:
2454: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2455: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2456: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2457: <p>
1.68 louis 2458:
1.247 jufi 2459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2460: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2461: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2462: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2463: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2464:
1.111 jufi 2465: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2466: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2467: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2468: "secure by default" installation.
2469: <p>
1.64 louis 2470:
1.247 jufi 2471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2472: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2473: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2474: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2475:
1.113 naddy 2476: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2477: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2478: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2479: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2480: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2481: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2482: <p>
1.66 louis 2483:
1.247 jufi 2484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2485: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2486: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2487: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2488:
2489: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2490: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2491: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2492: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2493: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2494: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2495: <p>
1.83 louis 2496:
1.247 jufi 2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2498: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2499: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2500: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2501:
2502: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2503: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2504: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2505: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2506: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2507: <p>
1.64 louis 2508:
1.247 jufi 2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2510: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2511: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2512: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2513:
2514: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2515: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2516: <p>
1.301 jose 2517:
2518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2519: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2520: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2521: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2522: </strong></font><br>
2523:
2524: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2525: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2526: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2527: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2528: Giving way to
2529: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2530: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2531: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2532: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2533: <p>
1.247 jufi 2534: </ul>
1.65 louis 2535:
1.69 deraadt 2536: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2537: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2540: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2541: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2542: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2543:
2544: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2545: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2546: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2547: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2548: <p>
1.88 louis 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2551: <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 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2553:
2554: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2555: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2556: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2557: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2558: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2559: <p>
1.60 louis 2560:
1.247 jufi 2561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2562: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2563: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2564: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2565: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2566:
2567: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2568: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2569: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2570: <p>
1.58 louis 2571:
1.247 jufi 2572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2573: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2574: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2575:
2576: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2577: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2578: <p>
1.53 louis 2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2581: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2582: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2583: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2584:
2585: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2586: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2587: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2588: <p>
1.99 louis 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2591: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2592: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2593:
2594: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2595: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2596: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2597: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2598: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2599:
1.247 jufi 2600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2601: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2602: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2603: </strong></font><br>
2604:
2605: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2606: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2607: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2608: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2609: <p>
2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2612: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2613: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2614: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2615:
2616: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2617: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2618: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2619:
1.247 jufi 2620: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2621: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2622: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2623:
2624: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2625: in
1.247 jufi 2626: <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 2627: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2628: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2629: <p>
1.53 louis 2630:
1.247 jufi 2631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2632: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2633: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2634: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2635: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2636:
1.58 louis 2637: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2638: <p>
1.301 jose 2639:
2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2641: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2642: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2643: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2644: Informacyjny, January 2000
2645: </strong></font><br>
2646:
2647: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2648: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2649: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2650: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2651: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2652: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2653: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2654: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2655: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2656: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2657: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2658: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2659: <p>
2660:
2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2662: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2663: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2664: </strong></font><br>
2665:
2666: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2667: <p>
2668: </ul>
1.247 jufi 2669: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2670:
1.69 deraadt 2671: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2672: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2675: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2676: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2677: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2678: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2679:
1.58 louis 2680: Kurt Seifried
2681: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2682: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2683: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2684: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2685:
1.247 jufi 2686: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2687: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2688: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2689: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2690:
2691: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2692: <p>
1.96 louis 2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2695: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2696: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2697: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2701: <p>
2702:
2703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2704: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2705: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2706: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2707:
2708: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2709: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2710: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2711: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2712: <p>
1.247 jufi 2713: </ul>
1.86 louis 2714:
1.69 deraadt 2715: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2716: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2717:
1.247 jufi 2718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2719: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2720: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2721: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2722:
2723: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2724: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2725: <p>
1.61 louis 2726:
1.247 jufi 2727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2728: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2729: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2730: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2731: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2732:
2733: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2734: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2735: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2736: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2737: right -- or at least strives to".
2738: <p>
1.48 louis 2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2741: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2742: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2743: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2744: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2745: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2746: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2747: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2748: <p>
1.61 louis 2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <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 2751: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2752: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2753:
2754: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2755: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2756: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2757: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2758: <p>
1.46 louis 2759:
1.247 jufi 2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2761: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2762: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2763: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2764:
2765: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2766: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2767: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2768:
1.247 jufi 2769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2770: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2771: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2773:
2774: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2775: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2776: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2777: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2778: <p>
1.247 jufi 2779: </ul>
1.70 louis 2780:
1.69 deraadt 2781: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2782: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2785: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2786: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2787: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2788: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2789:
2790: Kurt Seifried
2791: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2792: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2793: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2794: <p>
1.44 philen 2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <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 2797: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2798: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2799:
2800: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2801: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <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 2804: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2805: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2806:
2807: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2808: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2809:
1.247 jufi 2810: <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 2811: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2812: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2813:
2814: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2815: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2816: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2817: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2818: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2819:
1.247 jufi 2820: <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 2821: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2822: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2823:
1.36 louis 2824: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2825: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2828: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2829: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2830: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2831:
2832: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2833: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2834: </ul>
1.38 louis 2835:
1.69 deraadt 2836: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2837: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <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 2840: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2842:
2843: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2844: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2845: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2846:
1.113 naddy 2847: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2848: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2849: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2850: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2851:
2852: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2853: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2854: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2855: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2856: <blockquote>
2857: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2858: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2859: <br>
2860: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2861: </code>
2862: </blockquote>
2863: <p>
2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2866: <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>
2867: <p>
2868:
2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2870: <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 2871: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2872:
2873: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2874: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2875: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2876: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2879: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2880: Sept. 28, 1999
2881: </strong></font><br>
2882:
2883: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2884: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2885: translating and reprinting articles from
2886: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2887: <p>
2888:
2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2890: <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 2891: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2892:
2893: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2894: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2895: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2896: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2897: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2898: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2899: <p>
1.19 louis 2900:
1.113 naddy 2901: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2902: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2903: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2904:
2905: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2906: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2907: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2908: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2909: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2910: <p>
1.16 louis 2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2913: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2914: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2915: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2916:
1.57 louis 2917: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2918: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2919: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2920: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2921:
1.247 jufi 2922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2923: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2924: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2925: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2926:
1.113 naddy 2927: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2930: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2931: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2933:
1.23 louis 2934: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2935: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2936: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2937: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2938: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2939: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2940:
1.247 jufi 2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2942: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2943: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2944: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2945:
1.199 pvalchev 2946: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2947: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2948: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2949: installation.
1.113 naddy 2950: <p>
1.47 louis 2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2953: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2954: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2955: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2956:
1.301 jose 2957: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
2958: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
2959: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2960: </ul>
1.57 louis 2961:
1.69 deraadt 2962: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2963: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2966: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2967: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2968: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2969:
2970: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2971: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2972: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2973: <p>
1.12 louis 2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2976: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2977: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2978: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2979:
2980: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2981: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2982: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2983: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2984: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2985: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2986: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2987: <p>
1.247 jufi 2988: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2989:
1.69 deraadt 2990: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2991: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2994: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2995: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2996:
2997: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2998: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2999: available."
1.113 naddy 3000: <p>
1.301 jose 3001:
3002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3003: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3004: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3005: </strong></font><br>
3006:
3007: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3008: <p>
1.247 jufi 3009: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3010:
1.69 deraadt 3011: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3012: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3015: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3016: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3017:
3018: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3019: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3020: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3021: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3022: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3023: <p>
1.33 louis 3024:
1.247 jufi 3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3026: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3027: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3028: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3029:
1.113 naddy 3030: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3031: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3032: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3033: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3034: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3035: <p>
1.247 jufi 3036: </ul>
1.57 louis 3037:
1.69 deraadt 3038: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3039: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3042: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3043: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3044: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3045:
3046: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3047: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3048: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3051: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3052: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3053: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3054: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3055:
3056: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3057: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3060: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3061:
1.113 naddy 3062: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3065: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3066: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3067: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3068:
3069: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3070: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3071: </ul>
1.23 louis 3072:
1.69 deraadt 3073: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3074: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3077: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3078: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3079:
3080: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3081: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3082: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3085: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3086: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3087: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3088:
3089: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3090: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3091: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3092: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3093: </ul>
1.57 louis 3094:
1.69 deraadt 3095: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3096: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3097:
1.247 jufi 3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3099: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3100: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3101: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3102:
3103: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3104: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3105: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3106: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3107: <p>
1.15 louis 3108:
1.247 jufi 3109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3110: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3111: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3112: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3113:
3114: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3115: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3116: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3117: columns."
1.113 naddy 3118: <p>
1.247 jufi 3119: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3120:
1.69 deraadt 3121: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3122: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3125: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3126: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3127: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3128:
3129: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3130: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3131:
1.113 naddy 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3133: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3134: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3135:
3136: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3137: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3138: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3139: </ul>
1.57 louis 3140:
1.69 deraadt 3141: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3142: <ul>
1.301 jose 3143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3144: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3145: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3146: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3147:
3148: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3149: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3150: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3151: <p>
3152:
3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3154: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3155: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3156: Nov 13, 1998 and
3157: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3158: Datateknik</a>,
3159: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3160:
3161: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3162: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3163: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3164: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3165: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3166:
1.113 naddy 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3168: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3169: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3170: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3171:
1.222 miod 3172: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3173: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3174: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3175: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3176: <p>
1.247 jufi 3177: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3178:
1.69 deraadt 3179: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3180: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3181:
1.247 jufi 3182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3183: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3184: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3185:
1.69 deraadt 3186: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3187: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3188: <p>
1.247 jufi 3189: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3190:
1.69 deraadt 3191: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3192: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3193:
1.247 jufi 3194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3195: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3196: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3197: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3198:
3199: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3200: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3201: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3202:
1.247 jufi 3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3204: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3205: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3206: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3207: <p>
1.247 jufi 3208: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3209:
1.69 deraadt 3210: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3211: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3214: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3215: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3216: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3217: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3218: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3219:
3220: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3221: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3222: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 3223: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3224: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3225: <p>
1.247 jufi 3226: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3227:
3228: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3229: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3230:
1.247 jufi 3231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3232: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3233: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3234:
1.69 deraadt 3235: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3236: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3237: <p>
1.112 naddy 3238:
1.247 jufi 3239: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3240: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3241:
1.252 miod 3242: </ul>
3243:
1.292 camield 3244: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3245: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3246: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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