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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>
1.316 ! ian 24: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>, Globe and Mail,
! 25: April 22, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: This is the third (and final?) report on this topic from Globe & Mail
! 28: reporter David Akins, the first of which caught the eye of US officials
! 29: in the first place. Quotes DARPA spokeswoman Jan Walker seemingly
! 30: back-pedalling:
! 31: "As part of our standard process, we are reviewing and evaluating
! 32: the work now being done and proposed to be done in the future," she
! 33: said in an e-mailed statement. "We're sorry if this review process
! 34: has been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work."
! 35: <br/>Is this the same DARPA that ordered UPenn not to spend
! 36: another penny on "the work"?
! 37: <p>
! 38:
! 39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 40: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 41: April 22, 2003.
42: </strong></font><br>
43: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
44: <p>
45:
46: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 47: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
48: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
49: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 50: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 51: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
52: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
53: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
54: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
55: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
56: Can also be found online at:
57: <ul>
58: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
59: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 60: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
61: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 62: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
64: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 65: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
66: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 67: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 68: </ul>
69: <p>
70:
71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 72: <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
1.302 jose 73: [TURKISH] DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 74: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 75: </strong></font><br>
76: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 77: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
78: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
79: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
80: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
81: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
82: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 83: <p>
84:
85: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 86: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
87: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 88: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
89: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 90: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
91: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
92: at UPenn and DARPA.
93: <p>
94:
95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 96: [FRENCH] <a href="http://www.weblmi.com/news_store/2003_04_18_La_DARPA_coupe_les_v_32/News_view">La DARPA coupe les vivres a OpenBSD</a>, Le Monde, France
97: April 18, 2003.
98: </strong></font><br>
99: A small little article in the french press.
100: <p>
101:
102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 103: [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 104: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 105: </strong></font><br>
106: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
107: <p>
108:
109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 110: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
111: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
112: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 113: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 114: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
115: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
116: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
117: <p>
118:
119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 120: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
121: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 122: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 123: </strong></font><br>
124: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
125: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
126: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 127: American century.
1.267 deraadt 128: <p>
129:
130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 131: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
132: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 133: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 134: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 135: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
136: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
137: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
138: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
139: Can also be found online at:
140: <ul>
141: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
142: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 143: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 144: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 145: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 146: <p>
147:
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 149: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 150: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 151: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 152: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 153: </strong></font><br>
154: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 155: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
156: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
157: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
158: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
161: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
162: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
163: New York Times.
164: </strong></font>(free registration required)
165:
1.273 deraadt 166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
167: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 168: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 169: ABC News.
170: </strong></font>
171:
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 173: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 174: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 175: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 176: </strong></font>
177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 179: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 180: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 181: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 182: </strong></font>
183:
184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 185: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
186: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 187: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 188: </strong></font>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 191: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 192: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 193: Times Daily, AL.
194: </strong></font>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
198: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
199: Boston.com, MA.
200: </strong></font>
201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 203: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 204: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 205: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
206: </strong></font>
207:
208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 209: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
210: [Article was pulled]</a>
211: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 212: </strong></font>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
215: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
216: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
217: Infoshop News.
218: </strong></font>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
221: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
222: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
223: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
224: </strong></font>
225:
226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 227: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
228: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
229: Raleigh News, NC.
230: </strong></font>
231:
232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 233: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
234: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
235: Napa News, CA.
236: </strong></font>
237:
238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 239: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 240: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
241: NEPA News, PA.
242: </strong></font>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
245: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
246: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
247: Wired News.
248: </strong></font>
249:
1.271 deraadt 250: </ul>
251: <p>
1.272 deraadt 252: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
253: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 254: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
255: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
256: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
257: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
258: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
259: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 260: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 261: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
262: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
263: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 264: <p>
265: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 268: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 269: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
270: Indianapolis Star, IN.
271: </strong></font>
272:
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 274: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
275: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
276: Miami Herald, FL.
277: </strong></font>
278:
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 280: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 281: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
282: </strong></font>
283:
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
285: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 286: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 287: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 288: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
291: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
292: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
293: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
294: ABC News.
295: </strong></font>
296:
1.276 deraadt 297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
298: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 299: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 300: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 301: </strong></font>
302:
1.286 dhartmei 303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 304: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 305: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
306: Wilmington Star, NC.
307: </strong></font>
308:
1.300 jose 309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
310: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
311: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
312: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
313: </strong></font>
314:
1.309 jose 315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
316: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
317: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
318: Globe Technology.
319: </strong></font>
320:
1.263 deraadt 321: </ul>
1.262 beck 322: <p>
323:
324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 325: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
326: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 327: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 328: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 329: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 330: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
331: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
332: <p>
333:
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 335: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
336: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
337: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 338: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 339: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
340: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
341: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
342: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
343: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
344: and simply restates other press reports.
345: <p>
346:
347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 348: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
349: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
350: OS News, April 18, 2003.
351: </strong></font><br>
352: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
353: <p>
354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 356: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
357: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 358: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 359: </strong></font><br>
360: Another report on the DARPA funding.
361: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
362: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
363: <p>
364:
365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 366: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
367: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 368: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 369: </strong></font><br>
370: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
371: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
372: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
373: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
374: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
375: Goes on to say:
376: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
377: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
378: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
379: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 380: This article is also found online at:
381: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
383: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
384: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
385: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 386: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
388: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
389: ZDnet</a>,
390: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 391: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
393: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
394: ZDnet Australia</a>,
395: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 396: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 397: </ul>
1.260 ian 398: <p>
1.279 deraadt 399:
1.260 ian 400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 401: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 402: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 403: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 404: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 405: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 406: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
407: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
408: without notice or justification.
409: <p>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 412: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 413: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 414: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 415: </strong></font><br>
416: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
417: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 418: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 419: effective today, without any warning..."
420: <p>
1.257 ian 421:
422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 423: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
424: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 425: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 426: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 427: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
428: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
429: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
430: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
431: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 432: <p>
433:
434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 435: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
436: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 437: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 438: </strong></font><br>
439: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
440: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
441: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
442: quoting two of them:
443: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
444: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
445: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
446: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
447: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
448: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
449: <p>
450:
1.255 ian 451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 452: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
453: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 454: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 455: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 456: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 457: <p>
458:
459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
460: [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 461: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 462: </strong></font><br>
463: New security concepts in OpenBSD
464: <p>
465:
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 467: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
468: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 469: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 470: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 471: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 472: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
473: security experts for more than three decades."
474: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
475: <p>
1.261 ian 476:
1.254 drahn 477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 478: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterst&uuml;tzt OpenBSD</a>,
479: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 480: </strong></font><br>
481: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
482: <p>
483:
484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 485: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
486: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
487: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
488: </strong></font><br>
489: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
490: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
491: discussion OpenBSD's path.
492: <p>
493:
494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 495: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
496: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 497: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 498: </strong></font><br>
499: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
500: from US DARPA.
501: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
502: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
503: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
504: the BSD license.
505: <p>
506: </ul>
507:
1.251 ian 508: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
509: <ul>
510:
511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 512: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
513: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
514: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
515: </strong></font><br>
516:
517: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
518: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
519: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
520: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
521: <p>
522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 524: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
525: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 526: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 527: </strong></font><br>
528: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
529: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
530: Mentions
531: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
532: and
533: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
534: programs.
535: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 536: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 537: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
538: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
539: <p>
1.260 ian 540:
541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
542: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
543: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
544: </strong></font><br>
545: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
546: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
547: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
548: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
549: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
550: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
551: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
552: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
553: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
554: put into service."
555: <p>
556: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
557: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
558: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
559: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
560: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
561: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
562: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
563: computers with security features."
564: <p>
1.251 ian 565: </ul>
566:
1.249 jufi 567: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
568: <ul>
569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
570: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
571: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 572: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 573: </strong></font><br>
574: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
575: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 576: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 577: <p>
578: </ul>
579:
1.246 jufi 580: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 581: <ul>
1.246 jufi 582:
1.247 jufi 583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 584: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 585: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
586: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 587: </strong></font><br>
588: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
589: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
590: <p>
591:
1.247 jufi 592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 593: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
594: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
595: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
596: </strong></font><br>
597: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
598: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
599: <p>
600:
601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 602: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 603: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
604: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 605: </strong></font><br>
606: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
607: in their annual OpenHack security test.
608: <p>
1.247 jufi 609: </ul>
1.246 jufi 610:
1.244 jufi 611: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 612: <ul>
1.246 jufi 613:
1.247 jufi 614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 615: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
616: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
617: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 618: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 619: </strong></font><br>
620: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
621: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
622: md5 digests.
623: <p>
624:
1.247 jufi 625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 626: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 627: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
628: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 629: </strong></font><br>
630: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
631: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
632: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
633: right the first time."
634: <p>
1.247 jufi 635: </ul>
1.244 jufi 636:
637:
638: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 639: <ul>
1.244 jufi 640:
1.247 jufi 641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 642: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 643: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
644: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 645: </strong></font><br>
646: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
647: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
648: part 6</a>.
649: <p>
650:
1.247 jufi 651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 652: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 653: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
654: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 655: </strong></font><br>
656: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
657: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
658: <p>
1.301 jose 659:
660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
661: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
662: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
663: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
664: </strong></font><br>
665:
666: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
667: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
668: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
669: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
670: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
671: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
672: <i>Here's the
673: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
674: <p>
1.247 jufi 675: </ul>
1.242 jufi 676:
677: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 678: <ul>
1.242 jufi 679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 681: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 682: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
683: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 684: </strong></font><br>
685: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
686: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
687: <p>
688:
1.247 jufi 689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 690: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 691: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
692: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 693: </strong></font><br>
694: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
695: this time using pf.
696: <p>
1.247 jufi 697: </ul>
1.242 jufi 698:
699: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 700: <ul>
1.242 jufi 701:
1.247 jufi 702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 703: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 704: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
705: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 706: </strong></font><br>
707: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
708: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
709: their rotation.
710: <p>
711:
1.247 jufi 712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 713: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 714: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
715: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 716: </strong></font><br>
717: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
718: <p>
1.247 jufi 719: </ul>
1.242 jufi 720:
1.239 jufi 721: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 722: <ul>
1.239 jufi 723:
1.247 jufi 724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 725: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 726: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
727: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 728: </strong></font><br>
729: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
730: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
731: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
732: <p>
733:
1.247 jufi 734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 735: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 736: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
737: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 738: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 739: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
740: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
741: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 742: <p>
1.247 jufi 743: </ul>
1.239 jufi 744:
1.235 lebel 745: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 746: <ul>
1.235 lebel 747:
1.239 jufi 748:
1.247 jufi 749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 750: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 751: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
752: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 753: </strong></font><br>
754: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
755: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
756: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
757: <p>
1.301 jose 758:
1.247 jufi 759: </ul>
1.235 lebel 760:
1.228 horacio 761: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 762: <ul>
1.228 horacio 763:
1.247 jufi 764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 765: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 766: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
767: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 768: </strong></font><br>
769: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
770: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
771: <p>
772:
1.247 jufi 773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 774: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 775: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
776: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 777: </strong></font><br>
778: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
779: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
780: <p>
781:
1.247 jufi 782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 783: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 784: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
785: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 786: </strong></font><br>
787: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
788: on the desktop of his parents.
789: <p>
790:
1.247 jufi 791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 792: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 793: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
794: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 795: </strong></font><br>
796: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
797: using IPFilter.
798:
799: <p>
800:
1.247 jufi 801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 802: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 803: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
804: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 805: </strong></font><br>
806: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
807: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
808: perspectives of the four OS.
809: <br>
810: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 811: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 812: <p>
813:
1.247 jufi 814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 815: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
816: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 817: software and security</a>,
818: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 819: </strong></font><br>
820:
821: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
822: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
823: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
824: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
825: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
826: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
827: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
828: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
829: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
830: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
831: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
832: security conscious team beyond doubt.
833: <p>
1.247 jufi 834: </ul>
1.228 horacio 835:
1.225 horacio 836: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 837: <ul>
1.225 horacio 838:
1.247 jufi 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 840: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
841: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 842: Interview</a>,
843: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 844: </strong></font><br>
845:
846: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
847: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
848: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 849: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 850: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
851: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
852: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
853: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
854: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 855: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 856: of choice.
857: <p>
1.247 jufi 858: </ul>
1.225 horacio 859:
860: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 861: <ul>
1.225 horacio 862:
1.247 jufi 863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 864: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 865: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
866: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 867: </strong></font><br>
868:
869: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
870: <p>
871:
1.247 jufi 872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 873: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 874: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
875: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 876: </strong></font><br>
877:
878: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
879: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
880: <p>
1.247 jufi 881: </ul>
1.225 horacio 882:
1.218 horacio 883: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 884: <ul>
1.218 horacio 885:
1.247 jufi 886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 887: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 888: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
889: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 890: </strong></font><br>
891:
892: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
893: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
894: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
895: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
896: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
897: subjects. Worth a read.
898: <p>
899:
900:
1.247 jufi 901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 902: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 903: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
904: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 905: </strong></font><br>
906:
907: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
908: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
909: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
910: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
911: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
912: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
913: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
914: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
915: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 916: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 917: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
918: on other operating systems.<br>
919: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
920: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
921: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
922: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
923: <p>
924:
1.247 jufi 925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 926: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 927: Operating System 2010</a>,
928: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 929: </strong></font><br>
930:
931: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
932: covering the level of software integration into the core
933: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
934: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
935: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
936: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
937: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
938: <p>
939:
1.247 jufi 940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 941: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 942: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
943: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 944: </strong></font><br>
945:
946: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
947: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
948: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
949: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
950: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
951: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
952: <p>
1.247 jufi 953: </ul>
1.221 horacio 954:
1.210 jufi 955: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 956: <ul>
1.215 horacio 957:
1.247 jufi 958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 959: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 960: Already a Contender</a>,
961: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 962: </strong></font><br>
963:
964: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
965: source software in response to an article which claimed that
966: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
967: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
968: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
969: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
970: <p>
971:
1.247 jufi 972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 973: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 974: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
975: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 976: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 977:
1.224 horacio 978: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
979: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
980: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
981: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
982: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
983: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 984: <p>
1.247 jufi 985: </ul>
1.215 horacio 986:
987: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 988: <ul>
1.215 horacio 989:
1.247 jufi 990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 991: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
992: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 993: Division</a>,
994: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 995: </strong></font><br>
996:
997: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
998: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 999: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1000: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1001: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1002: investment</em>.<br>
1003: The implementation details can be seen on their
1004: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1005: <p>
1006:
1.247 jufi 1007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1008: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1009: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1010: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1011: </strong></font><br>
1012:
1013: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1014: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1015: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1016: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1017: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1018: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1019: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1020: <p>
1021:
1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1023: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1024: Thinking about Security</a>,
1025: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1026: </strong></font><br>
1027:
1028: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1029: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1030: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1031: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1032: to time.<br>
1033: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1034: system and just the most secure system.
1035: <p>
1036:
1.247 jufi 1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1038: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1039: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1040: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1041: </strong></font><br>
1042:
1043: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1044: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1045: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1046: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1047: choice:<br>
1048: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1049: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1050: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1051: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1052: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1053: network security devices and as such must be well
1054: armored."</em><br>
1055: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1056: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1057: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1058: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1059: <br>
1060: Bravo!
1061: <p>
1.247 jufi 1062: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1063:
1.207 ian 1064: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1065: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1066:
1.247 jufi 1067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1068: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1069: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1070: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1071:
1.207 ian 1072: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1073: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1074: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1075: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1076: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1077: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1078: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1079: <p>
1.247 jufi 1080: </ul>
1.207 ian 1081:
1.194 jufi 1082: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1083: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1084:
1.247 jufi 1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1086: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1087: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1088: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1089: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1090:
1.240 miod 1091: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1092: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1093: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1094: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1095: <p>
1096:
1.247 jufi 1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1098: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1099: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1100: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1101:
1102: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1103: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1104: <p>
1105:
1106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1107: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1108: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1109: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1110:
1111: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1112: <p>
1113:
1114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1115: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1116: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1117: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1118: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1119:
1.240 miod 1120: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1121: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1122: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1123: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1124: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1125: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1126: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1127: <br>
1128: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1129: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1130: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1131: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1132: <p>
1133:
1.247 jufi 1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1135: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1136: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1137: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1138: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1139:
1.194 jufi 1140: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1141: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1142: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1143: <br>
1144: The new
1145: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1146: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1147: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1148: <p>
1.247 jufi 1149: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1150:
1.190 horacio 1151: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1152: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1155:
1156: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1157: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1158:
1.301 jose 1159:
1.191 jufi 1160: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1161: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1162:
1163: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1164: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1165:
1.212 horacio 1166: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1167: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1168: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1169:
1.211 horacio 1170: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1171: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1172: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1173:
1.247 jufi 1174: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1175: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1176:
1.247 jufi 1177: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1178: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1179:
1.212 horacio 1180: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1181: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1182: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1183:
1184: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1185: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1186:
1187: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1188: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1189:
1.301 jose 1190: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1191: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1192:
1.191 jufi 1193: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1194: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1195:
1196: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1197: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1198:
1.192 jufi 1199: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1200: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1201: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1202:
1.193 deraadt 1203: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1204: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1205: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1206:
1.247 jufi 1207: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1208: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1209:
1.247 jufi 1210: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1211: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1212: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1213:
1.213 horacio 1214: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1215: 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 1216: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1217:
1.190 horacio 1218: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1219: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1220: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1221: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1222: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1223: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1224: <p>
1.190 horacio 1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1227: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1228: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1229: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1230: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1231:
1.195 jufi 1232: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1233: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1234: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1235: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1236: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1237: <p>
1238:
1.247 jufi 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1240: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1241: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1242: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1243: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1244:
1.191 jufi 1245: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1246: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1247: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1248: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1249: <p>
1250:
1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1252: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1253: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1254: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1255:
1256: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1257: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1258: <p>
1.247 jufi 1259: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1260:
1.191 jufi 1261:
1.186 jufi 1262: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1263: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1264:
1.247 jufi 1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1266: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1267: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1268: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1269: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1270:
1.188 jufi 1271: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1272: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1273: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1274: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1275: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1276: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1277: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1278: <p>
1279:
1.301 jose 1280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1281: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1282: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1283: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1286: <p>
1.191 jufi 1287:
1.247 jufi 1288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1289: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1290: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1291: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1292: </strong></font><br>
1293:
1294: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1295: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1296: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1297: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1298: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1299: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1300: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1301: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1302: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1303: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1304: familiar?
1305: <p>
1.247 jufi 1306: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1307:
1.178 louis 1308: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1309: <ul>
1.178 louis 1310:
1.247 jufi 1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1312: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1313: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1314: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1315: </strong></font><br>
1316:
1317: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1318: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1319: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1320: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1321: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1322: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1323: <p>
1324:
1.247 jufi 1325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1326: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1327: Open source under the hood</a>,
1328: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1329: </strong></font><br>
1330:
1331: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1332: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1333: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1334: <p>
1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1337: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1338: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1339: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1340: </strong></font><br>
1341:
1342: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1343: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1344: <p>
1.247 jufi 1345: </ul>
1.179 louis 1346:
1.174 louis 1347:
1.175 louis 1348: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1349: <ul>
1.175 louis 1350:
1.247 jufi 1351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1352: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1353: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1354: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1355: </strong></font><br>
1356:
1357: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1358: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1359: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1360: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1361: <p>
1362:
1.247 jufi 1363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1364: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1365: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1366: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1367: </strong></font><br>
1368:
1369: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1370: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1371: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1372: <p>
1.247 jufi 1373: </ul>
1.175 louis 1374:
1.176 louis 1375:
1.172 mickey 1376: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1377: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1378:
1.247 jufi 1379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1380: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1381: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1382: </strong></font><br>
1383:
1384: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1385: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1386: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1387: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1388: <p>
1389:
1.247 jufi 1390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1391: <a
1.269 deraadt 1392: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1393: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1394: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1395: </strong></font><br>
1396:
1397: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1398: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1399: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1400: <p>
1401:
1.247 jufi 1402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1403: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1404: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1405: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1406: </strong></font><br>
1407:
1408: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1409: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1410: <p>
1411:
1.247 jufi 1412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1413: <a
1.269 deraadt 1414: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1415: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1416: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1417: </strong></font><br>
1418:
1419: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1420: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1421: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1422: our own Theo de Raadt.
1423: <p>
1424:
1.247 jufi 1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1426: <a
1.269 deraadt 1427: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1428: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1429: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1430: </strong></font><br>
1431:
1432: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1433: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1434: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1435: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1436: shut down.]
1437: <p>
1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1440: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1441: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1442: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1443: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1444: </strong></font><br>
1445:
1446: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1447: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1448: <p>
1.247 jufi 1449: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1450:
1.161 louis 1451: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1452: <ul>
1.161 louis 1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1455: <a
1.269 deraadt 1456: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1457: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1458: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1459: </strong></font><br>
1460:
1461: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1462: by John Wolley
1463: <p>
1464:
1.247 jufi 1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1466: <a
1.269 deraadt 1467: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1468: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1469: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1470: </strong></font><br>
1471:
1472: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1473: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1474: OpenBSD).
1475: <p>
1476:
1.247 jufi 1477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1478: <a
1.247 jufi 1479: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1480: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1481: </strong></font><br>
1482:
1483: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1484: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1485: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1486: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1487: and hindsight.
1488: <p>
1489:
1.247 jufi 1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1491: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1492: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1493: </strong></font><br>
1494:
1495: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1496: <p>
1497:
1.247 jufi 1498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1499: <a
1.168 provos 1500: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1501: December 7, 2000
1502: </strong></font><br>
1503:
1504: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1505: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1506: us explain.
1507: <p>
1508:
1.247 jufi 1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1510: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1511: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1512: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1513: December 6, 2000
1514: </strong></font><br>
1515:
1516: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1517: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1518: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1519: <p>
1520:
1.247 jufi 1521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1522: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1523: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1524: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1525: </strong></font><br>
1526:
1527: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1528: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1529: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1530: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1531: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1532: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1533: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1534: <p>
1535:
1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1537: <a
1.226 horacio 1538: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1539: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1540: </strong></font><br>
1541:
1542: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1543: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1544: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1545: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1546: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1547: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1548: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1549: <p>
1.162 millert 1550:
1.247 jufi 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1552: <a
1.161 louis 1553: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1554: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1555: </strong></font><br>
1556:
1557: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1558: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1559: <p>
1560:
1.247 jufi 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1562: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1563: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1564: </strong></font><br>
1565:
1566: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1567: <p>
1568:
1569:
1.247 jufi 1570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1571: <a
1.226 horacio 1572: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1573: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1574: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1575: </strong></font><br>
1576:
1577: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1578: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1579: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1580: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1581: <p>
1.247 jufi 1582: </ul>
1.169 louis 1583:
1.158 louis 1584: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1585: <ul>
1.147 louis 1586:
1.247 jufi 1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1588: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1589: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1590: </strong></font><br>
1591:
1592: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1593: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1594: <p>
1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1597: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1598: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1599: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1600: </strong></font><br>
1601: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1602: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1603: <p>
1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1606: <a
1607: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1608: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1609: </strong></font><br>
1610:
1611: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1612: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1613: <p>
1614:
1.247 jufi 1615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1616: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1617: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1618: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1619:
1.213 horacio 1620: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1621: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1622: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1623: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1624: <p>
1.215 horacio 1625:
1.247 jufi 1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1627: <a
1628: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1629: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1630: </strong></font><br>
1631:
1632: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1633: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1634: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1635: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1636: much of the attitude too).
1637: <p>
1.161 louis 1638:
1.247 jufi 1639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1640: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1641: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1642: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1643:
1.157 louis 1644: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1645: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1646: <p>
1.247 jufi 1647: </ul>
1.157 louis 1648:
1649: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1650: <ul>
1.157 louis 1651:
1.247 jufi 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1653: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1654: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1655: </strong></font><br>
1656:
1657: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1658: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1659: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1660: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1661: <p>
1662:
1.247 jufi 1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1664: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1665: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1669: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1670: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1671: it because they love coding...
1672: <p>
1673:
1.247 jufi 1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1675: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1676: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1677: </strong></font><br>
1678:
1679: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1680: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1681: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1682: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1683: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1684: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1685: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1686: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1687: <p>
1688:
1.247 jufi 1689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1690: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1691: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1692: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1693: </strong></font><br>
1694:
1695: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1696: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1697: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1698: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1699: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1700: the pizza.
1701: <p>
1702:
1.247 jufi 1703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1704: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1705: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1709: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1710: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1711: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1712: problems.
1713: <p>
1714:
1.247 jufi 1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1716: <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 1717: </strong></font><br>
1718:
1.222 miod 1719: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1720: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1721: - whether they like it or not.
1722: <p>
1723:
1.247 jufi 1724: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1725: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1726: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1730: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1731: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1732: <p>
1.148 aaron 1733:
1.247 jufi 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1735: <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 1736: </strong></font><br>
1737:
1738: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1739: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1740: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1741: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1742: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1743: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1744: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1745: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1746: <p>
1747:
1.247 jufi 1748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1749: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1750: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1751: </strong></font><br>
1752:
1753: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1754: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1755: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1756: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1757: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1758: <p>
1.247 jufi 1759: </ul>
1.147 louis 1760:
1.138 louis 1761: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1762: <ul>
1.138 louis 1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1765: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1766: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1767: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1768: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1769: </strong></font><br>
1770:
1.227 horacio 1771: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1772: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1773: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1774: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1775: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1776: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1777: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1778: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1779: <p>
1780:
1.247 jufi 1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1782: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1783: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1784: </strong></font><br>
1785:
1786: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1787: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1788: groups, and even Linux.
1789: <p>
1790:
1.247 jufi 1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1792: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1793: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1794: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1795: </strong></font><br>
1796:
1797: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1798: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1799: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1800: library after installing the OS.
1801: <p>
1802:
1.247 jufi 1803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1804: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1805: Sys Admin, September 2000
1806: </strong></font><br>
1807:
1808: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1809: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1810: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1811: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1812: (<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>,
1813: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1814: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1815: <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 1816: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1817: out of the system.
1818: <p>
1819:
1.247 jufi 1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1821: <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
1822: </strong></font><br>
1823:
1824: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1825: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1826: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1827: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1828: the IP filtering and address translation.
1829: <p>
1.301 jose 1830:
1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1832: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1833: </strong></font><br>
1834:
1835: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1836: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1837: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1838: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1839: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1840: <p>
1.247 jufi 1841: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1842:
1.131 louis 1843: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1844: <ul>
1.131 louis 1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1847: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1848: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1849: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1850: </strong></font><br>
1851:
1852: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1853: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1854: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1855: <p>
1856:
1.247 jufi 1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1858: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1859: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1860: </strong></font><br>
1861:
1862: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1863: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1864: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1865: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1866: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1867: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1868: note of"</i>.
1869: <p>
1870:
1.247 jufi 1871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1872: <a
1.247 jufi 1873: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1874: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1875: </strong></font><br>
1876:
1877: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1878: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1879: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1880: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1881: <p>
1882:
1.247 jufi 1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1884: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1885: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1886: </strong></font><br>
1887:
1888: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1889: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1890: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1891: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1892: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1893: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1894: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1895: <p>
1896:
1.247 jufi 1897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1898: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1899: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1900: 2000
1901: </strong></font><br>
1902:
1903: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1904: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1905: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1906: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1907: against current industry practices.
1908: <p>
1909:
1.247 jufi 1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1911: <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
1912: </strong></font><br>
1913:
1914: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1915: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1916: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1917: <p>
1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1920: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1921: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1922: </strong></font><br>
1923:
1924: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1925: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1926: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1927: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1928: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1929: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1930: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1931: <p>
1932:
1.247 jufi 1933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1934: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1935: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1936: </strong></font><br>
1937:
1938: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1939: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1940: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1941: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1942: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1943: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1944: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1945: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1946: <p>
1.247 jufi 1947: </ul>
1.131 louis 1948:
1.118 louis 1949: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1950: <ul>
1.118 louis 1951:
1.247 jufi 1952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1953: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1954: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1955: </strong></font><br>
1956:
1957: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1958: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1959: about time. The article mentions that
1960: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1961: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1962: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1963: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1964: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1965: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1966: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1967: <p>
1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1970: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1971: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1972: </strong></font><br>
1973:
1974: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1975: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1976: of OpenSSH.
1977: <p>
1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1980: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1981: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1982: </strong></font><br>
1983:
1984: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1985: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1986: bridging.
1987: <p>
1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1990: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1991: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1.121 deraadt 1994: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1995: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1996: <p>
1997:
1.247 jufi 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1999: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2000: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2001: </strong></font><br>
2002:
2003: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2004: <p>
2005:
1.247 jufi 2006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2007: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2008: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2009: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2010: </strong></font><br>
2011:
1.120 deraadt 2012: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2013: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2014: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2015: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2016: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2017: <p>
2018:
1.247 jufi 2019: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2020: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2021: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2022: </strong></font><br>
2023:
1.222 miod 2024: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2025: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2026: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2027: protocols and their quirks.
2028: <p>
2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2031: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2032: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2033: </strong></font><br>
2034:
2035: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2036: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2037: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2038: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2039: <p>
2040:
1.247 jufi 2041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2042: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2043: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2044: </strong></font><br>
2045:
2046: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2047: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2048: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2049: <p>
2050:
1.247 jufi 2051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2052: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2053: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2054: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2055: </strong></font><br>
2056:
2057: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2058: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2059: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2060: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2061: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2062: <p>
1.247 jufi 2063: </ul>
1.118 louis 2064:
1.104 louis 2065: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2066: <ul>
1.104 louis 2067:
1.247 jufi 2068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2069: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2070: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072:
2073: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2074: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2075: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2076: be a bit dry.
2077: <p>
2078:
1.247 jufi 2079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2080: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2081: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2082: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2083: </strong></font><br>
2084: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2085: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2086: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2087: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2088: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2089: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2090: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2091: <p>
2092:
1.247 jufi 2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2094: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2095: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2096: 2000
1.128 louis 2097: </strong></font><br>
2098:
2099: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2100: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2101: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2102: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2103: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2104: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2105: <p>
2106:
1.247 jufi 2107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2108: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2109: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2110: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2111:
2112: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2113: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2114: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2115: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2116: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2117: <p>
1.110 louis 2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2120: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2121: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2122: </strong></font><br>
2123:
2124: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2125: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2126: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2127: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2128: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2129: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2130: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2131: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2132: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2133: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2134: <p>
2135:
1.247 jufi 2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2137: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2139:
2140: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2141: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2142: <p>
1.108 louis 2143:
1.247 jufi 2144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2145: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2146: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2147: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2148:
2149: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2150: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2151: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2152: <p>
1.106 louis 2153:
1.247 jufi 2154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2155: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2156: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2157: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2158:
2159: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2160: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2161: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2162: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2163: <p>
1.107 louis 2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2166: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2167: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2168: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2169:
2170: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2171: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2172: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2173: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2174: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2175: <p>
1.105 louis 2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2178: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2179: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2180: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2181:
1.113 naddy 2182: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2183: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2184: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2185: <p>
1.104 louis 2186:
1.247 jufi 2187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2188: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2189: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2190: </strong></font><br>
2191:
2192: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2193: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2194: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2195: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2196: <p>
1.301 jose 2197:
2198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2199: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2200: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2201: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2202:
2203: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2204: hardware-supported cryptography.
2205: <p>
1.247 jufi 2206: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2207:
1.85 louis 2208: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2209: <ul>
1.85 louis 2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2212: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2213: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2214: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2215:
2216: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2217: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2218: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2219: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2220: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2221: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2222: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2223: <p>
1.99 louis 2224:
1.247 jufi 2225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2226: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2227: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2228: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2229:
2230: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2231: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2232: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2233: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2234: <p>
1.100 louis 2235:
1.247 jufi 2236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2237: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2238: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2239: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2240:
2241: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2242: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2243: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2244: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2245: <p>
1.95 louis 2246:
1.247 jufi 2247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2248: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2249: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2250: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2251:
2252: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2253: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2254: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2255: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2256: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2257: <p>
1.92 louis 2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2260: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2261: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2262: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2263:
2264: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2265: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2266: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2267: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2268: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2269: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2270: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2271: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2272: <p>
1.91 louis 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2275: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2276: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2278:
2279: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2280: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2281: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2282: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2283: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2284: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2285: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2286: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2287: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2288: <p>
1.90 louis 2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2291: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2292: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2293: </strong></font><br>
2294: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2295: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2296: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2297: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2298: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2299: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2300: <p>
2301:
1.247 jufi 2302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2303: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2304: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2305: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2306:
1.113 naddy 2307: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2308: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2309: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2310: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2311: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2312: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2313: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.87 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2317: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2318: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2319: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2320:
2321: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2322: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2323: <p>
1.85 louis 2324:
1.247 jufi 2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2326: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2327: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2328: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2329:
2330: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2331: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2332: <p>
2333:
2334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2335: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2336: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2337: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2338:
2339: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2340: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2341: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2342: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2343: <p>
1.89 louis 2344:
1.247 jufi 2345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2346: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2347: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2348: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2349:
2350: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2351: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2352: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2353: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2354: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2355: </ul>
1.85 louis 2356:
1.78 deraadt 2357: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2358: <ul>
1.74 louis 2359:
1.247 jufi 2360: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2361: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2362: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2363: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2364: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2365:
2366: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2367: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2368: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2369: <p>
1.83 louis 2370:
1.247 jufi 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2372: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2373: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2374: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2375:
2376: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2377: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2378: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2379: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2380: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2381: <p>
1.93 louis 2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2384: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2385: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2386: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2387: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2388:
1.83 louis 2389: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2390: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2391: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2392: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2393: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2394: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2395: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2396: <p>
1.82 aaron 2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2399: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2400: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2401: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2402:
1.83 louis 2403: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2404: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2405: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2406: <p>
1.80 louis 2407:
1.247 jufi 2408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2409: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2410: Bad Press</a>,
2411: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2412: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2413:
2414: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2415: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2416: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2417: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2418: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2419: <p>
1.247 jufi 2420: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2421:
2422: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2423: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2424:
1.247 jufi 2425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2426: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2427: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2428: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2429: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2430:
2431: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2432: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2433: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2434: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2435: <p>
1.74 louis 2436:
1.247 jufi 2437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2438: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2439: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2440: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2441:
1.219 horacio 2442: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2443: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2444: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2445: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2446: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2447: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2448: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2449: <p>
1.88 louis 2450:
1.247 jufi 2451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2452: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2453: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2454: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2455:
2456: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2457: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2458: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2459: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2460: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2461: <p>
1.81 louis 2462:
1.247 jufi 2463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2464: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2465: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2466: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2467:
2468: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2469: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2470: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2471: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2472: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2473: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2474: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2475: <p>
1.90 louis 2476:
1.247 jufi 2477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2478: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2479: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2480: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2481:
2482: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2483: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2484: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2485: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2486: <p>
1.247 jufi 2487: </ul>
1.71 louis 2488:
1.69 deraadt 2489: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2490: <ul>
1.70 louis 2491:
1.247 jufi 2492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2493: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2494: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2495: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2496:
2497: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2498: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2499: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2500: <p>
1.70 louis 2501:
1.247 jufi 2502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2503: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2504: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2505: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2506:
2507: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2508: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2509: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2510: <p>
1.68 louis 2511:
1.247 jufi 2512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2513: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2514: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2515: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2516: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2517:
1.111 jufi 2518: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2519: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2520: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2521: "secure by default" installation.
2522: <p>
1.64 louis 2523:
1.247 jufi 2524: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2525: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2526: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2527: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2528:
1.113 naddy 2529: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2530: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2531: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2532: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2533: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2534: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2535: <p>
1.66 louis 2536:
1.247 jufi 2537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2538: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2539: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2540: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2541:
2542: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2543: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2544: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2545: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2546: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2547: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2548: <p>
1.83 louis 2549:
1.247 jufi 2550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2551: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2552: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2553: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2554:
2555: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2556: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2557: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2558: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2559: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2560: <p>
1.64 louis 2561:
1.247 jufi 2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2563: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2564: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2565: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2566:
2567: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2568: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2569: <p>
1.301 jose 2570:
2571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2572: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2573: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2574: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2575: </strong></font><br>
2576:
2577: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2578: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2579: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2580: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2581: Giving way to
2582: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2583: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2584: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2585: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2586: <p>
1.247 jufi 2587: </ul>
1.65 louis 2588:
1.69 deraadt 2589: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2590: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2591:
1.247 jufi 2592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2593: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2594: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2595: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2596:
2597: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2598: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2599: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2600: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2601: <p>
1.88 louis 2602:
1.247 jufi 2603: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2604: <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 2605: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2606:
2607: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2608: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2609: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2610: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2611: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2612: <p>
1.60 louis 2613:
1.247 jufi 2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2615: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2616: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2617: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2618: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2619:
2620: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2621: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2622: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2623: <p>
1.58 louis 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2626: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2628:
2629: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2630: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2631: <p>
1.53 louis 2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2634: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2635: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2636: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2637:
2638: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2639: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2640: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2641: <p>
1.99 louis 2642:
1.247 jufi 2643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2644: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2645: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2646:
2647: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2648: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2649: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2650: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2651: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2652:
1.247 jufi 2653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2654: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2655: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2656: </strong></font><br>
2657:
2658: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2659: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2660: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2661: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2662: <p>
2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2665: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2666: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2668:
2669: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2670: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2671: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2672:
1.247 jufi 2673: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2674: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2676:
2677: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2678: in
1.247 jufi 2679: <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 2680: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2681: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2682: <p>
1.53 louis 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2685: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2686: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2687: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2688: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2689:
1.58 louis 2690: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2691: <p>
1.301 jose 2692:
2693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2694: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2695: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2696: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2697: Informacyjny, January 2000
2698: </strong></font><br>
2699:
2700: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2701: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2702: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2703: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2704: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2705: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2706: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2707: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2708: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2709: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2710: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2711: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2712: <p>
2713:
2714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2715: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2716: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2717: </strong></font><br>
2718:
2719: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2720: <p>
2721: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2722:
1.69 deraadt 2723: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2724: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2725:
1.247 jufi 2726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2727: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2728: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2729: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2730: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2731:
1.58 louis 2732: Kurt Seifried
2733: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2734: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2735: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2736: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2737:
1.247 jufi 2738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2739: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2740: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2741: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2742:
2743: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2744: <p>
1.96 louis 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2747: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2748: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2749: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2750: </strong></font><br>
2751:
2752: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2753: <p>
2754:
2755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2756: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2757: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2758: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2759:
2760: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2761: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2762: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2763: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2764: <p>
1.247 jufi 2765: </ul>
1.86 louis 2766:
1.69 deraadt 2767: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2768: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2771: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2772: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2773: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2774:
2775: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2776: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2777: <p>
1.61 louis 2778:
1.247 jufi 2779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2780: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2781: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2782: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2783: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2784:
2785: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2786: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2787: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2788: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2789: right -- or at least strives to".
2790: <p>
1.48 louis 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2793: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2794: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2796: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2797: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2798: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2799: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2800: <p>
1.61 louis 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <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 2803: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2804: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2805:
2806: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2807: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2808: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2809: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2810: <p>
1.46 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2813: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2814: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2816:
2817: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2818: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2819: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2820:
1.247 jufi 2821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2822: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2823: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2824: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2825:
2826: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2827: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2828: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2829: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2830: <p>
1.247 jufi 2831: </ul>
1.70 louis 2832:
1.69 deraadt 2833: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2834: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2837: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2838: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2839: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2840: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2841:
2842: Kurt Seifried
2843: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2844: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2845: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2846: <p>
1.44 philen 2847:
1.247 jufi 2848: <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 2849: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2850: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2851:
2852: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2853: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2854:
1.247 jufi 2855: <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 2856: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2857: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2858:
2859: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2860: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2861:
1.247 jufi 2862: <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 2863: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2864: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2865:
2866: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2867: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2868: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2869: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2870: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2871:
1.247 jufi 2872: <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 2873: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2874: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2875:
1.36 louis 2876: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2877: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2878:
1.247 jufi 2879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2880: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2881: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2882: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2883:
2884: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2885: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2886: </ul>
1.38 louis 2887:
1.69 deraadt 2888: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2889: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2890:
1.247 jufi 2891: <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 2892: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2893: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2894:
2895: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2896: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2897: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2898:
1.113 naddy 2899: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2900: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2901: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2902: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2903:
2904: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2905: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2906: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2907: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2908: <blockquote>
2909: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2910: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2911: <br>
2912: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2913: </code>
2914: </blockquote>
2915: <p>
2916:
1.247 jufi 2917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2918: <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>
2919: <p>
2920:
2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2922: <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 2923: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2924:
2925: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2926: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2927: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2928: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2929:
1.247 jufi 2930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2931: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2932: Sept. 28, 1999
2933: </strong></font><br>
2934:
2935: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2936: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2937: translating and reprinting articles from
2938: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2939: <p>
2940:
2941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2942: <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 2943: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2944:
2945: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2946: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2947: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2948: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2949: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2950: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2951: <p>
1.19 louis 2952:
1.113 naddy 2953: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2954: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2955: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2956:
2957: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2958: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2959: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2960: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2961: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2962: <p>
1.16 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2965: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2966: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2967: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2968:
1.57 louis 2969: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2970: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2971: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2972: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2975: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2976: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2977: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2978:
1.113 naddy 2979: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2980:
1.247 jufi 2981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2982: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2983: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2984: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2985:
1.23 louis 2986: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2987: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2988: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2989: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2990: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2991: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2994: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2995: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2996: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2997:
1.199 pvalchev 2998: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2999: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3000: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3001: installation.
1.113 naddy 3002: <p>
1.47 louis 3003:
1.247 jufi 3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3005: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3006: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3007: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3008:
1.301 jose 3009: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3010: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3011: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3012: </ul>
1.57 louis 3013:
1.69 deraadt 3014: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3015: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3016:
1.247 jufi 3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3018: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3019: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3020: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3021:
3022: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3023: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3024: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3025: <p>
1.12 louis 3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3028: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3029: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3030: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3031:
3032: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3033: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3034: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3035: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3036: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3037: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3038: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3039: <p>
1.247 jufi 3040: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3041:
1.69 deraadt 3042: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3043: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3044:
1.247 jufi 3045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3046: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3047: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3048:
3049: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3050: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3051: available."
1.113 naddy 3052: <p>
1.301 jose 3053:
3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3055: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3056: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3057: </strong></font><br>
3058:
3059: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3060: <p>
1.247 jufi 3061: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3062:
1.69 deraadt 3063: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3064: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3065:
1.247 jufi 3066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3067: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3068: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3069:
3070: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3071: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3072: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3073: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3074: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3075: <p>
1.33 louis 3076:
1.247 jufi 3077: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3078: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3079: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3080: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3081:
1.113 naddy 3082: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3083: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3084: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3085: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3086: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3087: <p>
1.247 jufi 3088: </ul>
1.57 louis 3089:
1.69 deraadt 3090: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3091: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3094: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3095: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3096: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3097:
3098: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3099: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3100: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3103: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3104: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3105: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3106: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3107:
3108: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3109: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3110:
1.247 jufi 3111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3112: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3113:
1.113 naddy 3114: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3117: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3118: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3119: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3120:
3121: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3122: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3123: </ul>
1.23 louis 3124:
1.69 deraadt 3125: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3126: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3129: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3130: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3131:
3132: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3133: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3134: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3135:
1.247 jufi 3136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3137: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3138: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3139: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3140:
3141: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3142: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3143: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3144: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3145: </ul>
1.57 louis 3146:
1.69 deraadt 3147: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3148: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3149:
1.247 jufi 3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3151: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3152: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3153: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3154:
3155: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3156: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3157: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3158: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3159: <p>
1.15 louis 3160:
1.247 jufi 3161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3162: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3163: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3164: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3165:
3166: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3167: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3168: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3169: columns."
1.113 naddy 3170: <p>
1.247 jufi 3171: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3172:
1.69 deraadt 3173: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3174: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3177: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3178: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3179: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3180:
3181: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3182: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3183:
1.113 naddy 3184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3185: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3186: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3187:
3188: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3189: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3190: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3191: </ul>
1.57 louis 3192:
1.69 deraadt 3193: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3194: <ul>
1.301 jose 3195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3196: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3197: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3198: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3199:
3200: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3201: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3202: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3203: <p>
3204:
3205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3206: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3207: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3208: Nov 13, 1998 and
3209: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3210: Datateknik</a>,
3211: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3212:
3213: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3214: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3215: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3216: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3217: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3218:
1.113 naddy 3219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3220: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3221: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3222: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3223:
1.222 miod 3224: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3225: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3226: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3227: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3228: <p>
1.247 jufi 3229: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3230:
1.69 deraadt 3231: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3232: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3233:
1.247 jufi 3234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3235: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3236: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3237:
1.69 deraadt 3238: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3239: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3240: <p>
1.247 jufi 3241: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3242:
1.69 deraadt 3243: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3244: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3247: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3248: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3249: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3250:
3251: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3252: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3253: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3256: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3257: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3258: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3259: <p>
1.247 jufi 3260: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3261:
1.69 deraadt 3262: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3263: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3264:
1.247 jufi 3265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3266: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3267: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3268: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3269: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3270: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3271:
3272: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3273: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3274: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3275: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3276: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3277: <p>
1.247 jufi 3278: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3279:
3280: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3281: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3284: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3285: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3286:
1.69 deraadt 3287: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3288: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3289: <p>
1.112 naddy 3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3292: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3293:
1.292 camield 3294: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3295: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3296: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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