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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>
1.291 deraadt 58: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
59: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
60: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
61: </strong></font></br>
62: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
63: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
64: at UPenn and DARPA.
65: <p>
66:
67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 68: [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,
69: April 18, 2003
70: </strong></font><br>
71: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 75: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
76: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
77: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
78: </strong></font></br>
79: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
80: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
81: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 85: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
86: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 87: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 88: </strong></font><br>
89: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
90: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
91: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 92: American century.
1.267 deraadt 93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 96: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
97: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 98: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 99: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 100: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
101: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
102: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
103: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
104: Can also be found online at:
105: <ul>
106: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
107: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 108: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 109: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 110: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.262 beck 114: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
115: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 116: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 117: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 118: </strong></font><br>
119: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 120: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
121: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
122: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
123: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 124:
125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
126: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
127: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
128: New York Times.
129: </strong></font>(free registration required)
130:
1.273 deraadt 131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
132: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 133: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 134: ABC News.
135: </strong></font>
136:
137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
138: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
139: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 140: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 141: </strong></font>
142:
143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
144: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 145: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 146: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 147: </strong></font>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 150: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
151: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 152: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 153: </strong></font>
154:
155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 156: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 157: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 158: Times Daily, AL.
159: </strong></font>
160:
161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
162: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
163: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
164: Boston.com, MA.
165: </strong></font>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
168: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 169: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 170: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
171: </strong></font>
172:
173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 174: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
175: [Article was pulled]</a>
176: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 177: </strong></font>
178:
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
180: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
181: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
182: Infoshop News.
183: </strong></font>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
186: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
187: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
188: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
189: </strong></font>
190:
191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 ! deraadt 192: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
! 193: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
! 194: Raleigh News, NC.
! 195: </strong></font>
! 196:
! 197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 198: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
199: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
200: NEPA News, PA.
201: </strong></font>
202:
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
204: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
205: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
206: Wired News.
207: </strong></font>
208:
1.271 deraadt 209: </ul>
210: <p>
1.272 deraadt 211: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
212: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 213: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
214: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
215: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
216: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
217: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
218: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
219: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
220: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
221: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
222: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 223: <p>
224: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.285 jsyn 227: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
228: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
229: Indianapolis Star, IN.
230: </strong></font>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 233: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
234: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
235: Miami Herald, FL.
236: </strong></font>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 239: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 240: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
241: </strong></font>
242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
244: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 245: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 246: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 247: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 248:
249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
250: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
251: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
252: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
253: ABC News.
254: </strong></font>
255:
1.276 deraadt 256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
257: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
258: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.284 jsyn 259: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 260: </strong></font>
261:
1.286 dhartmei 262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
263: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
264: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
265: Wilmington Star, NC.
266: </strong></font>
267:
1.300 jose 268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
269: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
270: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
271: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
272: </strong></font>
273:
1.263 deraadt 274: </ul>
1.262 beck 275: <p>
276:
277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 278: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
279: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 280: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 281: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 282: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 283: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
284: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
285: <p>
286:
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 288: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
289: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
290: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
291: </strong></font></br>
292: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
293: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
294: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
295: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
296: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
297: and simply restates other press reports.
298: <p>
299:
300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 301: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
302: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
303: OS News, April 18, 2003.
304: </strong></font><br>
305: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
306: <p>
307:
308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 309: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
310: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 311: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 312: </strong></font><br>
313: Another report on the DARPA funding.
314: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
315: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
316: <p>
317:
318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 319: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
320: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 321: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 322: </strong></font><br>
323: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
324: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
325: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
326: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
327: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
328: Goes on to say:
329: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
330: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
331: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
332: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 333: This article is also found online at:
334: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
336: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
337: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
338: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
339: </strong></font></br>
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
341: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
342: ZDnet</a>,
343: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
344: </strong></font></br>
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
346: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
347: ZDnet Australia</a>,
348: US Defence pulls open source funding.
349: </strong></font></br>
1.279 deraadt 350: </ul>
1.260 ian 351: <p>
1.279 deraadt 352:
1.260 ian 353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
354: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
355: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 356: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 357: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 358: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 359: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
360: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
361: without notice or justification.
362: <p>
363:
364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
365: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
366: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 367: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 368: </strong></font><br>
369: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
370: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
371: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
372: effective today, without any warning..."
373: <p>
1.257 ian 374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 376: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
377: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 378: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 379: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 380: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
381: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
382: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
383: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
384: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 385: <p>
386:
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 388: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
389: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 390: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 391: </strong></font><br>
392: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
393: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
394: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
395: quoting two of them:
396: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
397: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
398: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
399: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
400: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
401: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
402: <p>
403:
1.255 ian 404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 405: [DUTCH] <a href=http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776>
406: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>, Automatiserings Gids
407: Webeditie, April 14 2003
408: </strong></font><br>
409: Een beschrijving van drie nieuwe technieken in OpenBSD om bufferoverflows
410: tegen te gaan.
411: <p>
412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
414: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskozept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
415: April 13, 2003
416: </strong></font><br>
417: New security concepts in OpenBSD
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 421: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
422: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 423: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 424: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 425: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 426: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
427: security experts for more than three decades."
428: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
429: <p>
1.261 ian 430:
1.254 drahn 431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 432: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
433: April 8, 2003
434: </strong></font><br>
435: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 439: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
440: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 441: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 442: </strong></font><br>
443: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
444: from US DARPA.
445: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
446: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
447: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
448: the BSD license.
449: <p>
450: </ul>
451:
1.251 ian 452: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
453: <ul>
454:
455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 456: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
457: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
458: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
459: </strong></font><br>
460:
461: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
462: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
463: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
464: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
465: <p>
466:
467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 468: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
469: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 470: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 471: </strong></font><br>
472: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
473: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
474: Mentions
475: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
476: and
477: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
478: programs.
479: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 480: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 481: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
482: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
483: <p>
1.260 ian 484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
486: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
487: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
488: </strong></font><br>
489: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
490: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
491: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
492: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
493: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
494: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
495: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
496: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
497: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
498: put into service."
499: <p>
500: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
501: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
502: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
503: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
504: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
505: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
506: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
507: computers with security features."
508: <p>
1.251 ian 509: </ul>
510:
1.249 jufi 511: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
512: <ul>
513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
514: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
515: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 516: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 517: </strong></font><br>
518: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
519: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 520: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 521: <p>
522: </ul>
523:
1.246 jufi 524: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 525: <ul>
1.246 jufi 526:
1.247 jufi 527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 528: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 529: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
530: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 531: </strong></font><br>
532: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
533: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
534: <p>
535:
1.247 jufi 536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 537: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
538: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
539: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
540: </strong></font><br>
541: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
542: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
543: <p>
544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 546: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 547: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
548: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 549: </strong></font><br>
550: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
551: in their annual OpenHack security test.
552: <p>
1.247 jufi 553: </ul>
1.246 jufi 554:
1.244 jufi 555: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 556: <ul>
1.246 jufi 557:
1.247 jufi 558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 559: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
560: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
561: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 562: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 563: </strong></font><br>
564: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
565: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
566: md5 digests.
567: <p>
568:
1.247 jufi 569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 570: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 571: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
572: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 573: </strong></font><br>
574: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
575: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
576: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
577: right the first time."
578: <p>
1.247 jufi 579: </ul>
1.244 jufi 580:
581:
582: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 583: <ul>
1.244 jufi 584:
1.247 jufi 585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 586: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 587: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
588: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 589: </strong></font><br>
590: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
591: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
592: part 6</a>.
593: <p>
594:
1.247 jufi 595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 596: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 597: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
598: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 599: </strong></font><br>
600: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
601: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
602: <p>
1.301 jose 603:
604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
605: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
606: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
607: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
608: </strong></font><br>
609:
610: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
611: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
612: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
613: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
614: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
615: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
616: <i>Here's the
617: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
618: <p>
1.247 jufi 619: </ul>
1.242 jufi 620:
621: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 622: <ul>
1.242 jufi 623:
1.247 jufi 624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 625: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 626: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
627: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 628: </strong></font><br>
629: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
630: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
631: <p>
632:
1.247 jufi 633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 634: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 635: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
636: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 637: </strong></font><br>
638: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
639: this time using pf.
640: <p>
1.247 jufi 641: </ul>
1.242 jufi 642:
643: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 644: <ul>
1.242 jufi 645:
1.247 jufi 646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 647: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 648: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
649: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 650: </strong></font><br>
651: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
652: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
653: their rotation.
654: <p>
655:
1.247 jufi 656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 657: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 658: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
659: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 660: </strong></font><br>
661: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
662: <p>
1.247 jufi 663: </ul>
1.242 jufi 664:
1.239 jufi 665: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 666: <ul>
1.239 jufi 667:
1.247 jufi 668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 669: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 670: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
671: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 672: </strong></font><br>
673: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
674: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
675: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
676: <p>
677:
1.247 jufi 678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 679: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 680: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
681: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 682: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 683: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
684: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
685: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 686: <p>
1.247 jufi 687: </ul>
1.239 jufi 688:
1.235 lebel 689: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 690: <ul>
1.235 lebel 691:
1.239 jufi 692:
1.247 jufi 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 694: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 695: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
696: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 697: </strong></font><br>
698: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
699: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
700: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
701: <p>
1.301 jose 702:
1.247 jufi 703: </ul>
1.235 lebel 704:
1.228 horacio 705: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 706: <ul>
1.228 horacio 707:
1.247 jufi 708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 709: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 710: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
711: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 712: </strong></font><br>
713: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
714: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
715: <p>
716:
1.247 jufi 717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 718: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 719: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
720: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 721: </strong></font><br>
722: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
723: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
724: <p>
725:
1.247 jufi 726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 727: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 728: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
729: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 730: </strong></font><br>
731: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
732: on the desktop of his parents.
733: <p>
734:
1.247 jufi 735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 736: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 737: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
738: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 739: </strong></font><br>
740: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
741: using IPFilter.
742:
743: <p>
744:
1.247 jufi 745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 746: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 747: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
748: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 749: </strong></font><br>
750: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
751: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
752: perspectives of the four OS.
753: <br>
754: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 755: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 756: <p>
757:
1.247 jufi 758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 759: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
760: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 761: software and security</a>,
762: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 763: </strong></font><br>
764:
765: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
766: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
767: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
768: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
769: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
770: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
771: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
772: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
773: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
774: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
775: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
776: security conscious team beyond doubt.
777: <p>
1.247 jufi 778: </ul>
1.228 horacio 779:
1.225 horacio 780: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 781: <ul>
1.225 horacio 782:
1.247 jufi 783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 784: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
785: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 786: Interview</a>,
787: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 788: </strong></font><br>
789:
790: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
791: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
792: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 793: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 794: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
795: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
796: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
797: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
798: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 799: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 800: of choice.
801: <p>
1.247 jufi 802: </ul>
1.225 horacio 803:
804: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 805: <ul>
1.225 horacio 806:
1.247 jufi 807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 808: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 809: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
810: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 811: </strong></font><br>
812:
813: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
814: <p>
815:
1.247 jufi 816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 817: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 818: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
819: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 820: </strong></font><br>
821:
822: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
823: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
824: <p>
1.247 jufi 825: </ul>
1.225 horacio 826:
1.218 horacio 827: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 828: <ul>
1.218 horacio 829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 831: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 832: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
833: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 834: </strong></font><br>
835:
836: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
837: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
838: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
839: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
840: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
841: subjects. Worth a read.
842: <p>
843:
844:
1.247 jufi 845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 846: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 847: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
848: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 849: </strong></font><br>
850:
851: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
852: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
853: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
854: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
855: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
856: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
857: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
858: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
859: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 860: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 861: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
862: on other operating systems.<br>
863: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
864: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
865: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
866: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
867: <p>
868:
1.247 jufi 869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 870: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 871: Operating System 2010</a>,
872: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 873: </strong></font><br>
874:
875: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
876: covering the level of software integration into the core
877: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
878: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
879: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
880: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
881: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
882: <p>
883:
1.247 jufi 884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 885: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 886: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
887: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 888: </strong></font><br>
889:
890: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
891: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
892: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
893: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
894: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
895: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
896: <p>
1.247 jufi 897: </ul>
1.221 horacio 898:
1.210 jufi 899: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 900: <ul>
1.215 horacio 901:
1.247 jufi 902: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 903: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 904: Already a Contender</a>,
905: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 906: </strong></font><br>
907:
908: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
909: source software in response to an article which claimed that
910: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
911: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
912: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
913: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
914: <p>
915:
1.247 jufi 916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 917: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 918: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
919: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 920: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 921:
1.224 horacio 922: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
923: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
924: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
925: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
926: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
927: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 928: <p>
1.247 jufi 929: </ul>
1.215 horacio 930:
931: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 932: <ul>
1.215 horacio 933:
1.247 jufi 934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 935: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
936: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 937: Division</a>,
938: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 939: </strong></font><br>
940:
941: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
942: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 943: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 944: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
945: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
946: investment</em>.<br>
947: The implementation details can be seen on their
948: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
949: <p>
950:
1.247 jufi 951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 952: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
953: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
954: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
955: </strong></font><br>
956:
957: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
958: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
959: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
960: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
961: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
962: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
963: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
964: <p>
965:
966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 967: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 968: Thinking about Security</a>,
969: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 970: </strong></font><br>
971:
972: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
973: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
974: security and says that even secured operating systems running
975: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
976: to time.<br>
977: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
978: system and just the most secure system.
979: <p>
980:
1.247 jufi 981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 982: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 983: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
984: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 985: </strong></font><br>
986:
987: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
988: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
989: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
990: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
991: choice:<br>
992: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
993: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
994: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
995: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
996: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
997: network security devices and as such must be well
998: armored."</em><br>
999: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1000: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1001: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1002: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1003: <br>
1004: Bravo!
1005: <p>
1.247 jufi 1006: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1007:
1.207 ian 1008: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1009: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1012: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1013: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1014: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1015:
1.207 ian 1016: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1017: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1018: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1019: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1020: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1021: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1022: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1023: <p>
1.247 jufi 1024: </ul>
1.207 ian 1025:
1.194 jufi 1026: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1027: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1028:
1.247 jufi 1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1030: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1031: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1032: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1033: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1034:
1.240 miod 1035: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1036: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1037: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1038: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1039: <p>
1040:
1.247 jufi 1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1042: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1043: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1044: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1045:
1046: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1047: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1048: <p>
1049:
1050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1051: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1052: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1053: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1054:
1055: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1056: <p>
1057:
1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1059: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1060: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1061: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1062: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1063:
1.240 miod 1064: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1065: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1066: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1067: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1068: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1069: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1070: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1071: <br>
1072: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1073: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1074: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1075: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1076: <p>
1077:
1.247 jufi 1078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1079: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1080: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1081: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1082: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1083:
1.194 jufi 1084: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1085: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1086: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1087: <br>
1088: The new
1089: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1090: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1091: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1092: <p>
1.247 jufi 1093: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1094:
1.190 horacio 1095: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1096: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1097:
1.247 jufi 1098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1099:
1100: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1101: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1102:
1.301 jose 1103:
1.191 jufi 1104: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1105: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1106:
1107: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1108: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1109:
1.212 horacio 1110: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1111: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1112: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1113:
1.211 horacio 1114: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1115: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1116: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1117:
1.247 jufi 1118: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1119: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1120:
1.247 jufi 1121: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1122: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1123:
1.212 horacio 1124: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1125: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1126: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1127:
1128: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1129: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1130:
1131: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1132: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1133:
1.301 jose 1134: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1135: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1136:
1.191 jufi 1137: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1138: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1139:
1140: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1141: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1142:
1.192 jufi 1143: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1144: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1145: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1146:
1.193 deraadt 1147: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1148: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1149: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1150:
1.247 jufi 1151: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1152: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1155: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1156: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1157:
1.213 horacio 1158: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1159: 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 1160: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1161:
1.190 horacio 1162: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1163: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1164: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1165: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1166: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1167: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1168: <p>
1.190 horacio 1169:
1.247 jufi 1170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1171: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1172: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1173: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1174: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1175:
1.195 jufi 1176: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1177: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1178: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1179: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1180: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1181: <p>
1182:
1.247 jufi 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1184: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1185: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1186: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1187: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1188:
1.191 jufi 1189: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1190: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1191: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1192: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1193: <p>
1194:
1195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1196: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1197: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1198: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1199:
1200: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1201: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1202: <p>
1.247 jufi 1203: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1204:
1.191 jufi 1205:
1.186 jufi 1206: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1207: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1208:
1.247 jufi 1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1210: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1211: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1212: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1213: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1214:
1.188 jufi 1215: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1216: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1217: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1218: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1219: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1220: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1221: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1222: <p>
1223:
1.301 jose 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1225: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1226: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1227: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1228:
1229: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1230: <p>
1.191 jufi 1231:
1.247 jufi 1232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1233: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1234: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1235: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1236: </strong></font><br>
1237:
1238: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1239: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1240: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1241: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1242: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1243: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1244: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1245: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1246: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1247: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1248: familiar?
1249: <p>
1.247 jufi 1250: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1251:
1.178 louis 1252: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1253: <ul>
1.178 louis 1254:
1.247 jufi 1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1256: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1257: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1258: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1259: </strong></font><br>
1260:
1261: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1262: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1263: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1264: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1265: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1266: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1270: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1271: Open source under the hood</a>,
1272: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1276: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1277: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1278: <p>
1279:
1.247 jufi 1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1281: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1282: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1283: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1284: </strong></font><br>
1285:
1286: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1287: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1288: <p>
1.247 jufi 1289: </ul>
1.179 louis 1290:
1.174 louis 1291:
1.175 louis 1292: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1293: <ul>
1.175 louis 1294:
1.247 jufi 1295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1296: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1297: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1298: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1299: </strong></font><br>
1300:
1301: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1302: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1303: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1304: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1305: <p>
1306:
1.247 jufi 1307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1308: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1309: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1310: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1311: </strong></font><br>
1312:
1313: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1314: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1315: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1316: <p>
1.247 jufi 1317: </ul>
1.175 louis 1318:
1.176 louis 1319:
1.172 mickey 1320: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1321: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1322:
1.247 jufi 1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1324: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1325: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1326: </strong></font><br>
1327:
1328: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1329: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1330: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1331: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1332: <p>
1333:
1.247 jufi 1334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1335: <a
1.269 deraadt 1336: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1337: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1338: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1339: </strong></font><br>
1340:
1341: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1342: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1343: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1344: <p>
1345:
1.247 jufi 1346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1347: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1348: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1349: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1350: </strong></font><br>
1351:
1352: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1353: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1357: <a
1.269 deraadt 1358: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1359: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1360: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1361: </strong></font><br>
1362:
1363: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1364: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1365: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1366: our own Theo de Raadt.
1367: <p>
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1370: <a
1.269 deraadt 1371: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1372: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1373: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1374: </strong></font><br>
1375:
1376: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1377: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1378: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1379: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1380: shut down.]
1381: <p>
1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1384: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1385: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1386: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1387: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1388: </strong></font><br>
1389:
1390: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1391: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1392: <p>
1.247 jufi 1393: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1394:
1.161 louis 1395: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1396: <ul>
1.161 louis 1397:
1.247 jufi 1398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1399: <a
1.269 deraadt 1400: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1401: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1402: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1403: </strong></font><br>
1404:
1405: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1406: by John Wolley
1407: <p>
1408:
1.247 jufi 1409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1410: <a
1.269 deraadt 1411: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1412: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1413: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1414: </strong></font><br>
1415:
1416: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1417: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1418: OpenBSD).
1419: <p>
1420:
1.247 jufi 1421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1422: <a
1.247 jufi 1423: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1424: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1425: </strong></font><br>
1426:
1427: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1428: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1429: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1430: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1431: and hindsight.
1432: <p>
1433:
1.247 jufi 1434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1435: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1436: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1437: </strong></font><br>
1438:
1439: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1440: <p>
1441:
1.247 jufi 1442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1443: <a
1.168 provos 1444: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1445: December 7, 2000
1446: </strong></font><br>
1447:
1448: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1449: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1450: us explain.
1451: <p>
1452:
1.247 jufi 1453: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1454: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1455: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1456: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1457: December 6, 2000
1458: </strong></font><br>
1459:
1460: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1461: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1462: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1463: <p>
1464:
1.247 jufi 1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1466: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1467: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1468: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1469: </strong></font><br>
1470:
1471: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1472: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1473: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1474: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1475: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1476: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1477: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1478: <p>
1479:
1480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1481: <a
1.226 horacio 1482: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1483: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1484: </strong></font><br>
1485:
1486: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1487: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1488: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1489: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1490: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1491: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1492: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1493: <p>
1.162 millert 1494:
1.247 jufi 1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1496: <a
1.161 louis 1497: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1498: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1499: </strong></font><br>
1500:
1501: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1502: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1503: <p>
1504:
1.247 jufi 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1506: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1507: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1508: </strong></font><br>
1509:
1510: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1511: <p>
1512:
1513:
1.247 jufi 1514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1515: <a
1.226 horacio 1516: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1517: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1518: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1519: </strong></font><br>
1520:
1521: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1522: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1523: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1524: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1525: <p>
1.247 jufi 1526: </ul>
1.169 louis 1527:
1.158 louis 1528: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1529: <ul>
1.147 louis 1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1532: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1533: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1534: </strong></font><br>
1535:
1536: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1537: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1538: <p>
1539:
1.247 jufi 1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1541: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1542: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1543: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1544: </strong></font><br>
1545: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1546: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1547: <p>
1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1550: <a
1551: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1552: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1553: </strong></font><br>
1554:
1555: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1556: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1557: <p>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1560: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1561: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1562: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1563:
1.213 horacio 1564: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1565: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1566: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1567: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1568: <p>
1.215 horacio 1569:
1.247 jufi 1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1571: <a
1572: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1573: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1574: </strong></font><br>
1575:
1576: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1577: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1578: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1579: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1580: much of the attitude too).
1581: <p>
1.161 louis 1582:
1.247 jufi 1583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1584: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1585: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1586: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1587:
1.157 louis 1588: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1589: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1590: <p>
1.247 jufi 1591: </ul>
1.157 louis 1592:
1593: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1594: <ul>
1.157 louis 1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1597: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1598: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1599: </strong></font><br>
1600:
1601: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1602: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1603: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1604: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1605: <p>
1606:
1.247 jufi 1607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1608: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1609: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1610: </strong></font><br>
1611:
1612: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1613: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1614: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1615: it because they love coding...
1616: <p>
1617:
1.247 jufi 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1619: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1620: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1621: </strong></font><br>
1622:
1623: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1624: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1625: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1626: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1627: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1628: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1629: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1630: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1631: <p>
1632:
1.247 jufi 1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1634: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1635: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1636: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1637: </strong></font><br>
1638:
1639: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1640: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1641: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1642: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1643: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1644: the pizza.
1645: <p>
1646:
1.247 jufi 1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1648: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1649: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1650: </strong></font><br>
1651:
1652: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1653: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1654: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1655: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1656: problems.
1657: <p>
1658:
1.247 jufi 1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1660: <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 1661: </strong></font><br>
1662:
1.222 miod 1663: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1664: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1665: - whether they like it or not.
1666: <p>
1667:
1.247 jufi 1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1669: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1670: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1671: </strong></font><br>
1672:
1673: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1674: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1675: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1676: <p>
1.148 aaron 1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1679: <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 1680: </strong></font><br>
1681:
1682: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1683: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1684: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1685: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1686: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1687: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1688: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1689: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1690: <p>
1691:
1.247 jufi 1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1693: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1694: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1695: </strong></font><br>
1696:
1697: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1698: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1699: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1700: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1701: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1702: <p>
1.247 jufi 1703: </ul>
1.147 louis 1704:
1.138 louis 1705: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1706: <ul>
1.138 louis 1707:
1.247 jufi 1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1709: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1710: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1711: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1712: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1713: </strong></font><br>
1714:
1.227 horacio 1715: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1716: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1717: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1718: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1719: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1720: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1721: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1722: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1723: <p>
1724:
1.247 jufi 1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1726: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1727: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1728: </strong></font><br>
1729:
1730: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1731: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1732: groups, and even Linux.
1733: <p>
1734:
1.247 jufi 1735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1736: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1737: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1738: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1739: </strong></font><br>
1740:
1741: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1742: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1743: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1744: library after installing the OS.
1745: <p>
1746:
1.247 jufi 1747: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1748: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1749: Sys Admin, September 2000
1750: </strong></font><br>
1751:
1752: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1753: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1754: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1755: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1756: (<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>,
1757: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1758: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1759: <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 1760: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1761: out of the system.
1762: <p>
1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1765: <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
1766: </strong></font><br>
1767:
1768: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1769: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1770: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1771: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1772: the IP filtering and address translation.
1773: <p>
1.301 jose 1774:
1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1776: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1777: </strong></font><br>
1778:
1779: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1780: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1781: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1782: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1783: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1784: <p>
1.247 jufi 1785: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1786:
1.131 louis 1787: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1788: <ul>
1.131 louis 1789:
1.247 jufi 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1791: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1792: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1793: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1794: </strong></font><br>
1795:
1796: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1797: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1798: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1799: <p>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1802: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1803: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1804: </strong></font><br>
1805:
1806: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1807: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1808: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1809: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1810: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1811: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1812: note of"</i>.
1813: <p>
1814:
1.247 jufi 1815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1816: <a
1.247 jufi 1817: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1818: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1819: </strong></font><br>
1820:
1821: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1822: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1823: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1824: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1825: <p>
1826:
1.247 jufi 1827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1828: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1829: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1830: </strong></font><br>
1831:
1832: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1833: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1834: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1835: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1836: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1837: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1838: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1839: <p>
1840:
1.247 jufi 1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1842: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1843: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1844: 2000
1845: </strong></font><br>
1846:
1847: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1848: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1849: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1850: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1851: against current industry practices.
1852: <p>
1853:
1.247 jufi 1854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1855: <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
1856: </strong></font><br>
1857:
1858: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1859: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1860: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1861: <p>
1862:
1.247 jufi 1863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1864: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1865: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1869: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1870: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1871: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1872: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1873: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1874: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1875: <p>
1876:
1.247 jufi 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1878: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1879: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1880: </strong></font><br>
1881:
1882: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1883: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1884: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1885: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1886: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1887: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1888: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1889: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1890: <p>
1.247 jufi 1891: </ul>
1.131 louis 1892:
1.118 louis 1893: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1894: <ul>
1.118 louis 1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1897: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1898: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1899: </strong></font><br>
1900:
1901: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1902: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1903: about time. The article mentions that
1904: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1905: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1906: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1907: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1908: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1909: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1910: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1911: <p>
1912:
1.247 jufi 1913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1914: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1915: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1916: </strong></font><br>
1917:
1918: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1919: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1920: of OpenSSH.
1921: <p>
1922:
1.247 jufi 1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1924: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1925: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1926: </strong></font><br>
1927:
1928: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1929: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1930: bridging.
1931: <p>
1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1934: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1935: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1936: </strong></font><br>
1937:
1.121 deraadt 1938: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1939: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1940: <p>
1941:
1.247 jufi 1942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1943: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1944: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1945: </strong></font><br>
1946:
1947: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1948: <p>
1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1951: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1952: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1953: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1954: </strong></font><br>
1955:
1.120 deraadt 1956: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1957: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1958: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1959: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1960: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1961: <p>
1962:
1.247 jufi 1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1964: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1965: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1966: </strong></font><br>
1967:
1.222 miod 1968: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1969: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1970: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1971: protocols and their quirks.
1972: <p>
1973:
1.247 jufi 1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1975: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1976: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1977: </strong></font><br>
1978:
1979: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1980: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1981: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1982: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1983: <p>
1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1986: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1987: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1988: </strong></font><br>
1989:
1990: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1991: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1992: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1993: <p>
1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 1996: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1997: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
1998: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 1999: </strong></font><br>
2000:
2001: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2002: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2003: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2004: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2005: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2006: <p>
1.247 jufi 2007: </ul>
1.118 louis 2008:
1.104 louis 2009: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2010: <ul>
1.104 louis 2011:
1.247 jufi 2012: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2013: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2014: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2015: </strong></font><br>
2016:
2017: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2018: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2019: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2020: be a bit dry.
2021: <p>
2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2024: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2025: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2026: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2027: </strong></font><br>
2028: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2029: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2030: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2031: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2032: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2033: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2034: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2035: <p>
2036:
1.247 jufi 2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2038: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2039: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2040: 2000
1.128 louis 2041: </strong></font><br>
2042:
2043: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2044: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2045: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2046: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2047: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2048: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2049: <p>
2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2052: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2053: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2054: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2055:
2056: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2057: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2058: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2059: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2060: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2061: <p>
1.110 louis 2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2064: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2065: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2066: </strong></font><br>
2067:
2068: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2069: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2070: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2071: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2072: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2073: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2074: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2075: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2076: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2077: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2078: <p>
2079:
1.247 jufi 2080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2081: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2082: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2083:
2084: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2085: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2086: <p>
1.108 louis 2087:
1.247 jufi 2088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2089: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2090: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2091: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2092:
2093: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2094: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2095: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2096: <p>
1.106 louis 2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2099: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2100: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2101: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2102:
2103: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2104: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2105: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2106: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2107: <p>
1.107 louis 2108:
1.247 jufi 2109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2110: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2111: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2112: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2113:
2114: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2115: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2116: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2117: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2118: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2119: <p>
1.105 louis 2120:
1.247 jufi 2121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2122: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2123: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2124: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2125:
1.113 naddy 2126: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2127: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2128: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2129: <p>
1.104 louis 2130:
1.247 jufi 2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2132: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2133: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2134: </strong></font><br>
2135:
2136: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2137: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2138: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2139: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2140: <p>
1.301 jose 2141:
2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2143: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2144: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2145: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2146:
2147: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2148: hardware-supported cryptography.
2149: <p>
1.247 jufi 2150: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2151:
1.85 louis 2152: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2153: <ul>
1.85 louis 2154:
1.247 jufi 2155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2156: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2157: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2158: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2159:
2160: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2161: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2162: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2163: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2164: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2165: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2166: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2167: <p>
1.99 louis 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2170: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2171: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2173:
2174: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2175: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2176: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2177: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2178: <p>
1.100 louis 2179:
1.247 jufi 2180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2181: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2182: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2183: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2184:
2185: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2186: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2187: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2188: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2189: <p>
1.95 louis 2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2192: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2193: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2194: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2195:
2196: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2197: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2198: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2199: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2200: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2201: <p>
1.92 louis 2202:
1.247 jufi 2203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2204: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2205: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2206: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2207:
2208: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2209: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2210: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2211: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2212: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2213: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2214: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2215: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2216: <p>
1.91 louis 2217:
1.247 jufi 2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2219: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2220: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2221: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2222:
2223: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2224: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2225: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2226: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2227: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2228: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2229: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2230: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2231: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2232: <p>
1.90 louis 2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2235: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2236: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2237: </strong></font><br>
2238: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2239: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2240: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2241: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2242: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2243: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2244: <p>
2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2247: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2248: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2249: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2250:
1.113 naddy 2251: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2252: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2253: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2254: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2255: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2256: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2257: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2258: <p>
1.87 louis 2259:
1.247 jufi 2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2261: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2262: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2263: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2264:
2265: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2266: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2267: <p>
1.85 louis 2268:
1.247 jufi 2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2270: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2271: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2272: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2273:
2274: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2275: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2276: <p>
2277:
2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2279: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2280: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2281: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2282:
2283: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2284: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2285: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2286: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2287: <p>
1.89 louis 2288:
1.247 jufi 2289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2290: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2291: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2292: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2293:
2294: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2295: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2296: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2297: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2298: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2299: </ul>
1.85 louis 2300:
1.78 deraadt 2301: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2302: <ul>
1.74 louis 2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2305: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2306: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2307: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2308: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2309:
2310: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2311: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2312: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2313: <p>
1.83 louis 2314:
1.247 jufi 2315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2316: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2317: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2318: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2319:
2320: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2321: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2322: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2323: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2324: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2325: <p>
1.93 louis 2326:
1.247 jufi 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2328: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2329: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2330: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2331: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2332:
1.83 louis 2333: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2334: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2335: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2336: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2337: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2338: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2339: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2340: <p>
1.82 aaron 2341:
1.247 jufi 2342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2343: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2344: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2345: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2346:
1.83 louis 2347: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2348: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2349: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2350: <p>
1.80 louis 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2353: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2354: Bad Press</a>,
2355: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2356: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2357:
2358: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2359: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2360: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2361: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2362: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2363: <p>
1.247 jufi 2364: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2365:
2366: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2367: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2370: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2371: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2372: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2373: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2374:
2375: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2376: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2377: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2378: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2379: <p>
1.74 louis 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2382: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2383: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2384: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2385:
1.219 horacio 2386: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2387: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2388: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2389: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2390: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2391: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2392: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2393: <p>
1.88 louis 2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2396: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2397: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2398: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2399:
2400: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2401: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2402: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2403: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2404: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2405: <p>
1.81 louis 2406:
1.247 jufi 2407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2408: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2409: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2410: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2411:
2412: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2413: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2414: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2415: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2416: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2417: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2418: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2419: <p>
1.90 louis 2420:
1.247 jufi 2421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2422: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2423: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2424: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2425:
2426: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2427: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2428: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2429: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2430: <p>
1.247 jufi 2431: </ul>
1.71 louis 2432:
1.69 deraadt 2433: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2434: <ul>
1.70 louis 2435:
1.247 jufi 2436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2437: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2438: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2439: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2440:
2441: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2442: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2443: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2444: <p>
1.70 louis 2445:
1.247 jufi 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2447: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2448: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2450:
2451: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2452: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2453: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2454: <p>
1.68 louis 2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2457: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2458: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2459: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2460: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2461:
1.111 jufi 2462: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2463: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2464: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2465: "secure by default" installation.
2466: <p>
1.64 louis 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2469: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2470: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2471: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2472:
1.113 naddy 2473: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2474: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2475: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2476: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2477: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2478: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2479: <p>
1.66 louis 2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2482: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2483: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2484: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2485:
2486: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2487: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2488: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2489: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2490: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2491: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2492: <p>
1.83 louis 2493:
1.247 jufi 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2495: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2496: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2497: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2498:
2499: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2500: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2501: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2502: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2503: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2504: <p>
1.64 louis 2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2507: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2508: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2510:
2511: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2512: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2513: <p>
1.301 jose 2514:
2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2516: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2517: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2518: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2519: </strong></font><br>
2520:
2521: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2522: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2523: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2524: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2525: Giving way to
2526: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2527: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2528: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2529: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2530: <p>
1.247 jufi 2531: </ul>
1.65 louis 2532:
1.69 deraadt 2533: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2534: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2537: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2538: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2540:
2541: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2542: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2543: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2544: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2545: <p>
1.88 louis 2546:
1.247 jufi 2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2548: <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 2549: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2550:
2551: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2552: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2553: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2554: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2555: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2556: <p>
1.60 louis 2557:
1.247 jufi 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2559: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2560: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2561: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2562: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2563:
2564: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2565: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2566: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2567: <p>
1.58 louis 2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2570: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2571: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2572:
2573: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2574: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2575: <p>
1.53 louis 2576:
1.247 jufi 2577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2578: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2579: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2580: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2581:
2582: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2583: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2584: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2585: <p>
1.99 louis 2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2588: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2589: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2590:
2591: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2592: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2593: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2594: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2595: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2598: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2599: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2600: </strong></font><br>
2601:
2602: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2603: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2604: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2605: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2606: <p>
2607:
1.247 jufi 2608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2609: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2610: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2611: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2612:
2613: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2614: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2615: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2616:
1.247 jufi 2617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2618: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2619: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2620:
2621: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2622: in
1.247 jufi 2623: <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 2624: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2625: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2626: <p>
1.53 louis 2627:
1.247 jufi 2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2629: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2630: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2631: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2633:
1.58 louis 2634: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2635: <p>
1.301 jose 2636:
2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2638: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2639: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2640: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2641: Informacyjny, January 2000
2642: </strong></font><br>
2643:
2644: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2645: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2646: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2647: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2648: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2649: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2650: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2651: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2652: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2653: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2654: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2655: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2656: <p>
2657:
2658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2659: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2660: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2661: </strong></font><br>
2662:
2663: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2664: <p>
2665: </ul>
1.247 jufi 2666: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2667:
1.69 deraadt 2668: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2669: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2672: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2673: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2674: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2676:
1.58 louis 2677: Kurt Seifried
2678: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2679: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2680: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2681: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2682:
1.247 jufi 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2684: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2685: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2686: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2687:
2688: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2689: <p>
1.96 louis 2690:
1.247 jufi 2691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2692: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2693: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2694: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2695: </strong></font><br>
2696:
2697: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2698: <p>
2699:
2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2701: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2702: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2703: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2704:
2705: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2706: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2707: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2708: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2709: <p>
1.247 jufi 2710: </ul>
1.86 louis 2711:
1.69 deraadt 2712: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2713: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2714:
1.247 jufi 2715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2716: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2717: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2718: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2719:
2720: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2721: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2722: <p>
1.61 louis 2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2725: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2726: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2727: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2728: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2729:
2730: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2731: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2732: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2733: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2734: right -- or at least strives to".
2735: <p>
1.48 louis 2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2738: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2739: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2740: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2741: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2742: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2743: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2744: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2745: <p>
1.61 louis 2746:
1.247 jufi 2747: <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 2748: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2749: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2750:
2751: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2752: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2753: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2754: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2755: <p>
1.46 louis 2756:
1.247 jufi 2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2758: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2759: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2760: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2761:
2762: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2763: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2764: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2767: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2768: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2770:
2771: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2772: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2773: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2774: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2775: <p>
1.247 jufi 2776: </ul>
1.70 louis 2777:
1.69 deraadt 2778: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2779: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2782: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2783: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2784: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2785: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2786:
2787: Kurt Seifried
2788: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2789: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2790: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.44 philen 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <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 2794: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2796:
2797: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2798: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: <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 2801: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2802: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2803:
2804: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2805: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2806:
1.247 jufi 2807: <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 2808: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2809: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2810:
2811: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2812: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2813: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2814: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2815: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <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 2818: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2819: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2820:
1.36 louis 2821: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2822: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2825: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2826: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2827: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2828:
2829: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2830: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2831: </ul>
1.38 louis 2832:
1.69 deraadt 2833: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2834: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <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 2837: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2838: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2839:
2840: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2841: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2842: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2843:
1.113 naddy 2844: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2845: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2846: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2847: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2848:
2849: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2850: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2851: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2852: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2853: <blockquote>
2854: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2855: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2856: <br>
2857: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2858: </code>
2859: </blockquote>
2860: <p>
2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2863: <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>
2864: <p>
2865:
2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2867: <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 2868: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2869:
2870: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2871: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2872: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2873: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2874:
1.247 jufi 2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2876: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2877: Sept. 28, 1999
2878: </strong></font><br>
2879:
2880: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2881: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2882: translating and reprinting articles from
2883: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2884: <p>
2885:
2886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2887: <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 2888: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2889:
2890: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2891: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2892: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2893: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2894: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2895: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2896: <p>
1.19 louis 2897:
1.113 naddy 2898: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2899: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2900: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2901:
2902: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2903: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2904: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2905: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2906: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2907: <p>
1.16 louis 2908:
1.247 jufi 2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2910: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2911: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2912: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2913:
1.57 louis 2914: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2915: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2916: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2917: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2920: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2921: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2922: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2923:
1.113 naddy 2924: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2927: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2928: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2929: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2930:
1.23 louis 2931: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2932: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2933: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2934: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2935: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2936: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2939: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2940: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2941: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2942:
1.199 pvalchev 2943: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2944: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2945: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2946: installation.
1.113 naddy 2947: <p>
1.47 louis 2948:
1.247 jufi 2949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2950: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2951: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2952: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2953:
1.301 jose 2954: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
2955: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
2956: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2957: </ul>
1.57 louis 2958:
1.69 deraadt 2959: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2960: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2961:
1.247 jufi 2962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2963: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2964: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2965: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2966:
2967: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2968: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2969: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2970: <p>
1.12 louis 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2973: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2974: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2975: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2976:
2977: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2978: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2979: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2980: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2981: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2982: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2983: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2984: <p>
1.247 jufi 2985: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2986:
1.69 deraadt 2987: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2988: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2989:
1.247 jufi 2990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2991: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2992: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2993:
2994: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2995: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
2996: available."
1.113 naddy 2997: <p>
1.301 jose 2998:
2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3000: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3001: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3002: </strong></font><br>
3003:
3004: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3005: <p>
1.247 jufi 3006: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3007:
1.69 deraadt 3008: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3009: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3010:
1.247 jufi 3011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3012: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3013: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3014:
3015: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3016: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3017: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3018: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3019: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3020: <p>
1.33 louis 3021:
1.247 jufi 3022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3023: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3024: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3025: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3026:
1.113 naddy 3027: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3028: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3029: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3030: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3031: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3032: <p>
1.247 jufi 3033: </ul>
1.57 louis 3034:
1.69 deraadt 3035: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3036: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3039: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3040: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3041: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3042:
3043: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3044: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3045: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3048: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3049: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3050: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3051: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3052:
3053: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3054: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3055:
1.247 jufi 3056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3057: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3058:
1.113 naddy 3059: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3062: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3063: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3064: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3065:
3066: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3067: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3068: </ul>
1.23 louis 3069:
1.69 deraadt 3070: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3071: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3072:
1.247 jufi 3073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3074: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3075: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3076:
3077: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3078: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3079: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3082: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3083: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3084: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3085:
3086: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3087: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3088: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3089: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3090: </ul>
1.57 louis 3091:
1.69 deraadt 3092: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3093: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3094:
1.247 jufi 3095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3096: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3097: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3098: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3099:
3100: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3101: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3102: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3103: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3104: <p>
1.15 louis 3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3107: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3108: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3109: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3110:
3111: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3112: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3113: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3114: columns."
1.113 naddy 3115: <p>
1.247 jufi 3116: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3117:
1.69 deraadt 3118: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3119: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3120:
1.247 jufi 3121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3122: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3123: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3124: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3125:
3126: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3127: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3128:
1.113 naddy 3129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3130: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3131: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3132:
3133: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3134: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3135: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3136: </ul>
1.57 louis 3137:
1.69 deraadt 3138: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3139: <ul>
1.301 jose 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3141: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3142: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3143: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3144:
3145: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3146: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3147: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3148: <p>
3149:
3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3151: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3152: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3153: Nov 13, 1998 and
3154: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3155: Datateknik</a>,
3156: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3157:
3158: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3159: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3160: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3161: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3162: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3163:
1.113 naddy 3164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3165: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3166: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3167: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3168:
1.222 miod 3169: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3170: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3171: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3172: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3173: <p>
1.247 jufi 3174: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3175:
1.69 deraadt 3176: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3177: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3180: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3181: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3182:
1.69 deraadt 3183: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3184: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3185: <p>
1.247 jufi 3186: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3187:
1.69 deraadt 3188: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3189: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3190:
1.247 jufi 3191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3192: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3193: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3194: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3195:
3196: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3197: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3198: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3201: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3202: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3203: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3204: <p>
1.247 jufi 3205: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3206:
1.69 deraadt 3207: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3208: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3211: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3212: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3213: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3214: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3215: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3216:
3217: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3218: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3219: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.113 naddy 3220: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3221: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3222: <p>
1.247 jufi 3223: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3224:
3225: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3226: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3227:
1.247 jufi 3228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3229: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3230: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3231:
1.69 deraadt 3232: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3233: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3234: <p>
1.112 naddy 3235:
1.247 jufi 3236: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3237: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3238:
1.252 miod 3239: </ul>
3240:
1.292 camield 3241: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3242: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3243: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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