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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.
1.308 jose 27: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 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">
1.307 deraadt 37: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
38: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 39: </strong></font>
40: </ul>
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 44: <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1.302 jose 45: [TURKISH] DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 46: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 47: </strong></font><br>
48: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 49: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
50: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
51: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
52: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
53: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
54: auditing.
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>,
1.308 jose 60: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
61: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 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,
1.306 deraadt 69: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 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.
1.308 jose 78: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 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>
1.308 jose 114: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 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>
1.308 jose 138: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 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>
1.308 jose 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>
1.308 jose 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>
1.308 jose 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>
1.308 jose 198: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 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",
1.308 jose 219: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 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>
1.308 jose 227: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 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">
1.309 jose 258: [Article was pulled]</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>
1.308 jose 263: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 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:
1.309 jose 274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
275: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
276: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
277: Globe Technology.
278: </strong></font>
279:
1.263 deraadt 280: </ul>
1.262 beck 281: <p>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 284: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
285: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 286: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 287: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 288: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 289: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
290: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
291: <p>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 294: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
295: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
296: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 297: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 298: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
299: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
300: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
301: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
302: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
303: and simply restates other press reports.
304: <p>
305:
306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 307: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
308: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
309: OS News, April 18, 2003.
310: </strong></font><br>
311: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 315: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
316: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 317: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 318: </strong></font><br>
319: Another report on the DARPA funding.
320: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
321: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 325: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
326: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 327: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 328: </strong></font><br>
329: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
330: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
331: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
332: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
333: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
334: Goes on to say:
335: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
336: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
337: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
338: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 339: This article is also found online at:
340: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
342: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
343: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
344: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 345: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
347: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
348: ZDnet</a>,
349: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 350: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
352: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
353: ZDnet Australia</a>,
354: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 355: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 356: </ul>
1.260 ian 357: <p>
1.279 deraadt 358:
1.260 ian 359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 360: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 361: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 362: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 363: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 364: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 365: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
366: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
367: without notice or justification.
368: <p>
369:
370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 371: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 372: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 373: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 374: </strong></font><br>
375: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
376: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 377: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 378: effective today, without any warning..."
379: <p>
1.257 ian 380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 382: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
383: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 384: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 385: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 386: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
387: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
388: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
389: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
390: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 391: <p>
392:
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 394: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
395: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 396: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 397: </strong></font><br>
398: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
399: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
400: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
401: quoting two of them:
402: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
403: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
404: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
405: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
406: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
407: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
408: <p>
409:
1.255 ian 410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 411: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
412: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 ! deraadt 413: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 414: </strong></font><br>
1.310 ! deraadt 415: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 416: <p>
417:
418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
419: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskozept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.306 deraadt 420: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 421: </strong></font><br>
422: New security concepts in OpenBSD
423: <p>
424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 426: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
427: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 428: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 429: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 430: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 431: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
432: security experts for more than three decades."
433: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
434: <p>
1.261 ian 435:
1.254 drahn 436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 437: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterst&uuml;tzt OpenBSD</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.299 deraadt 438: April 8, 2003
439: </strong></font><br>
440: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
441: <p>
442:
443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 444: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
445: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 446: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 447: </strong></font><br>
448: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
449: from US DARPA.
450: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
451: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
452: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
453: the BSD license.
454: <p>
455: </ul>
456:
1.251 ian 457: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
458: <ul>
459:
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 461: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
462: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
463: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
464: </strong></font><br>
465:
466: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
467: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
468: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
469: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
470: <p>
471:
472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 473: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
474: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 475: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 476: </strong></font><br>
477: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
478: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
479: Mentions
480: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
481: and
482: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
483: programs.
484: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 485: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 486: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
487: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
488: <p>
1.260 ian 489:
490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
491: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
492: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
493: </strong></font><br>
494: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
495: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
496: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
497: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
498: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
499: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
500: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
501: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
502: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
503: put into service."
504: <p>
505: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
506: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
507: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
508: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
509: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
510: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
511: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
512: computers with security features."
513: <p>
1.251 ian 514: </ul>
515:
1.249 jufi 516: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
517: <ul>
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
519: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
520: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 521: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 522: </strong></font><br>
523: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
524: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 525: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 526: <p>
527: </ul>
528:
1.246 jufi 529: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 530: <ul>
1.246 jufi 531:
1.247 jufi 532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 533: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 534: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
535: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 536: </strong></font><br>
537: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
538: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
539: <p>
540:
1.247 jufi 541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 542: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
543: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
544: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
545: </strong></font><br>
546: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
547: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
548: <p>
549:
550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 551: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 552: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
553: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 554: </strong></font><br>
555: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
556: in their annual OpenHack security test.
557: <p>
1.247 jufi 558: </ul>
1.246 jufi 559:
1.244 jufi 560: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 561: <ul>
1.246 jufi 562:
1.247 jufi 563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 564: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
565: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
566: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 567: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 568: </strong></font><br>
569: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
570: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
571: md5 digests.
572: <p>
573:
1.247 jufi 574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 575: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 576: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
577: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 578: </strong></font><br>
579: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
580: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
581: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
582: right the first time."
583: <p>
1.247 jufi 584: </ul>
1.244 jufi 585:
586:
587: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 588: <ul>
1.244 jufi 589:
1.247 jufi 590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 591: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 592: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
593: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 594: </strong></font><br>
595: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
596: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
597: part 6</a>.
598: <p>
599:
1.247 jufi 600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 601: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 602: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
603: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 604: </strong></font><br>
605: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
606: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
607: <p>
1.301 jose 608:
609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
610: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
611: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
612: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
613: </strong></font><br>
614:
615: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
616: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
617: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
618: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
619: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
620: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
621: <i>Here's the
622: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
623: <p>
1.247 jufi 624: </ul>
1.242 jufi 625:
626: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 627: <ul>
1.242 jufi 628:
1.247 jufi 629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 630: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 631: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
632: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 633: </strong></font><br>
634: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
635: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
636: <p>
637:
1.247 jufi 638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 639: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 640: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
641: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 642: </strong></font><br>
643: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
644: this time using pf.
645: <p>
1.247 jufi 646: </ul>
1.242 jufi 647:
648: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 649: <ul>
1.242 jufi 650:
1.247 jufi 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 652: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 653: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
654: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 655: </strong></font><br>
656: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
657: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
658: their rotation.
659: <p>
660:
1.247 jufi 661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 662: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 663: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
664: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 665: </strong></font><br>
666: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
667: <p>
1.247 jufi 668: </ul>
1.242 jufi 669:
1.239 jufi 670: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 671: <ul>
1.239 jufi 672:
1.247 jufi 673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 674: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 675: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
676: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 677: </strong></font><br>
678: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
679: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
680: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
681: <p>
682:
1.247 jufi 683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 684: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 685: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
686: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 687: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 688: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
689: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
690: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 691: <p>
1.247 jufi 692: </ul>
1.239 jufi 693:
1.235 lebel 694: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 695: <ul>
1.235 lebel 696:
1.239 jufi 697:
1.247 jufi 698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 699: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 700: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
701: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 702: </strong></font><br>
703: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
704: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
705: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
706: <p>
1.301 jose 707:
1.247 jufi 708: </ul>
1.235 lebel 709:
1.228 horacio 710: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 711: <ul>
1.228 horacio 712:
1.247 jufi 713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 714: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 715: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
716: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 717: </strong></font><br>
718: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
719: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
720: <p>
721:
1.247 jufi 722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 723: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 724: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
725: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 726: </strong></font><br>
727: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
728: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
729: <p>
730:
1.247 jufi 731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 732: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 733: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
734: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 735: </strong></font><br>
736: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
737: on the desktop of his parents.
738: <p>
739:
1.247 jufi 740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 741: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 742: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
743: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 744: </strong></font><br>
745: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
746: using IPFilter.
747:
748: <p>
749:
1.247 jufi 750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 751: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 752: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
753: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 754: </strong></font><br>
755: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
756: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
757: perspectives of the four OS.
758: <br>
759: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 760: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 761: <p>
762:
1.247 jufi 763: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 764: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
765: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 766: software and security</a>,
767: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 768: </strong></font><br>
769:
770: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
771: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
772: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
773: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
774: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
775: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
776: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
777: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
778: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
779: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
780: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
781: security conscious team beyond doubt.
782: <p>
1.247 jufi 783: </ul>
1.228 horacio 784:
1.225 horacio 785: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 786: <ul>
1.225 horacio 787:
1.247 jufi 788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 789: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
790: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 791: Interview</a>,
792: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 793: </strong></font><br>
794:
795: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
796: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
797: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 798: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 799: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
800: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
801: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
802: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
803: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 804: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 805: of choice.
806: <p>
1.247 jufi 807: </ul>
1.225 horacio 808:
809: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 810: <ul>
1.225 horacio 811:
1.247 jufi 812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 813: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 814: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
815: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 816: </strong></font><br>
817:
818: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
819: <p>
820:
1.247 jufi 821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 822: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 823: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
824: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 825: </strong></font><br>
826:
827: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
828: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
829: <p>
1.247 jufi 830: </ul>
1.225 horacio 831:
1.218 horacio 832: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 833: <ul>
1.218 horacio 834:
1.247 jufi 835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 836: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 837: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
838: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 839: </strong></font><br>
840:
841: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
842: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
843: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
844: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
845: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
846: subjects. Worth a read.
847: <p>
848:
849:
1.247 jufi 850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 851: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 852: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
853: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 854: </strong></font><br>
855:
856: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
857: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
858: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
859: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
860: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
861: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
862: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
863: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
864: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 865: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 866: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
867: on other operating systems.<br>
868: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
869: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
870: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
871: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
872: <p>
873:
1.247 jufi 874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 875: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 876: Operating System 2010</a>,
877: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 878: </strong></font><br>
879:
880: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
881: covering the level of software integration into the core
882: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
883: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
884: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
885: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
886: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
887: <p>
888:
1.247 jufi 889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 890: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 891: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
892: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 893: </strong></font><br>
894:
895: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
896: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
897: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
898: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
899: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
900: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
901: <p>
1.247 jufi 902: </ul>
1.221 horacio 903:
1.210 jufi 904: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 905: <ul>
1.215 horacio 906:
1.247 jufi 907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 908: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 909: Already a Contender</a>,
910: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 911: </strong></font><br>
912:
913: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
914: source software in response to an article which claimed that
915: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
916: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
917: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
918: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
919: <p>
920:
1.247 jufi 921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 922: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 923: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
924: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 925: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 926:
1.224 horacio 927: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
928: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
929: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
930: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
931: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
932: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 933: <p>
1.247 jufi 934: </ul>
1.215 horacio 935:
936: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 937: <ul>
1.215 horacio 938:
1.247 jufi 939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 940: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
941: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 942: Division</a>,
943: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 944: </strong></font><br>
945:
946: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
947: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 948: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 949: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
950: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
951: investment</em>.<br>
952: The implementation details can be seen on their
953: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
954: <p>
955:
1.247 jufi 956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 957: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
958: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
959: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
960: </strong></font><br>
961:
962: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
963: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
964: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
965: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
966: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
967: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
968: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
969: <p>
970:
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 972: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 973: Thinking about Security</a>,
974: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 975: </strong></font><br>
976:
977: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
978: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
979: security and says that even secured operating systems running
980: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
981: to time.<br>
982: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
983: system and just the most secure system.
984: <p>
985:
1.247 jufi 986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 987: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 988: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
989: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 990: </strong></font><br>
991:
992: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
993: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
994: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
995: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
996: choice:<br>
997: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
998: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
999: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1000: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1001: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1002: network security devices and as such must be well
1003: armored."</em><br>
1004: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1005: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1006: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1007: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1008: <br>
1009: Bravo!
1010: <p>
1.247 jufi 1011: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1012:
1.207 ian 1013: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1014: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1015:
1.247 jufi 1016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1017: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1018: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1019: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1020:
1.207 ian 1021: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1022: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1023: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1024: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1025: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1026: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1027: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1028: <p>
1.247 jufi 1029: </ul>
1.207 ian 1030:
1.194 jufi 1031: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1032: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1033:
1.247 jufi 1034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1035: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1036: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1037: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1038: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1039:
1.240 miod 1040: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1041: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1042: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1043: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1044: <p>
1045:
1.247 jufi 1046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1047: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1048: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1049: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1052: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1053: <p>
1054:
1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1056: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1057: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1058: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1059:
1060: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1061: <p>
1062:
1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1064: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1065: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1066: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1067: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1068:
1.240 miod 1069: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1070: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1071: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1072: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1073: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1074: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1075: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1076: <br>
1077: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1078: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1079: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1080: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1081: <p>
1082:
1.247 jufi 1083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1084: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1085: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1086: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1087: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1088:
1.194 jufi 1089: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1090: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1091: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1092: <br>
1093: The new
1094: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1095: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1096: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1097: <p>
1.247 jufi 1098: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1099:
1.190 horacio 1100: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1101: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1102:
1.247 jufi 1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1104:
1105: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1106: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1107:
1.301 jose 1108:
1.191 jufi 1109: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1110: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1111:
1112: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1113: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1114:
1.212 horacio 1115: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1116: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1117: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1118:
1.211 horacio 1119: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1120: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1121: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1122:
1.247 jufi 1123: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1124: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1125:
1.247 jufi 1126: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1127: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1128:
1.212 horacio 1129: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1130: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1131: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1132:
1133: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1134: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1135:
1136: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1137: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1138:
1.301 jose 1139: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1140: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1141:
1.191 jufi 1142: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1143: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1144:
1145: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1146: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1147:
1.192 jufi 1148: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1149: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1150: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1151:
1.193 deraadt 1152: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1153: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1154: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1155:
1.247 jufi 1156: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1157: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1158:
1.247 jufi 1159: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1160: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1161: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1162:
1.213 horacio 1163: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1164: 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 1165: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1166:
1.190 horacio 1167: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1168: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1169: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1170: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1171: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1172: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1173: <p>
1.190 horacio 1174:
1.247 jufi 1175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1176: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1177: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1178: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1179: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1180:
1.195 jufi 1181: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1182: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1183: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1184: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1185: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1186: <p>
1187:
1.247 jufi 1188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1189: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1190: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1191: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1192: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1193:
1.191 jufi 1194: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1195: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1196: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1197: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1198: <p>
1199:
1200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1201: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1202: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1203: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1204:
1205: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1206: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1207: <p>
1.247 jufi 1208: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1209:
1.191 jufi 1210:
1.186 jufi 1211: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1212: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1213:
1.247 jufi 1214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1215: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1216: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1217: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1219:
1.188 jufi 1220: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1221: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1222: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1223: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1224: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1225: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1226: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1227: <p>
1228:
1.301 jose 1229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1230: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1231: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1232: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1233:
1234: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1235: <p>
1.191 jufi 1236:
1.247 jufi 1237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1238: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1239: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1240: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1241: </strong></font><br>
1242:
1243: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1244: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1245: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1246: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1247: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1248: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1249: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1250: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1251: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1252: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1253: familiar?
1254: <p>
1.247 jufi 1255: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1256:
1.178 louis 1257: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1258: <ul>
1.178 louis 1259:
1.247 jufi 1260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1261: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1262: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1263: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1264: </strong></font><br>
1265:
1266: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1267: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1268: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1269: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1270: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1271: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1272: <p>
1273:
1.247 jufi 1274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1275: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1276: Open source under the hood</a>,
1277: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1278: </strong></font><br>
1279:
1280: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1281: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1282: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1283: <p>
1284:
1.247 jufi 1285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1286: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1287: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1288: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1289: </strong></font><br>
1290:
1291: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1292: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1293: <p>
1.247 jufi 1294: </ul>
1.179 louis 1295:
1.174 louis 1296:
1.175 louis 1297: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1298: <ul>
1.175 louis 1299:
1.247 jufi 1300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1301: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1302: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1303: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1304: </strong></font><br>
1305:
1306: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1307: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1308: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1309: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1310: <p>
1311:
1.247 jufi 1312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1313: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1314: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1315: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1316: </strong></font><br>
1317:
1318: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1319: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1320: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1321: <p>
1.247 jufi 1322: </ul>
1.175 louis 1323:
1.176 louis 1324:
1.172 mickey 1325: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1326: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1329: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1330: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1331: </strong></font><br>
1332:
1333: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1334: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1335: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1336: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1337: <p>
1338:
1.247 jufi 1339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1340: <a
1.269 deraadt 1341: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1342: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1343: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1344: </strong></font><br>
1345:
1346: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1347: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1348: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1349: <p>
1350:
1.247 jufi 1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1352: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1353: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1354: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1355: </strong></font><br>
1356:
1357: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1358: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1359: <p>
1360:
1.247 jufi 1361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1362: <a
1.269 deraadt 1363: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1364: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1365: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1366: </strong></font><br>
1367:
1368: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1369: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1370: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1371: our own Theo de Raadt.
1372: <p>
1373:
1.247 jufi 1374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1375: <a
1.269 deraadt 1376: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1377: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1378: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1379: </strong></font><br>
1380:
1381: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1382: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1383: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1384: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1385: shut down.]
1386: <p>
1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1389: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1390: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1391: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1392: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1393: </strong></font><br>
1394:
1395: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1396: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1397: <p>
1.247 jufi 1398: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1399:
1.161 louis 1400: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1401: <ul>
1.161 louis 1402:
1.247 jufi 1403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1404: <a
1.269 deraadt 1405: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1406: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1407: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1408: </strong></font><br>
1409:
1410: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1411: by John Wolley
1412: <p>
1413:
1.247 jufi 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1415: <a
1.269 deraadt 1416: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1417: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1418: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1419: </strong></font><br>
1420:
1421: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1422: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1423: OpenBSD).
1424: <p>
1425:
1.247 jufi 1426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1427: <a
1.247 jufi 1428: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1429: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1430: </strong></font><br>
1431:
1432: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1433: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1434: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1435: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1436: and hindsight.
1437: <p>
1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1440: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1441: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1442: </strong></font><br>
1443:
1444: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1445: <p>
1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1448: <a
1.168 provos 1449: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1450: December 7, 2000
1451: </strong></font><br>
1452:
1453: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1454: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1455: us explain.
1456: <p>
1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1459: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1460: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1461: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1462: December 6, 2000
1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1466: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1467: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1468: <p>
1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1471: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1472: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1473: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1477: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1478: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1479: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1480: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1481: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1482: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1483: <p>
1484:
1485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1486: <a
1.226 horacio 1487: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1488: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1489: </strong></font><br>
1490:
1491: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1492: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1493: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1494: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1495: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1496: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1497: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1498: <p>
1.162 millert 1499:
1.247 jufi 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1501: <a
1.161 louis 1502: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1503: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1504: </strong></font><br>
1505:
1506: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1507: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1508: <p>
1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1511: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1512: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1513: </strong></font><br>
1514:
1515: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1516: <p>
1517:
1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1520: <a
1.226 horacio 1521: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1522: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1523: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1524: </strong></font><br>
1525:
1526: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1527: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1528: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1529: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1530: <p>
1.247 jufi 1531: </ul>
1.169 louis 1532:
1.158 louis 1533: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1534: <ul>
1.147 louis 1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1537: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1538: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1539: </strong></font><br>
1540:
1541: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1542: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1543: <p>
1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1546: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1547: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1548: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1549: </strong></font><br>
1550: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1551: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1552: <p>
1553:
1.247 jufi 1554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1555: <a
1556: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1557: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1558: </strong></font><br>
1559:
1560: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1561: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1562: <p>
1563:
1.247 jufi 1564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1565: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1566: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1567: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1568:
1.213 horacio 1569: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1570: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1571: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1572: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1573: <p>
1.215 horacio 1574:
1.247 jufi 1575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1576: <a
1577: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1578: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1579: </strong></font><br>
1580:
1581: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1582: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1583: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1584: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1585: much of the attitude too).
1586: <p>
1.161 louis 1587:
1.247 jufi 1588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1589: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1590: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1591: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1592:
1.157 louis 1593: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1594: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1595: <p>
1.247 jufi 1596: </ul>
1.157 louis 1597:
1598: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1599: <ul>
1.157 louis 1600:
1.247 jufi 1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1602: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1603: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1604: </strong></font><br>
1605:
1606: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1607: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1608: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1609: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1610: <p>
1611:
1.247 jufi 1612: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1613: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1614: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1615: </strong></font><br>
1616:
1617: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1618: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1619: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1620: it because they love coding...
1621: <p>
1622:
1.247 jufi 1623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1624: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1625: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1626: </strong></font><br>
1627:
1628: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1629: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1630: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1631: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1632: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1633: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1634: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1635: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1636: <p>
1637:
1.247 jufi 1638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1639: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1640: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1641: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1642: </strong></font><br>
1643:
1644: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1645: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1646: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1647: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1648: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1649: the pizza.
1650: <p>
1651:
1.247 jufi 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1653: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1654: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1655: </strong></font><br>
1656:
1657: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1658: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1659: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1660: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1661: problems.
1662: <p>
1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1665: <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 1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1.222 miod 1668: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1669: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1670: - whether they like it or not.
1671: <p>
1672:
1.247 jufi 1673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1674: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1675: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1676: </strong></font><br>
1677:
1678: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1679: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1680: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1681: <p>
1.148 aaron 1682:
1.247 jufi 1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1684: <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 1685: </strong></font><br>
1686:
1687: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1688: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1689: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1690: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1691: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1692: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1693: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1694: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1695: <p>
1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1698: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1699: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1700: </strong></font><br>
1701:
1702: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1703: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1704: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1705: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1706: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1707: <p>
1.247 jufi 1708: </ul>
1.147 louis 1709:
1.138 louis 1710: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1711: <ul>
1.138 louis 1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1714: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1715: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1716: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1717: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1718: </strong></font><br>
1719:
1.227 horacio 1720: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1721: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1722: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1723: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1724: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1725: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1726: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1727: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1728: <p>
1729:
1.247 jufi 1730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1731: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1732: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1733: </strong></font><br>
1734:
1735: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1736: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1737: groups, and even Linux.
1738: <p>
1739:
1.247 jufi 1740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1741: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1742: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1743: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1744: </strong></font><br>
1745:
1746: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1747: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1748: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1749: library after installing the OS.
1750: <p>
1751:
1.247 jufi 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1753: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1754: Sys Admin, September 2000
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1758: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1759: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1760: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1761: (<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>,
1762: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1763: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1764: <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 1765: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1766: out of the system.
1767: <p>
1768:
1.247 jufi 1769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1770: <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
1771: </strong></font><br>
1772:
1773: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1774: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1775: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1776: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1777: the IP filtering and address translation.
1778: <p>
1.301 jose 1779:
1780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1781: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1782: </strong></font><br>
1783:
1784: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1785: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1786: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1787: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1788: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1789: <p>
1.247 jufi 1790: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1791:
1.131 louis 1792: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1793: <ul>
1.131 louis 1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1796: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1797: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1798: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1799: </strong></font><br>
1800:
1801: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1802: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1803: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1804: <p>
1805:
1.247 jufi 1806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1807: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1808: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1809: </strong></font><br>
1810:
1811: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1812: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1813: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1814: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1815: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1816: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1817: note of"</i>.
1818: <p>
1819:
1.247 jufi 1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1821: <a
1.247 jufi 1822: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1823: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1824: </strong></font><br>
1825:
1826: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1827: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1828: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1829: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1830: <p>
1831:
1.247 jufi 1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1833: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1834: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1835: </strong></font><br>
1836:
1837: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1838: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1839: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1840: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1841: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1842: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1843: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1844: <p>
1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1847: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1848: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1849: 2000
1850: </strong></font><br>
1851:
1852: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1853: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1854: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1855: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1856: against current industry practices.
1857: <p>
1858:
1.247 jufi 1859: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1860: <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
1861: </strong></font><br>
1862:
1863: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1864: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1865: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1866: <p>
1867:
1.247 jufi 1868: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1869: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1870: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1871: </strong></font><br>
1872:
1873: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1874: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1875: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1876: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1877: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1878: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1879: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1880: <p>
1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1883: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1884: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1885: </strong></font><br>
1886:
1887: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1888: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1889: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1890: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1891: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1892: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1893: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1894: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1895: <p>
1.247 jufi 1896: </ul>
1.131 louis 1897:
1.118 louis 1898: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1899: <ul>
1.118 louis 1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1902: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1903: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1904: </strong></font><br>
1905:
1906: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1907: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1908: about time. The article mentions that
1909: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1910: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1911: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1912: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1913: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1914: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1915: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1916: <p>
1917:
1.247 jufi 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1919: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1920: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1921: </strong></font><br>
1922:
1923: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1924: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1925: of OpenSSH.
1926: <p>
1927:
1.247 jufi 1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1929: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1930: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1931: </strong></font><br>
1932:
1933: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1934: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1935: bridging.
1936: <p>
1937:
1.247 jufi 1938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1939: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1940: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1941: </strong></font><br>
1942:
1.121 deraadt 1943: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1944: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1945: <p>
1946:
1.247 jufi 1947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1948: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1949: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1950: </strong></font><br>
1951:
1952: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1953: <p>
1954:
1.247 jufi 1955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1956: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1957: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1958: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1959: </strong></font><br>
1960:
1.120 deraadt 1961: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1962: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1963: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1964: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1965: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1966: <p>
1967:
1.247 jufi 1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1969: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1970: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1971: </strong></font><br>
1972:
1.222 miod 1973: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1974: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1975: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1976: protocols and their quirks.
1977: <p>
1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1980: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1981: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1982: </strong></font><br>
1983:
1984: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1985: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1986: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1987: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1988: <p>
1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1991: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1992: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1993: </strong></font><br>
1994:
1995: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
1996: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
1997: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
1998: <p>
1999:
1.247 jufi 2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2001: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2002: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2003: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2004: </strong></font><br>
2005:
2006: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2007: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2008: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2009: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2010: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2011: <p>
1.247 jufi 2012: </ul>
1.118 louis 2013:
1.104 louis 2014: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2015: <ul>
1.104 louis 2016:
1.247 jufi 2017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2018: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2019: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2020: </strong></font><br>
2021:
2022: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2023: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2024: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2025: be a bit dry.
2026: <p>
2027:
1.247 jufi 2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2029: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2030: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2031: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2034: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2035: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2036: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2037: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2038: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2039: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2040: <p>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2043: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2044: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2045: 2000
1.128 louis 2046: </strong></font><br>
2047:
2048: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2049: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2050: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2051: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2052: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2053: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2054: <p>
2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2057: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2058: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2059: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2060:
2061: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2062: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2063: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2064: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2065: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2066: <p>
1.110 louis 2067:
1.247 jufi 2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2069: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2070: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072:
2073: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2074: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2075: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2076: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2077: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2078: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2079: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2080: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2081: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2082: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2083: <p>
2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2086: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2087: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2088:
2089: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2090: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2091: <p>
1.108 louis 2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2094: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2095: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2096: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2097:
2098: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2099: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2100: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2101: <p>
1.106 louis 2102:
1.247 jufi 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2104: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2105: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2106: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2107:
2108: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2109: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2110: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2111: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2112: <p>
1.107 louis 2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2115: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2116: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2117: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2118:
2119: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2120: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2121: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2122: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2123: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2124: <p>
1.105 louis 2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2127: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2128: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2129: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2130:
1.113 naddy 2131: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2132: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2133: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2134: <p>
1.104 louis 2135:
1.247 jufi 2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2137: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2138: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2139: </strong></font><br>
2140:
2141: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2142: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2143: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2144: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2145: <p>
1.301 jose 2146:
2147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2148: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2149: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2150: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2151:
2152: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2153: hardware-supported cryptography.
2154: <p>
1.247 jufi 2155: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2156:
1.85 louis 2157: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2158: <ul>
1.85 louis 2159:
1.247 jufi 2160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2161: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2162: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2163: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2164:
2165: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2166: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2167: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2168: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2169: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2170: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2171: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2172: <p>
1.99 louis 2173:
1.247 jufi 2174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2175: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2176: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2177: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2178:
2179: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2180: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2181: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2182: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2183: <p>
1.100 louis 2184:
1.247 jufi 2185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2186: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2187: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2188: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2189:
2190: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2191: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2192: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2193: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2194: <p>
1.95 louis 2195:
1.247 jufi 2196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2197: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2198: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2199: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2200:
2201: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2202: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2203: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2204: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2205: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2206: <p>
1.92 louis 2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2209: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2210: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2211: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2212:
2213: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2214: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2215: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2216: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2217: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2218: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2219: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2220: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2221: <p>
1.91 louis 2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2224: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2225: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2226: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2227:
2228: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2229: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2230: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2231: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2232: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2233: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2234: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2235: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2236: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2237: <p>
1.90 louis 2238:
1.247 jufi 2239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2240: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2241: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2242: </strong></font><br>
2243: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2244: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2245: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2246: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2247: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2248: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2249: <p>
2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2252: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2253: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2254: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2255:
1.113 naddy 2256: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2257: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2258: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2259: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2260: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2261: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2262: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2263: <p>
1.87 louis 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2266: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2267: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2269:
2270: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2271: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2272: <p>
1.85 louis 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2275: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2276: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2277: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2278:
2279: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2280: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2281: <p>
2282:
2283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2284: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2285: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2286: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2287:
2288: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2289: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2290: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2291: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2292: <p>
1.89 louis 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2295: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2296: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2297: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2298:
2299: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2300: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2301: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2302: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2303: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2304: </ul>
1.85 louis 2305:
1.78 deraadt 2306: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2307: <ul>
1.74 louis 2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2310: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2311: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2312: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2313: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2314:
2315: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2316: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2317: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2318: <p>
1.83 louis 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2321: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2322: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2323: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2324:
2325: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2326: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2327: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2328: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2329: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2330: <p>
1.93 louis 2331:
1.247 jufi 2332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2333: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2334: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2335: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2336: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2337:
1.83 louis 2338: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2339: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2340: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2341: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2342: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2343: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2344: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2345: <p>
1.82 aaron 2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2348: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2349: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2350: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2351:
1.83 louis 2352: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2353: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2354: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2355: <p>
1.80 louis 2356:
1.247 jufi 2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2358: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2359: Bad Press</a>,
2360: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2361: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2362:
2363: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2364: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2365: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2366: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2367: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2368: <p>
1.247 jufi 2369: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2370:
2371: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2372: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2375: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2376: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2377: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2378: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2379:
2380: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2381: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2382: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2383: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2384: <p>
1.74 louis 2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2387: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2388: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2389: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2390:
1.219 horacio 2391: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2392: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2393: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2394: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2395: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2396: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2397: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2398: <p>
1.88 louis 2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2401: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2402: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2403: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2404:
2405: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2406: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2407: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2408: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2409: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2410: <p>
1.81 louis 2411:
1.247 jufi 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2413: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2414: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2415: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2416:
2417: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2418: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2419: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2420: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2421: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2422: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2423: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2424: <p>
1.90 louis 2425:
1.247 jufi 2426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2427: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2428: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2430:
2431: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2432: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2433: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2434: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.247 jufi 2436: </ul>
1.71 louis 2437:
1.69 deraadt 2438: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2439: <ul>
1.70 louis 2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2442: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2443: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2444: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2445:
2446: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2447: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2448: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2449: <p>
1.70 louis 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2452: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2453: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2454: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2455:
2456: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2457: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2458: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2459: <p>
1.68 louis 2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2462: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2463: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2464: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2465: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2466:
1.111 jufi 2467: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2468: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2469: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2470: "secure by default" installation.
2471: <p>
1.64 louis 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2474: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2475: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2476: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2477:
1.113 naddy 2478: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2479: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2480: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2481: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2482: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2483: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2484: <p>
1.66 louis 2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2487: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2488: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2489: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2490:
2491: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2492: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2493: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2494: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2495: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2496: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2497: <p>
1.83 louis 2498:
1.247 jufi 2499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2500: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2501: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2502: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2503:
2504: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2505: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2506: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2507: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2508: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2509: <p>
1.64 louis 2510:
1.247 jufi 2511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2512: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2513: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2514: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2515:
2516: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2517: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2518: <p>
1.301 jose 2519:
2520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2521: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2522: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2523: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2524: </strong></font><br>
2525:
2526: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2527: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2528: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2529: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2530: Giving way to
2531: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2532: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2533: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2534: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2535: <p>
1.247 jufi 2536: </ul>
1.65 louis 2537:
1.69 deraadt 2538: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2539: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2540:
1.247 jufi 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2542: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2543: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2545:
2546: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2547: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2548: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2549: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2550: <p>
1.88 louis 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2553: <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 2554: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2555:
2556: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2557: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2558: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2559: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2560: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2561: <p>
1.60 louis 2562:
1.247 jufi 2563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2564: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2565: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2566: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2568:
2569: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2570: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2571: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2572: <p>
1.58 louis 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2575: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2576: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2577:
2578: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2579: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2580: <p>
1.53 louis 2581:
1.247 jufi 2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2583: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2584: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2585: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2586:
2587: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2588: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2589: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2590: <p>
1.99 louis 2591:
1.247 jufi 2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2593: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2594: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2595:
2596: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2597: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2598: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2599: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2600: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2601:
1.247 jufi 2602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2603: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2604: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2605: </strong></font><br>
2606:
2607: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2608: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2609: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2610: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2611: <p>
2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2614: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2615: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2616: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2617:
2618: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2619: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2620: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2623: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2624: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2625:
2626: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2627: in
1.247 jufi 2628: <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 2629: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2630: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2631: <p>
1.53 louis 2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2634: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2635: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2636: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2638:
1.58 louis 2639: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2640: <p>
1.301 jose 2641:
2642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2643: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2644: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2645: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2646: Informacyjny, January 2000
2647: </strong></font><br>
2648:
2649: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2650: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2651: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2652: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2653: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2654: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2655: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2656: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2657: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2658: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2659: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2660: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2661: <p>
2662:
2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2664: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2665: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2666: </strong></font><br>
2667:
2668: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2669: <p>
2670: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2671:
1.69 deraadt 2672: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2673: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2676: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2677: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2678: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2679: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2680:
1.58 louis 2681: Kurt Seifried
2682: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2683: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2684: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2685: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2688: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2689: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2690: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2691:
2692: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2693: <p>
1.96 louis 2694:
1.247 jufi 2695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2696: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2697: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2698: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2699: </strong></font><br>
2700:
2701: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2702: <p>
2703:
2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2705: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2706: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2707: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2708:
2709: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2710: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2711: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2712: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2713: <p>
1.247 jufi 2714: </ul>
1.86 louis 2715:
1.69 deraadt 2716: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2720: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2721: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2722: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2723:
2724: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2725: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2726: <p>
1.61 louis 2727:
1.247 jufi 2728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2729: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2730: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2731: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2732: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2733:
2734: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2735: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2736: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2737: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2738: right -- or at least strives to".
2739: <p>
1.48 louis 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2742: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2743: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2744: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2745: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2746: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2747: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2748: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2749: <p>
1.61 louis 2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <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 2752: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2753: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2754:
2755: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2756: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2757: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2758: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2759: <p>
1.46 louis 2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2762: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2763: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2764: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2765:
2766: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2767: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2768: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2771: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2772: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2773: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2774:
2775: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2776: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2777: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2778: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2779: <p>
1.247 jufi 2780: </ul>
1.70 louis 2781:
1.69 deraadt 2782: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2783: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2784:
1.247 jufi 2785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2786: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2787: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2788: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2789: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2790:
2791: Kurt Seifried
2792: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2793: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2794: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2795: <p>
1.44 philen 2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <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 2798: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2799: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2800:
2801: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2802: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <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 2805: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2806: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2807:
2808: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2809: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <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 2812: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2813: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2814:
2815: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2816: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2817: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2818: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2819: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <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 2822: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2823: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2824:
1.36 louis 2825: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2826: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2827:
1.247 jufi 2828: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2829: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2830: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2831: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2832:
2833: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2834: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2835: </ul>
1.38 louis 2836:
1.69 deraadt 2837: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2838: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <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 2841: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2842: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2843:
2844: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2845: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2846: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2847:
1.113 naddy 2848: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2849: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2850: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2851: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2852:
2853: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2854: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2855: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2856: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2857: <blockquote>
2858: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2859: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2860: <br>
2861: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2862: </code>
2863: </blockquote>
2864: <p>
2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2867: <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>
2868: <p>
2869:
2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2871: <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 2872: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2873:
2874: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2875: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2876: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2877: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2878:
1.247 jufi 2879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2880: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2881: Sept. 28, 1999
2882: </strong></font><br>
2883:
2884: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2885: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2886: translating and reprinting articles from
2887: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2888: <p>
2889:
2890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2891: <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 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2893:
2894: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2895: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2896: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2897: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2898: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2899: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2900: <p>
1.19 louis 2901:
1.113 naddy 2902: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2903: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2904: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2905:
2906: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2907: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2908: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2909: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2910: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2911: <p>
1.16 louis 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2914: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2915: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2916: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2917:
1.57 louis 2918: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2919: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2920: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2921: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2924: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2925: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2926: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2927:
1.113 naddy 2928: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2931: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2932: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2933: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2934:
1.23 louis 2935: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2936: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2937: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2938: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2939: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2940: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2943: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2944: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2945: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2946:
1.199 pvalchev 2947: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2948: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2949: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2950: installation.
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.47 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2954: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2955: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2956: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2957:
1.301 jose 2958: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
2959: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
2960: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2961: </ul>
1.57 louis 2962:
1.69 deraadt 2963: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2964: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2965:
1.247 jufi 2966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2967: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2968: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2969: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2970:
2971: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2972: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2973: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2974: <p>
1.12 louis 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2977: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2978: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2979: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2980:
2981: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2982: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2983: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2984: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2985: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2986: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2987: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2988: <p>
1.247 jufi 2989: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2990:
1.69 deraadt 2991: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2992: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 2995: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 2996: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 2997:
2998: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
2999: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3000: available."
1.113 naddy 3001: <p>
1.301 jose 3002:
3003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3004: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3005: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3006: </strong></font><br>
3007:
3008: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3009: <p>
1.247 jufi 3010: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3011:
1.69 deraadt 3012: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3013: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3014:
1.247 jufi 3015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3016: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3017: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3018:
3019: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3020: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3021: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3022: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3023: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3024: <p>
1.33 louis 3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3027: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3028: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3029: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3030:
1.113 naddy 3031: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3032: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3033: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3034: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3035: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3036: <p>
1.247 jufi 3037: </ul>
1.57 louis 3038:
1.69 deraadt 3039: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3040: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3041:
1.247 jufi 3042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3043: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3044: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3045: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3046:
3047: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3048: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3049: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3052: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3053: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3054: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3055: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3056:
3057: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3058: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3059:
1.247 jufi 3060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3061: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3062:
1.113 naddy 3063: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3066: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3067: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3068: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3069:
3070: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3071: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3072: </ul>
1.23 louis 3073:
1.69 deraadt 3074: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3075: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3078: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3079: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3080:
3081: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3082: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3083: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3084:
1.247 jufi 3085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3086: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3087: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3088: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3089:
3090: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3091: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3092: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3093: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3094: </ul>
1.57 louis 3095:
1.69 deraadt 3096: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3097: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3098:
1.247 jufi 3099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3100: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3101: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3102: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3103:
3104: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3105: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3106: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3107: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3108: <p>
1.15 louis 3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3111: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3112: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3113: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3114:
3115: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3116: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3117: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3118: columns."
1.113 naddy 3119: <p>
1.247 jufi 3120: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3121:
1.69 deraadt 3122: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3123: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3124:
1.247 jufi 3125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3126: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3127: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3128: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3129:
3130: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3131: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3132:
1.113 naddy 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3134: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3135: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3136:
3137: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3138: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3139: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3140: </ul>
1.57 louis 3141:
1.69 deraadt 3142: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3143: <ul>
1.301 jose 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3145: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3146: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3147: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3148:
3149: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3150: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3151: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3152: <p>
3153:
3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3155: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3156: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3157: Nov 13, 1998 and
3158: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3159: Datateknik</a>,
3160: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3161:
3162: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3163: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3164: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3165: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3166: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3167:
1.113 naddy 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3169: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3170: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3171: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3172:
1.222 miod 3173: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3174: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3175: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3176: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3177: <p>
1.247 jufi 3178: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3179:
1.69 deraadt 3180: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3181: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3184: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3185: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3186:
1.69 deraadt 3187: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3188: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3189: <p>
1.247 jufi 3190: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3191:
1.69 deraadt 3192: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3193: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3194:
1.247 jufi 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3196: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3197: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3198: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3199:
3200: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3201: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3202: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3203:
1.247 jufi 3204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3205: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3206: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3207: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3208: <p>
1.247 jufi 3209: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3210:
1.69 deraadt 3211: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3212: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3213:
1.247 jufi 3214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3215: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3216: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3217: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3218: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3219: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3220:
3221: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3222: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3223: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3224: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3225: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3226: <p>
1.247 jufi 3227: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3228:
3229: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3230: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3231:
1.247 jufi 3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3233: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3234: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3235:
1.69 deraadt 3236: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3237: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3238: <p>
1.112 naddy 3239:
1.247 jufi 3240: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3241: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3242:
1.292 camield 3243: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3244: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3245: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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