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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.16 louis 19:
1.253 ian 20: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
21: <ul>
1.255 ian 22:
1.260 ian 23: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 24: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
25: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
26: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
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>
1.311 ! deraadt 40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 41: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
! 42: detiki-Net</a>,
! 43: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang
! 44: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 45: </ul>
46: <p>
47:
48: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 49: <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1.302 jose 50: [TURKISH] DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 51: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 52: </strong></font><br>
53: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 54: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
55: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
56: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
57: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
58: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
59: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 60: <p>
61:
62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 63: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
64: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 65: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
66: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 67: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
68: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
69: at UPenn and DARPA.
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 73: [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 74: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 75: </strong></font><br>
76: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
77: <p>
78:
79: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 80: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
81: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
82: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 83: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 84: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
85: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
86: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
87: <p>
88:
89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 90: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
91: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 92: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 93: </strong></font><br>
94: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
95: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
96: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 97: American century.
1.267 deraadt 98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 101: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
102: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 103: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 104: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 105: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
106: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
107: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
108: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
109: Can also be found online at:
110: <ul>
111: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
112: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 113: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 114: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 115: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 116: <p>
117:
118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 119: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 120: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 121: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 122: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 123: </strong></font><br>
124: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 125: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
126: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
127: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
128: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
131: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
132: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
133: New York Times.
134: </strong></font>(free registration required)
135:
1.273 deraadt 136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
137: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 138: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 139: ABC News.
140: </strong></font>
141:
142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 143: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 144: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 145: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 146: </strong></font>
147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 149: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 150: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 151: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 152: </strong></font>
153:
154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 155: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
156: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 157: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 158: </strong></font>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 161: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 162: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 163: Times Daily, AL.
164: </strong></font>
165:
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
167: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
168: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
169: Boston.com, MA.
170: </strong></font>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 173: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 174: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 175: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
176: </strong></font>
177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 179: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
180: [Article was pulled]</a>
181: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 182: </strong></font>
183:
184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
185: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
186: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
187: Infoshop News.
188: </strong></font>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
191: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
192: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
193: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
194: </strong></font>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 197: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
198: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
199: Raleigh News, NC.
200: </strong></font>
201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 203: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 204: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
205: NEPA News, PA.
206: </strong></font>
207:
208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
209: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
210: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
211: Wired News.
212: </strong></font>
213:
1.271 deraadt 214: </ul>
215: <p>
1.272 deraadt 216: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
217: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 218: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
219: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
220: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
221: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
222: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
223: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 224: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 225: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
226: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
227: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 228: <p>
229: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 230:
231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 232: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 233: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
234: Indianapolis Star, IN.
235: </strong></font>
236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 238: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
239: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
240: Miami Herald, FL.
241: </strong></font>
242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 244: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 245: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
246: </strong></font>
247:
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
249: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 250: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 251: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 252: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 253:
254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
255: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
256: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
257: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
258: ABC News.
259: </strong></font>
260:
1.276 deraadt 261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
262: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 263: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 264: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 265: </strong></font>
266:
1.286 dhartmei 267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 268: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 269: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
270: Wilmington Star, NC.
271: </strong></font>
272:
1.300 jose 273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
274: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
275: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
276: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
277: </strong></font>
278:
1.309 jose 279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
280: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
281: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
282: Globe Technology.
283: </strong></font>
284:
1.263 deraadt 285: </ul>
1.262 beck 286: <p>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 289: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
290: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 291: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 292: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 293: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 294: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
295: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
296: <p>
297:
298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 299: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
300: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
301: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 302: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 303: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
304: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
305: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
306: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
307: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
308: and simply restates other press reports.
309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 312: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
313: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
314: OS News, April 18, 2003.
315: </strong></font><br>
316: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
317: <p>
318:
319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 320: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
321: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 322: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 323: </strong></font><br>
324: Another report on the DARPA funding.
325: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
326: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
327: <p>
328:
329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 330: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
331: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 332: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 333: </strong></font><br>
334: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
335: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
336: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
337: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
338: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
339: Goes on to say:
340: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
341: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
342: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
343: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 344: This article is also found online at:
345: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
347: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
348: BusinessWeek.com</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://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
353: ZDnet</a>,
354: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 355: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
357: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
358: ZDnet Australia</a>,
359: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 360: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 361: </ul>
1.260 ian 362: <p>
1.279 deraadt 363:
1.260 ian 364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 365: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 366: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 367: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 368: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 369: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 370: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
371: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
372: without notice or justification.
373: <p>
374:
375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 376: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 377: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 378: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 379: </strong></font><br>
380: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
381: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 382: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 383: effective today, without any warning..."
384: <p>
1.257 ian 385:
386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 387: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
388: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 389: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 390: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 391: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
392: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
393: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
394: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
395: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 396: <p>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 399: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
400: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 401: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 402: </strong></font><br>
403: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
404: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
405: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
406: quoting two of them:
407: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
408: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
409: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
410: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
411: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
412: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
413: <p>
414:
1.255 ian 415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 416: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
417: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 418: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 419: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 420: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 421: <p>
422:
423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
424: [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 425: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 426: </strong></font><br>
427: New security concepts in OpenBSD
428: <p>
429:
430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 431: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
432: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 433: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 434: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 435: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 436: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
437: security experts for more than three decades."
438: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
439: <p>
1.261 ian 440:
1.254 drahn 441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 442: [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 443: April 8, 2003
444: </strong></font><br>
445: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 449: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
450: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 451: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 452: </strong></font><br>
453: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
454: from US DARPA.
455: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
456: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
457: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
458: the BSD license.
459: <p>
460: </ul>
461:
1.251 ian 462: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
463: <ul>
464:
465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 466: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
467: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
468: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
469: </strong></font><br>
470:
471: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
472: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
473: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
474: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
475: <p>
476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 478: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
479: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 480: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 481: </strong></font><br>
482: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
483: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
484: Mentions
485: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
486: and
487: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
488: programs.
489: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 490: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 491: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
492: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
493: <p>
1.260 ian 494:
495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
496: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
497: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
498: </strong></font><br>
499: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
500: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
501: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
502: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
503: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
504: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
505: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
506: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
507: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
508: put into service."
509: <p>
510: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
511: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
512: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
513: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
514: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
515: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
516: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
517: computers with security features."
518: <p>
1.251 ian 519: </ul>
520:
1.249 jufi 521: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
522: <ul>
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
524: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
525: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 526: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 527: </strong></font><br>
528: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
529: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 530: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 531: <p>
532: </ul>
533:
1.246 jufi 534: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 535: <ul>
1.246 jufi 536:
1.247 jufi 537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 538: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 539: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
540: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 541: </strong></font><br>
542: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
543: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
544: <p>
545:
1.247 jufi 546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 547: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
548: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
549: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
550: </strong></font><br>
551: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
552: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
553: <p>
554:
555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 556: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 557: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
558: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 559: </strong></font><br>
560: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
561: in their annual OpenHack security test.
562: <p>
1.247 jufi 563: </ul>
1.246 jufi 564:
1.244 jufi 565: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 566: <ul>
1.246 jufi 567:
1.247 jufi 568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 569: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
570: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
571: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 572: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 573: </strong></font><br>
574: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
575: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
576: md5 digests.
577: <p>
578:
1.247 jufi 579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 580: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 581: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
582: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 583: </strong></font><br>
584: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
585: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
586: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
587: right the first time."
588: <p>
1.247 jufi 589: </ul>
1.244 jufi 590:
591:
592: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 593: <ul>
1.244 jufi 594:
1.247 jufi 595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 596: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 597: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
598: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 599: </strong></font><br>
600: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
601: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
602: part 6</a>.
603: <p>
604:
1.247 jufi 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 606: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 607: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
608: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 609: </strong></font><br>
610: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
611: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
612: <p>
1.301 jose 613:
614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
615: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
616: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
617: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
618: </strong></font><br>
619:
620: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
621: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
622: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
623: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
624: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
625: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
626: <i>Here's the
627: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
628: <p>
1.247 jufi 629: </ul>
1.242 jufi 630:
631: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 632: <ul>
1.242 jufi 633:
1.247 jufi 634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 635: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 636: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
637: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 638: </strong></font><br>
639: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
640: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
641: <p>
642:
1.247 jufi 643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 644: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 645: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
646: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 647: </strong></font><br>
648: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
649: this time using pf.
650: <p>
1.247 jufi 651: </ul>
1.242 jufi 652:
653: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 654: <ul>
1.242 jufi 655:
1.247 jufi 656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 657: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 658: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
659: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 660: </strong></font><br>
661: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
662: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
663: their rotation.
664: <p>
665:
1.247 jufi 666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 667: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 668: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
669: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 670: </strong></font><br>
671: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
672: <p>
1.247 jufi 673: </ul>
1.242 jufi 674:
1.239 jufi 675: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 676: <ul>
1.239 jufi 677:
1.247 jufi 678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 679: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 680: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
681: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 682: </strong></font><br>
683: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
684: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
685: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
686: <p>
687:
1.247 jufi 688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 689: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 690: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
691: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 692: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 693: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
694: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
695: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 696: <p>
1.247 jufi 697: </ul>
1.239 jufi 698:
1.235 lebel 699: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 700: <ul>
1.235 lebel 701:
1.239 jufi 702:
1.247 jufi 703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 704: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 705: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
706: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 707: </strong></font><br>
708: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
709: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
710: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
711: <p>
1.301 jose 712:
1.247 jufi 713: </ul>
1.235 lebel 714:
1.228 horacio 715: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 716: <ul>
1.228 horacio 717:
1.247 jufi 718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 719: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 720: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
721: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 722: </strong></font><br>
723: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
724: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
725: <p>
726:
1.247 jufi 727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 728: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 729: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
730: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 731: </strong></font><br>
732: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
733: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
734: <p>
735:
1.247 jufi 736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 737: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 738: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
739: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 740: </strong></font><br>
741: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
742: on the desktop of his parents.
743: <p>
744:
1.247 jufi 745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 746: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 747: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
748: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 749: </strong></font><br>
750: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
751: using IPFilter.
752:
753: <p>
754:
1.247 jufi 755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 756: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 757: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
758: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 759: </strong></font><br>
760: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
761: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
762: perspectives of the four OS.
763: <br>
764: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 765: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 766: <p>
767:
1.247 jufi 768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 769: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
770: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 771: software and security</a>,
772: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 773: </strong></font><br>
774:
775: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
776: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
777: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
778: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
779: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
780: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
781: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
782: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
783: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
784: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
785: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
786: security conscious team beyond doubt.
787: <p>
1.247 jufi 788: </ul>
1.228 horacio 789:
1.225 horacio 790: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 791: <ul>
1.225 horacio 792:
1.247 jufi 793: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 794: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
795: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 796: Interview</a>,
797: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 798: </strong></font><br>
799:
800: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
801: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
802: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 803: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 804: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
805: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
806: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
807: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
808: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 809: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 810: of choice.
811: <p>
1.247 jufi 812: </ul>
1.225 horacio 813:
814: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 815: <ul>
1.225 horacio 816:
1.247 jufi 817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 818: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 819: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
820: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 821: </strong></font><br>
822:
823: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
824: <p>
825:
1.247 jufi 826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 827: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 828: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
829: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 830: </strong></font><br>
831:
832: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
833: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
834: <p>
1.247 jufi 835: </ul>
1.225 horacio 836:
1.218 horacio 837: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 838: <ul>
1.218 horacio 839:
1.247 jufi 840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 841: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 842: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
843: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 844: </strong></font><br>
845:
846: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
847: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
848: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
849: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
850: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
851: subjects. Worth a read.
852: <p>
853:
854:
1.247 jufi 855: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 856: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 857: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
858: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 859: </strong></font><br>
860:
861: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
862: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
863: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
864: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
865: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
866: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
867: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
868: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
869: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 870: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 871: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
872: on other operating systems.<br>
873: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
874: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
875: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
876: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
877: <p>
878:
1.247 jufi 879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 880: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 881: Operating System 2010</a>,
882: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 883: </strong></font><br>
884:
885: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
886: covering the level of software integration into the core
887: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
888: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
889: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
890: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
891: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
892: <p>
893:
1.247 jufi 894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 895: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 896: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
897: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 898: </strong></font><br>
899:
900: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
901: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
902: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
903: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
904: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
905: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
906: <p>
1.247 jufi 907: </ul>
1.221 horacio 908:
1.210 jufi 909: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 910: <ul>
1.215 horacio 911:
1.247 jufi 912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 913: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 914: Already a Contender</a>,
915: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 916: </strong></font><br>
917:
918: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
919: source software in response to an article which claimed that
920: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
921: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
922: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
923: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
924: <p>
925:
1.247 jufi 926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 927: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 928: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
929: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 930: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 931:
1.224 horacio 932: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
933: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
934: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
935: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
936: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
937: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 938: <p>
1.247 jufi 939: </ul>
1.215 horacio 940:
941: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 942: <ul>
1.215 horacio 943:
1.247 jufi 944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 945: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
946: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 947: Division</a>,
948: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 949: </strong></font><br>
950:
951: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
952: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 953: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 954: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
955: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
956: investment</em>.<br>
957: The implementation details can be seen on their
958: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
959: <p>
960:
1.247 jufi 961: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 962: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
963: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
964: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
965: </strong></font><br>
966:
967: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
968: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
969: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
970: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
971: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
972: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
973: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
974: <p>
975:
976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 977: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 978: Thinking about Security</a>,
979: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 980: </strong></font><br>
981:
982: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
983: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
984: security and says that even secured operating systems running
985: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
986: to time.<br>
987: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
988: system and just the most secure system.
989: <p>
990:
1.247 jufi 991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 992: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 993: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
994: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 995: </strong></font><br>
996:
997: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
998: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
999: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1000: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1001: choice:<br>
1002: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1003: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1004: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1005: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1006: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1007: network security devices and as such must be well
1008: armored."</em><br>
1009: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1010: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1011: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1012: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1013: <br>
1014: Bravo!
1015: <p>
1.247 jufi 1016: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1017:
1.207 ian 1018: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1019: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1020:
1.247 jufi 1021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1022: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1023: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1024: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1025:
1.207 ian 1026: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1027: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1028: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1029: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1030: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1031: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1032: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1033: <p>
1.247 jufi 1034: </ul>
1.207 ian 1035:
1.194 jufi 1036: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1037: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1038:
1.247 jufi 1039: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1040: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1041: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1042: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1043: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1044:
1.240 miod 1045: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1046: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1047: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1048: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1049: <p>
1050:
1.247 jufi 1051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1052: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1053: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1054: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1055:
1056: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1057: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1058: <p>
1059:
1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1061: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1062: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1063: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1064:
1065: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1066: <p>
1067:
1068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1069: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1070: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1071: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1072: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1073:
1.240 miod 1074: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1075: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1076: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1077: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1078: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1079: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1080: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1081: <br>
1082: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1083: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1084: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1085: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1086: <p>
1087:
1.247 jufi 1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1089: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1090: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1091: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1092: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1093:
1.194 jufi 1094: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1095: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1096: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1097: <br>
1098: The new
1099: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1100: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1101: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1102: <p>
1.247 jufi 1103: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1104:
1.190 horacio 1105: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1106: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1107:
1.247 jufi 1108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1109:
1110: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1111: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1112:
1.301 jose 1113:
1.191 jufi 1114: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1115: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1116:
1117: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1118: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1119:
1.212 horacio 1120: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1121: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1122: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1123:
1.211 horacio 1124: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1125: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1126: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1127:
1.247 jufi 1128: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1129: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1130:
1.247 jufi 1131: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1132: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1133:
1.212 horacio 1134: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1135: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1136: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1137:
1138: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1139: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1140:
1141: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1142: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1143:
1.301 jose 1144: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1145: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1146:
1.191 jufi 1147: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1148: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1149:
1150: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1151: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1152:
1.192 jufi 1153: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1154: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1155: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1156:
1.193 deraadt 1157: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1158: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1159: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1160:
1.247 jufi 1161: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1162: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1165: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1166: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1167:
1.213 horacio 1168: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1169: 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 1170: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1171:
1.190 horacio 1172: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1173: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1174: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1175: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1176: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1177: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1178: <p>
1.190 horacio 1179:
1.247 jufi 1180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1181: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1182: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1183: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1184: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1185:
1.195 jufi 1186: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1187: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1188: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1189: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1190: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1191: <p>
1192:
1.247 jufi 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1194: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1195: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1196: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1197: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1198:
1.191 jufi 1199: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1200: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1201: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1202: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1203: <p>
1204:
1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1206: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1207: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1208: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1209:
1210: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1211: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1212: <p>
1.247 jufi 1213: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1214:
1.191 jufi 1215:
1.186 jufi 1216: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1217: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1218:
1.247 jufi 1219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1220: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1221: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1222: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1223: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1224:
1.188 jufi 1225: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1226: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1227: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1228: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1229: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1230: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1231: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1232: <p>
1233:
1.301 jose 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1235: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1236: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1237: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1238:
1239: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1240: <p>
1.191 jufi 1241:
1.247 jufi 1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1243: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1244: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1245: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1246: </strong></font><br>
1247:
1248: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1249: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1250: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1251: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1252: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1253: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1254: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1255: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1256: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1257: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1258: familiar?
1259: <p>
1.247 jufi 1260: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1261:
1.178 louis 1262: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1263: <ul>
1.178 louis 1264:
1.247 jufi 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1266: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1267: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1268: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1269: </strong></font><br>
1270:
1271: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1272: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1273: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1274: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1275: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1276: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1277: <p>
1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1280: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1281: Open source under the hood</a>,
1282: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1286: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1287: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1288: <p>
1289:
1.247 jufi 1290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1291: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1292: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1293: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1294: </strong></font><br>
1295:
1296: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1297: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1298: <p>
1.247 jufi 1299: </ul>
1.179 louis 1300:
1.174 louis 1301:
1.175 louis 1302: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1303: <ul>
1.175 louis 1304:
1.247 jufi 1305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1306: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1307: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1308: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1309: </strong></font><br>
1310:
1311: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1312: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1313: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1314: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1315: <p>
1316:
1.247 jufi 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1318: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1319: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1320: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1321: </strong></font><br>
1322:
1323: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1324: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1325: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1326: <p>
1.247 jufi 1327: </ul>
1.175 louis 1328:
1.176 louis 1329:
1.172 mickey 1330: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1331: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1332:
1.247 jufi 1333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1334: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1335: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1336: </strong></font><br>
1337:
1338: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1339: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1340: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1341: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1342: <p>
1343:
1.247 jufi 1344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1345: <a
1.269 deraadt 1346: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1347: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1348: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1352: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1353: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1354: <p>
1355:
1.247 jufi 1356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1357: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1358: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1359: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1360: </strong></font><br>
1361:
1362: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1363: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1367: <a
1.269 deraadt 1368: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1369: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1370: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1371: </strong></font><br>
1372:
1373: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1374: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1375: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1376: our own Theo de Raadt.
1377: <p>
1378:
1.247 jufi 1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1380: <a
1.269 deraadt 1381: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1382: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1383: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1384: </strong></font><br>
1385:
1386: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1387: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1388: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1389: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1390: shut down.]
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1394: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1395: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1396: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1397: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1398: </strong></font><br>
1399:
1400: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1401: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1402: <p>
1.247 jufi 1403: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1404:
1.161 louis 1405: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1406: <ul>
1.161 louis 1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1409: <a
1.269 deraadt 1410: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1411: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1412: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1413: </strong></font><br>
1414:
1415: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1416: by John Wolley
1417: <p>
1418:
1.247 jufi 1419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1420: <a
1.269 deraadt 1421: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1422: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1423: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1424: </strong></font><br>
1425:
1426: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1427: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1428: OpenBSD).
1429: <p>
1430:
1.247 jufi 1431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1432: <a
1.247 jufi 1433: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1434: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1435: </strong></font><br>
1436:
1437: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1438: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1439: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1440: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1441: and hindsight.
1442: <p>
1443:
1.247 jufi 1444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1445: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1446: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1447: </strong></font><br>
1448:
1449: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1450: <p>
1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1453: <a
1.168 provos 1454: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1455: December 7, 2000
1456: </strong></font><br>
1457:
1458: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1459: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1460: us explain.
1461: <p>
1462:
1.247 jufi 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1464: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1465: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1466: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1467: December 6, 2000
1468: </strong></font><br>
1469:
1470: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1471: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1472: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1473: <p>
1474:
1.247 jufi 1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1476: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1477: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1478: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1479: </strong></font><br>
1480:
1481: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1482: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1483: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1484: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1485: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1486: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1487: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1488: <p>
1489:
1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1491: <a
1.226 horacio 1492: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1493: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1494: </strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1497: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1498: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1499: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1500: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1501: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1502: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1503: <p>
1.162 millert 1504:
1.247 jufi 1505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1506: <a
1.161 louis 1507: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1508: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1509: </strong></font><br>
1510:
1511: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1512: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1513: <p>
1514:
1.247 jufi 1515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1516: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1517: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1518: </strong></font><br>
1519:
1520: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1521: <p>
1522:
1523:
1.247 jufi 1524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1525: <a
1.226 horacio 1526: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1527: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1528: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1529: </strong></font><br>
1530:
1531: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1532: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1533: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1534: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1535: <p>
1.247 jufi 1536: </ul>
1.169 louis 1537:
1.158 louis 1538: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1539: <ul>
1.147 louis 1540:
1.247 jufi 1541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1542: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1543: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1544: </strong></font><br>
1545:
1546: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1547: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1548: <p>
1549:
1.247 jufi 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1551: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1552: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1553: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1556: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1557: <p>
1558:
1.247 jufi 1559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1560: <a
1561: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1562: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1563: </strong></font><br>
1564:
1565: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1566: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1567: <p>
1568:
1.247 jufi 1569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1570: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1571: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1572: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1573:
1.213 horacio 1574: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1575: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1576: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1577: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1578: <p>
1.215 horacio 1579:
1.247 jufi 1580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1581: <a
1582: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1583: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1584: </strong></font><br>
1585:
1586: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1587: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1588: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1589: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1590: much of the attitude too).
1591: <p>
1.161 louis 1592:
1.247 jufi 1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1594: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1595: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1596: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1597:
1.157 louis 1598: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1599: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1600: <p>
1.247 jufi 1601: </ul>
1.157 louis 1602:
1603: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1604: <ul>
1.157 louis 1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1607: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1608: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1609: </strong></font><br>
1610:
1611: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1612: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1613: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1614: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1615: <p>
1616:
1.247 jufi 1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1618: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1619: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1620: </strong></font><br>
1621:
1622: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1623: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1624: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1625: it because they love coding...
1626: <p>
1627:
1.247 jufi 1628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1629: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1630: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1631: </strong></font><br>
1632:
1633: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1634: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1635: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1636: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1637: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1638: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1639: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1640: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1641: <p>
1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1644: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1645: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1646: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1647: </strong></font><br>
1648:
1649: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1650: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1651: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1652: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1653: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1654: the pizza.
1655: <p>
1656:
1.247 jufi 1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1658: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1659: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1660: </strong></font><br>
1661:
1662: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1663: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1664: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1665: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1666: problems.
1667: <p>
1668:
1.247 jufi 1669: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1670: <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 1671: </strong></font><br>
1672:
1.222 miod 1673: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1674: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1675: - whether they like it or not.
1676: <p>
1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1679: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1680: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1681: </strong></font><br>
1682:
1683: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1684: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1685: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1686: <p>
1.148 aaron 1687:
1.247 jufi 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1689: <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 1690: </strong></font><br>
1691:
1692: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1693: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1694: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1695: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1696: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1697: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1698: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1699: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1700: <p>
1701:
1.247 jufi 1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1703: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1704: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1705: </strong></font><br>
1706:
1707: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1708: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1709: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1710: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1711: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1712: <p>
1.247 jufi 1713: </ul>
1.147 louis 1714:
1.138 louis 1715: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1716: <ul>
1.138 louis 1717:
1.247 jufi 1718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1719: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1720: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1721: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1722: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1723: </strong></font><br>
1724:
1.227 horacio 1725: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1726: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1727: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1728: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1729: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1730: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1731: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1732: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1733: <p>
1734:
1.247 jufi 1735: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1736: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1737: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1738: </strong></font><br>
1739:
1740: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1741: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1742: groups, and even Linux.
1743: <p>
1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1746: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1747: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1748: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1749: </strong></font><br>
1750:
1751: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1752: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1753: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1754: library after installing the OS.
1755: <p>
1756:
1.247 jufi 1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1758: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1759: Sys Admin, September 2000
1760: </strong></font><br>
1761:
1762: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1763: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1764: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1765: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1766: (<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>,
1767: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1768: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1769: <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 1770: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1771: out of the system.
1772: <p>
1773:
1.247 jufi 1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1775: <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
1776: </strong></font><br>
1777:
1778: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1779: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1780: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1781: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1782: the IP filtering and address translation.
1783: <p>
1.301 jose 1784:
1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1786: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1787: </strong></font><br>
1788:
1789: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1790: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1791: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1792: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1793: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1794: <p>
1.247 jufi 1795: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1796:
1.131 louis 1797: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1798: <ul>
1.131 louis 1799:
1.247 jufi 1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1801: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1802: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1803: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1804: </strong></font><br>
1805:
1806: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1807: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1808: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1809: <p>
1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1812: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1813: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1817: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1818: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1819: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1820: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1821: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1822: note of"</i>.
1823: <p>
1824:
1.247 jufi 1825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1826: <a
1.247 jufi 1827: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1828: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1829: </strong></font><br>
1830:
1831: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1832: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1833: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1834: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1835: <p>
1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1838: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1839: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1840: </strong></font><br>
1841:
1842: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1843: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1844: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1845: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1846: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1847: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1848: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1849: <p>
1850:
1.247 jufi 1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1852: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1853: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1854: 2000
1855: </strong></font><br>
1856:
1857: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1858: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1859: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1860: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1861: against current industry practices.
1862: <p>
1863:
1.247 jufi 1864: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1865: <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
1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1869: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1870: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1871: <p>
1872:
1.247 jufi 1873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1874: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1875: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1876: </strong></font><br>
1877:
1878: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1879: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1880: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1881: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1882: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1883: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1884: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1888: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1889: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1890: </strong></font><br>
1891:
1892: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1893: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1894: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1895: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1896: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1897: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1898: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1899: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1900: <p>
1.247 jufi 1901: </ul>
1.131 louis 1902:
1.118 louis 1903: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1904: <ul>
1.118 louis 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1907: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1908: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1909: </strong></font><br>
1910:
1911: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1912: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1913: about time. The article mentions that
1914: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1915: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1916: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1917: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1918: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1919: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1920: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1921: <p>
1922:
1.247 jufi 1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1924: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1925: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1926: </strong></font><br>
1927:
1928: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1929: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1930: of OpenSSH.
1931: <p>
1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1934: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1935: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1936: </strong></font><br>
1937:
1938: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1939: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1940: bridging.
1941: <p>
1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1944: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1945: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1946: </strong></font><br>
1947:
1.121 deraadt 1948: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1949: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1950: <p>
1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1953: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1954: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1955: </strong></font><br>
1956:
1957: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1958: <p>
1959:
1.247 jufi 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1961: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1962: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
1963: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 1964: </strong></font><br>
1965:
1.120 deraadt 1966: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
1967: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 1968: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
1969: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
1970: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
1971: <p>
1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 1974: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
1975: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
1976: </strong></font><br>
1977:
1.222 miod 1978: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 1979: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
1980: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
1981: protocols and their quirks.
1982: <p>
1983:
1.247 jufi 1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1985: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
1986: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 1987: </strong></font><br>
1988:
1989: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
1990: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
1991: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 1992: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 1993: <p>
1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 1996: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
1997: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2001: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2002: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2003: <p>
2004:
1.247 jufi 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2006: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2007: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2008: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2009: </strong></font><br>
2010:
2011: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2012: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2013: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2014: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2015: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2016: <p>
1.247 jufi 2017: </ul>
1.118 louis 2018:
1.104 louis 2019: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2020: <ul>
1.104 louis 2021:
1.247 jufi 2022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2023: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2024: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2025: </strong></font><br>
2026:
2027: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2028: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2029: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2030: be a bit dry.
2031: <p>
2032:
1.247 jufi 2033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2034: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2035: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2036: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2037: </strong></font><br>
2038: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2039: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2040: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2041: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2042: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2043: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2044: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2045: <p>
2046:
1.247 jufi 2047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2048: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2049: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2050: 2000
1.128 louis 2051: </strong></font><br>
2052:
2053: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2054: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2055: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2056: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2057: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2058: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2059: <p>
2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2062: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2063: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2064: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2065:
2066: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2067: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2068: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2069: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2070: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2071: <p>
1.110 louis 2072:
1.247 jufi 2073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2074: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2075: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2076: </strong></font><br>
2077:
2078: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2079: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2080: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2081: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2082: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2083: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2084: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2085: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2086: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2087: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2088: <p>
2089:
1.247 jufi 2090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2091: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2092: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2093:
2094: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2095: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2096: <p>
1.108 louis 2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2099: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2100: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2101: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2102:
2103: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2104: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2105: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2106: <p>
1.106 louis 2107:
1.247 jufi 2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2109: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2110: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2111: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2112:
2113: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2114: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2115: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2116: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2117: <p>
1.107 louis 2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2120: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2121: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2122: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2123:
2124: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2125: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2126: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2127: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2128: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2129: <p>
1.105 louis 2130:
1.247 jufi 2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2132: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2133: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2134: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2135:
1.113 naddy 2136: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2137: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2138: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2139: <p>
1.104 louis 2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2142: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2143: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2144: </strong></font><br>
2145:
2146: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2147: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2148: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2149: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2150: <p>
1.301 jose 2151:
2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2153: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2154: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2155: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2158: hardware-supported cryptography.
2159: <p>
1.247 jufi 2160: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2161:
1.85 louis 2162: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2163: <ul>
1.85 louis 2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2166: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2167: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2168: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2169:
2170: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2171: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2172: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2173: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2174: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2175: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2176: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2177: <p>
1.99 louis 2178:
1.247 jufi 2179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2180: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2181: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2182: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2183:
2184: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2185: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2186: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2187: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2188: <p>
1.100 louis 2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2191: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2192: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2193: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2194:
2195: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2196: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2197: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2198: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2199: <p>
1.95 louis 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2202: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2203: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2204: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2205:
2206: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2207: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2208: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2209: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2210: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2211: <p>
1.92 louis 2212:
1.247 jufi 2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2214: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2215: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2216: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2217:
2218: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2219: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2220: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2221: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2222: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2223: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2224: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2225: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2226: <p>
1.91 louis 2227:
1.247 jufi 2228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2229: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2230: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2231: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2232:
2233: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2234: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2235: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2236: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2237: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2238: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2239: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2240: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2241: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2242: <p>
1.90 louis 2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2245: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2246: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2247: </strong></font><br>
2248: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2249: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2250: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2251: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2252: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2253: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2254: <p>
2255:
1.247 jufi 2256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2257: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2258: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2259: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2260:
1.113 naddy 2261: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2262: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2263: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2264: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2265: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2266: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2267: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2268: <p>
1.87 louis 2269:
1.247 jufi 2270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2271: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2272: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2273: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2274:
2275: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2276: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2277: <p>
1.85 louis 2278:
1.247 jufi 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2280: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2281: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2282: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2283:
2284: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2285: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2286: <p>
2287:
2288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2289: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2290: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2291: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2292:
2293: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2294: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2295: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2296: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2297: <p>
1.89 louis 2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2300: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2301: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2302: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2303:
2304: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2305: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2306: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2307: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2308: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2309: </ul>
1.85 louis 2310:
1.78 deraadt 2311: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2312: <ul>
1.74 louis 2313:
1.247 jufi 2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2315: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2316: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2317: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2318: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2319:
2320: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2321: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2322: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2323: <p>
1.83 louis 2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2326: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2327: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2328: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2329:
2330: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2331: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2332: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2333: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2334: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2335: <p>
1.93 louis 2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2338: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2339: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2340: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2341: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2342:
1.83 louis 2343: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2344: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2345: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2346: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2347: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2348: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2349: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2350: <p>
1.82 aaron 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2353: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2354: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2355: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2356:
1.83 louis 2357: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2358: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2359: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2360: <p>
1.80 louis 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2363: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2364: Bad Press</a>,
2365: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2366: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2367:
2368: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2369: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2370: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2371: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2372: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2373: <p>
1.247 jufi 2374: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2375:
2376: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2377: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2380: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2381: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2382: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2383: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2384:
2385: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2386: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2387: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2388: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2389: <p>
1.74 louis 2390:
1.247 jufi 2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2392: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2393: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2394: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2395:
1.219 horacio 2396: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2397: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2398: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2399: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2400: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2401: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2402: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2403: <p>
1.88 louis 2404:
1.247 jufi 2405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2406: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2407: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2408: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2409:
2410: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2411: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2412: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2413: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2414: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2415: <p>
1.81 louis 2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2418: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2419: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2420: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2421:
2422: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2423: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2424: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2425: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2426: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2427: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2428: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2429: <p>
1.90 louis 2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2432: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2433: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2434: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2435:
2436: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2437: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2438: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2439: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2440: <p>
1.247 jufi 2441: </ul>
1.71 louis 2442:
1.69 deraadt 2443: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2444: <ul>
1.70 louis 2445:
1.247 jufi 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2447: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2448: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2450:
2451: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2452: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2453: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2454: <p>
1.70 louis 2455:
1.247 jufi 2456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2457: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2458: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2459: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2460:
2461: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2462: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2463: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2464: <p>
1.68 louis 2465:
1.247 jufi 2466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2467: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2468: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2469: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2470: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2471:
1.111 jufi 2472: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2473: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2474: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2475: "secure by default" installation.
2476: <p>
1.64 louis 2477:
1.247 jufi 2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2479: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2480: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2481: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2482:
1.113 naddy 2483: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2484: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2485: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2486: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2487: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2488: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2489: <p>
1.66 louis 2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2492: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2493: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2494: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2495:
2496: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2497: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2498: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2499: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2500: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2501: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2502: <p>
1.83 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2505: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2506: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2508:
2509: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2510: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2511: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2512: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2513: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.64 louis 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2517: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2518: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2520:
2521: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2522: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2523: <p>
1.301 jose 2524:
2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2526: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2527: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2528: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2529: </strong></font><br>
2530:
2531: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2532: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2533: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2534: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2535: Giving way to
2536: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2537: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2538: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2539: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2540: <p>
1.247 jufi 2541: </ul>
1.65 louis 2542:
1.69 deraadt 2543: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2544: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2545:
1.247 jufi 2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2547: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2548: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2549: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2550:
2551: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2552: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2553: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2554: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2555: <p>
1.88 louis 2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2558: <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 2559: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2560:
2561: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2562: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2563: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2564: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2565: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2566: <p>
1.60 louis 2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2569: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2570: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2571: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2572: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2573:
2574: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2575: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2576: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2577: <p>
1.58 louis 2578:
1.247 jufi 2579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2580: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2581: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2582:
2583: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2584: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2585: <p>
1.53 louis 2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2588: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2589: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2590: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2591:
2592: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2593: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2594: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2595: <p>
1.99 louis 2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2598: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2599: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2600:
2601: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2602: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2603: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2604: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2605: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2608: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2609: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2610: </strong></font><br>
2611:
2612: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2613: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2614: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2615: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2616: <p>
2617:
1.247 jufi 2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2619: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2620: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2621: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2622:
2623: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2624: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2625: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2626:
1.247 jufi 2627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2628: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2629: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2630:
2631: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2632: in
1.247 jufi 2633: <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 2634: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2635: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2636: <p>
1.53 louis 2637:
1.247 jufi 2638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2639: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2640: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2641: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2642: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2643:
1.58 louis 2644: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2645: <p>
1.301 jose 2646:
2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2648: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2649: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2650: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2651: Informacyjny, January 2000
2652: </strong></font><br>
2653:
2654: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2655: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2656: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2657: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2658: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2659: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2660: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2661: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2662: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2663: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2664: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2665: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2666: <p>
2667:
2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2669: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2670: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2671: </strong></font><br>
2672:
2673: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2674: <p>
2675: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2676:
1.69 deraadt 2677: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2678: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2679:
1.247 jufi 2680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2681: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2682: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2683: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2684: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2685:
1.58 louis 2686: Kurt Seifried
2687: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2688: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2689: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2690: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2693: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2694: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2695: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2696:
2697: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2698: <p>
1.96 louis 2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2701: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2702: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2703: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2704: </strong></font><br>
2705:
2706: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2707: <p>
2708:
2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2710: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2711: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2713:
2714: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2715: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2716: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2717: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2718: <p>
1.247 jufi 2719: </ul>
1.86 louis 2720:
1.69 deraadt 2721: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2722: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2723:
1.247 jufi 2724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2725: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2726: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2727: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2728:
2729: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2730: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2731: <p>
1.61 louis 2732:
1.247 jufi 2733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2734: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2735: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2736: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2737: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2738:
2739: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2740: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2741: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2742: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2743: right -- or at least strives to".
2744: <p>
1.48 louis 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2747: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2748: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2749: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2750: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2751: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2752: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2753: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2754: <p>
1.61 louis 2755:
1.247 jufi 2756: <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 2757: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2758: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2759:
2760: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2761: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2762: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2763: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2764: <p>
1.46 louis 2765:
1.247 jufi 2766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2767: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2768: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2769: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2770:
2771: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2772: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2773: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2776: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2777: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2778: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2779:
2780: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2781: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2782: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2783: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2784: <p>
1.247 jufi 2785: </ul>
1.70 louis 2786:
1.69 deraadt 2787: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2788: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2789:
1.247 jufi 2790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2791: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2792: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2793: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2794: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2795:
2796: Kurt Seifried
2797: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2798: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2799: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2800: <p>
1.44 philen 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <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 2803: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2804: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2805:
2806: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2807: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2808:
1.247 jufi 2809: <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 2810: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2811: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2812:
2813: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2814: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <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 2817: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2818: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2819:
2820: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2821: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2822: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2823: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2824: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2825:
1.247 jufi 2826: <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 2827: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2828: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2829:
1.36 louis 2830: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2831: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2834: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2835: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2836: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2837:
2838: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2839: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2840: </ul>
1.38 louis 2841:
1.69 deraadt 2842: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2843: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <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 2846: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2848:
2849: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2850: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2851: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2852:
1.113 naddy 2853: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2854: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2855: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2856: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2857:
2858: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2859: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2860: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2861: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2862: <blockquote>
2863: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2864: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2865: <br>
2866: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2867: </code>
2868: </blockquote>
2869: <p>
2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2872: <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>
2873: <p>
2874:
2875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2876: <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 2877: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2878:
2879: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2880: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2881: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2882: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2883:
1.247 jufi 2884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2885: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2886: Sept. 28, 1999
2887: </strong></font><br>
2888:
2889: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2890: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2891: translating and reprinting articles from
2892: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2893: <p>
2894:
2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2896: <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 2897: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2898:
2899: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2900: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2901: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2902: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2903: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2904: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2905: <p>
1.19 louis 2906:
1.113 naddy 2907: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2908: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2909: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2910:
2911: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2912: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2913: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2914: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2915: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2916: <p>
1.16 louis 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2919: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2920: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2921: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2922:
1.57 louis 2923: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2924: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2925: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2926: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2927:
1.247 jufi 2928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2929: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2930: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2932:
1.113 naddy 2933: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2936: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2937: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2938: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2939:
1.23 louis 2940: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2941: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2942: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2943: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2944: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2945: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2946:
1.247 jufi 2947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2948: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2949: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2950: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2951:
1.199 pvalchev 2952: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2953: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2954: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2955: installation.
1.113 naddy 2956: <p>
1.47 louis 2957:
1.247 jufi 2958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2959: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2960: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2961: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2962:
1.301 jose 2963: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
2964: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
2965: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 2966: </ul>
1.57 louis 2967:
1.69 deraadt 2968: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2969: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 2972: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 2973: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 2974: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 2975:
2976: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
2977: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 2978: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2979: <p>
1.12 louis 2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 2982: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 2983: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 2984: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 2985:
2986: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
2987: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 2988: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
2989: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
2990: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
2991: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
2992: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 2993: <p>
1.247 jufi 2994: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 2995:
1.69 deraadt 2996: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2997: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3000: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3001: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3002:
3003: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3004: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3005: available."
1.113 naddy 3006: <p>
1.301 jose 3007:
3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3009: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3010: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3011: </strong></font><br>
3012:
3013: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3014: <p>
1.247 jufi 3015: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3016:
1.69 deraadt 3017: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3018: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3021: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3022: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3023:
3024: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3025: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3026: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3027: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3028: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3029: <p>
1.33 louis 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3032: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3033: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3034: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3035:
1.113 naddy 3036: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3037: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3038: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3039: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3040: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3041: <p>
1.247 jufi 3042: </ul>
1.57 louis 3043:
1.69 deraadt 3044: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3045: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3048: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3049: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3050: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3051:
3052: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3053: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3054: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3055:
1.247 jufi 3056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3057: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3058: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3059: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3060: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3061:
3062: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3063: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3064:
1.247 jufi 3065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3066: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3067:
1.113 naddy 3068: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3071: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3072: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3073: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3074:
3075: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3076: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3077: </ul>
1.23 louis 3078:
1.69 deraadt 3079: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3080: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3083: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3084: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3085:
3086: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3087: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3088: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3091: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3092: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3093: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3094:
3095: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3096: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3097: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3098: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3099: </ul>
1.57 louis 3100:
1.69 deraadt 3101: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3102: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3103:
1.247 jufi 3104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3105: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3106: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3107: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3108:
3109: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3110: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3111: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3112: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3113: <p>
1.15 louis 3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3116: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3117: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3118: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3119:
3120: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3121: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3122: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3123: columns."
1.113 naddy 3124: <p>
1.247 jufi 3125: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3126:
1.69 deraadt 3127: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3128: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3129:
1.247 jufi 3130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3131: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3132: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3133: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3134:
3135: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3136: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3137:
1.113 naddy 3138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3139: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3140: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3141:
3142: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3143: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3144: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3145: </ul>
1.57 louis 3146:
1.69 deraadt 3147: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3148: <ul>
1.301 jose 3149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3150: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3151: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3152: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3153:
3154: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3155: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3156: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3157: <p>
3158:
3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3160: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3161: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3162: Nov 13, 1998 and
3163: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3164: Datateknik</a>,
3165: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3166:
3167: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3168: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3169: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3170: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3171: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3172:
1.113 naddy 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3174: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3175: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3176: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3177:
1.222 miod 3178: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3179: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3180: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3181: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3182: <p>
1.247 jufi 3183: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3184:
1.69 deraadt 3185: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3186: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3187:
1.247 jufi 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3189: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3190: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3191:
1.69 deraadt 3192: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3193: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3194: <p>
1.247 jufi 3195: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3196:
1.69 deraadt 3197: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3198: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3201: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3202: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3203: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3204:
3205: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3206: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3207: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3208:
1.247 jufi 3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3210: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3211: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3212: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3213: <p>
1.247 jufi 3214: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3215:
1.69 deraadt 3216: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3217: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3218:
1.247 jufi 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3220: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3221: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3222: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3223: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3224: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3225:
3226: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3227: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3228: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3229: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3230: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3231: <p>
1.247 jufi 3232: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3233:
3234: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3235: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3238: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3239: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3240:
1.69 deraadt 3241: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3242: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3243: <p>
1.112 naddy 3244:
1.247 jufi 3245: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3246: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3247:
1.292 camield 3248: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3249: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3250: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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