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