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1.18 deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 18:
1.30 deraadt 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/technology/stories/990930/2929913.html>Calgarian heads team ensuring OpenBSD security</a>,
20: , Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999.
21: </strong></font><p>
22: Article quotes people at several Alberta institutions who are using OpenBSD
1.31 ! aaron 23: for its stability, and in particular due to its security as a result of
1.30 deraadt 24: proactive auditing.<p>
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1.29 louis 26: <li><strong>
27: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
28: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999.<br>
29: </strong></font><p>
30:
31: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
32: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
33: with the
34: town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his terminal:
35: <blockquote>
36: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
37: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
38: <br>
39: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
40: </code>
41: </blockquote>
42: <p>
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1.16 louis 44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.28 deraadt 45: <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.<br>
46: <li><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.
1.24 deraadt 47: </strong></font><p>
48:
49: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
50: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 51: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 52: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 53:
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.19 louis 55: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999.
56: </strong></font><p>
57:
58: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
59: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
60: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
61: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
62: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
63: operating system in the world."<p>
64: <p>
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66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.16 louis 67: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
68: </strong></font><p>
69:
70: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
71: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
72: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
73: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
74: <p>
75:
1.1 deraadt 76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 77: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
78: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
79:
80: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
81: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
82: <p>
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84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 85: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
86: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999.
87: </strong></font><p>
88:
1.23 louis 89: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
90: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
91: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
92: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
93: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 94: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 95:
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1.17 deraadt 97: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 98: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
99: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
100:
101: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
102: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
103: of OpenBSD.<p>
104: <p>
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1.8 deraadt 107: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 108: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
109: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 110:
111: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
112: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 113: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
114: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
115: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
116: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
117: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 118: <p>
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120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 121: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 122: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
123: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 124:
1.20 louis 125: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
126: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 127: <p>
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1.6 deraadt 130: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20 louis 131: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 132:
133: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
134: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
135: available."
136: <p>
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138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.23 louis 139: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
140:
141: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
142:
143: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
144: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
145: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
146:
147: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
148: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
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150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 151: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 152: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 153:
154: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
155: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
156: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 160: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 161: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
162: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 163:
164: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
165: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
166: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
167: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
168: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
169: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
170: <p>
171:
172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 173: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
174: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
175: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
176:
177: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
178: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
179: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
180: over to OpenBSD.
181: <p>
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183: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 184: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
185: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
186: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
187:
188: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
189: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
190: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
191: columns."
192: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
195: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
196: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
197: </strong></font><p>
198:
199: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
200: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
201: Implementation, including a brief interview with
202: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
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205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
206: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 207: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 208:
209: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
210: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
211: <p>
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213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
214: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 215: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 216:
217: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
218: OpenBSD is.
219: <p>
220:
221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
222: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 223: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
224: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
225: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 226: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 227:
228: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
229: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
230: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
231: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
232: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 233: <p>
234:
235: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
236: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
237: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
238: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
239:
240: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
241: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
245: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
1.18 deraadt 246: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
247: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
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1.18 deraadt 254: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
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1.17 deraadt 256: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 257: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
258: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 259: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 260:
261: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
262: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
263: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
267: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 268: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 269: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 270: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
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1.20 louis 272: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
273: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 274: explains the licensing issues and points to our
275: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
276: <p>
277:
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1.27 deraadt 280: <hr>
1.20 louis 281: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
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285: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
286: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
287: Sept. 28, 1999
288: </strong></font><p>
289:
290: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
291: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
292: translating and reprinting articles from
293: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
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