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1.16 louis 19:
1.253 ian 20: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
21: <ul>
1.255 ian 22:
1.260 ian 23: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 ! henning 24: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
! 25: April 23, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
! 28: <p>
! 29:
! 30: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 31: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 32: April 22, 2003.
33: </strong></font><br>
34: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
35: <p>
36:
37: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 38: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
39: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
40: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 41: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 42: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
43: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
44: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
45: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
46: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
47: Can also be found online at:
48: <ul>
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
50: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 51: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
52: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 53: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
55: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 56: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
57: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 58: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 59: </ul>
60: <p>
61:
62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 63: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
64: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 65: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 66: </strong></font><br>
67: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 68: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
69: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
70: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
71: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
72: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
73: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 74: <p>
75:
76: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 77: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
78: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 79: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
80: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 81: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
82: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
83: at UPenn and DARPA.
84: <p>
85:
86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 87: [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
88: April 18, 2003.
89: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 90: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 91: <p>
92:
93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 94: [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 95: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 96: </strong></font><br>
97: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
98: <p>
99:
100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 101: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
102: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
103: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 104: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 105: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
106: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
107: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
108: <p>
109:
110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 111: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
112: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 113: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 114: </strong></font><br>
115: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
116: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
117: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 118: American century.
1.267 deraadt 119: <p>
120:
121: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 122: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
123: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 124: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 125: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 126: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
127: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
128: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
129: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
130: Can also be found online at:
131: <ul>
132: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
133: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 134: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 135: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 136: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 137: <p>
138:
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 140: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 141: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 142: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 143: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 144: </strong></font><br>
145: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 146: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
147: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
148: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
149: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 150:
151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
152: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
153: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
154: New York Times.
155: </strong></font>(free registration required)
156:
1.273 deraadt 157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
158: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 159: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 160: ABC News.
161: </strong></font>
162:
163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 164: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 165: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 166: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 167: </strong></font>
168:
169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 170: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 171: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 172: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 173: </strong></font>
174:
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 176: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
177: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 178: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 179: </strong></font>
180:
181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 182: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 183: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 184: Times Daily, AL.
185: </strong></font>
186:
187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
188: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
189: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
190: Boston.com, MA.
191: </strong></font>
192:
193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 194: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 195: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 196: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
197: </strong></font>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 200: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
201: [Article was pulled]</a>
202: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 203: </strong></font>
204:
205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
206: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
207: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
208: Infoshop News.
209: </strong></font>
210:
211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
212: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
213: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
214: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
215: </strong></font>
216:
217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 218: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
219: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
220: Raleigh News, NC.
221: </strong></font>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 224: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
225: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
226: Napa News, CA.
227: </strong></font>
228:
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 230: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 231: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
232: NEPA News, PA.
233: </strong></font>
234:
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
236: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
237: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
238: Wired News.
239: </strong></font>
240:
1.271 deraadt 241: </ul>
242: <p>
1.272 deraadt 243: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
244: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 245: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
246: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
247: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
248: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
249: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
250: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 251: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 252: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
253: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
254: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 255: <p>
256: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 257:
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 259: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 260: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
261: Indianapolis Star, IN.
262: </strong></font>
263:
264: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 265: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
266: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
267: Miami Herald, FL.
268: </strong></font>
269:
270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 271: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 272: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
273: </strong></font>
274:
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
276: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 277: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 278: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 279: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 280:
281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
282: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
283: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
284: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
285: ABC News.
286: </strong></font>
287:
1.276 deraadt 288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
289: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 290: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 291: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 292: </strong></font>
293:
1.286 dhartmei 294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 295: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 296: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
297: Wilmington Star, NC.
298: </strong></font>
299:
1.300 jose 300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
301: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
302: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
303: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
304: </strong></font>
305:
1.309 jose 306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
307: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
308: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
309: Globe Technology.
310: </strong></font>
311:
1.263 deraadt 312: </ul>
1.262 beck 313: <p>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 316: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
317: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 318: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 319: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 320: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 321: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
322: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 326: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
327: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
328: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 329: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 330: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
331: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
332: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
333: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
334: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
335: and simply restates other press reports.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 339: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
340: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
341: OS News, April 18, 2003.
342: </strong></font><br>
343: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
344: <p>
345:
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 347: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
348: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 349: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 350: </strong></font><br>
351: Another report on the DARPA funding.
352: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
353: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 357: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
358: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 359: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 360: </strong></font><br>
361: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
362: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
363: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
364: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
365: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
366: Goes on to say:
367: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
368: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
369: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
370: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 371: This article is also found online at:
372: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
374: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
375: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
376: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 377: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
379: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
380: ZDnet</a>,
381: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 382: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
384: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
385: ZDnet Australia</a>,
386: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 387: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 388: </ul>
1.260 ian 389: <p>
1.279 deraadt 390:
1.260 ian 391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 392: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 393: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.269 deraadt 394: SlashDot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 395: </strong></font><br>
1.290 jose 396: SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 397: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
398: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
399: without notice or justification.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 403: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 404: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 405: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 406: </strong></font><br>
407: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
408: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 409: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 410: effective today, without any warning..."
411: <p>
1.257 ian 412:
413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 414: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
415: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 416: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 417: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 418: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
419: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
420: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
421: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
422: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 423: <p>
424:
425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 426: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
427: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 428: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 429: </strong></font><br>
430: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
431: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
432: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
433: quoting two of them:
434: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
435: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
436: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
437: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
438: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
439: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
440: <p>
441:
1.255 ian 442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 443: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
444: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 445: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 446: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 447: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 448: <p>
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
451: [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 452: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 453: </strong></font><br>
454: New security concepts in OpenBSD
455: <p>
456:
457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 458: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
459: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 460: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 461: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 462: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 463: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
464: security experts for more than three decades."
465: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
466: <p>
1.261 ian 467:
1.254 drahn 468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 469: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterst&uuml;tzt OpenBSD</a>,
470: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 471: </strong></font><br>
472: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
473: <p>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 476: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
477: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
478: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
479: </strong></font><br>
480: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
481: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
482: discussion OpenBSD's path.
483: <p>
484:
485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 486: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
487: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 488: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 489: </strong></font><br>
490: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
491: from US DARPA.
492: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
493: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
494: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
495: the BSD license.
496: <p>
497: </ul>
498:
1.251 ian 499: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
500: <ul>
501:
502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 503: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
504: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
505: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
506: </strong></font><br>
507:
508: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
509: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
510: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
511: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
512: <p>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 515: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
516: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 517: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 518: </strong></font><br>
519: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
520: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
521: Mentions
522: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
523: and
524: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
525: programs.
526: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 527: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 528: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
529: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
530: <p>
1.260 ian 531:
532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
533: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
534: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
535: </strong></font><br>
536: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
537: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
538: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
539: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
540: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
541: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
542: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
543: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
544: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
545: put into service."
546: <p>
547: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
548: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
549: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
550: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
551: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
552: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
553: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
554: computers with security features."
555: <p>
1.251 ian 556: </ul>
557:
1.249 jufi 558: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
559: <ul>
560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
561: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
562: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 563: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 564: </strong></font><br>
565: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
566: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 567: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 568: <p>
569: </ul>
570:
1.246 jufi 571: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 572: <ul>
1.246 jufi 573:
1.247 jufi 574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 575: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 576: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
577: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 578: </strong></font><br>
579: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
580: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
581: <p>
582:
1.247 jufi 583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 584: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
585: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
586: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
587: </strong></font><br>
588: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
589: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
590: <p>
591:
592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 593: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 594: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
595: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 596: </strong></font><br>
597: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
598: in their annual OpenHack security test.
599: <p>
1.247 jufi 600: </ul>
1.246 jufi 601:
1.244 jufi 602: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 603: <ul>
1.246 jufi 604:
1.247 jufi 605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 606: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
607: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
608: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 609: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 610: </strong></font><br>
611: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
612: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
613: md5 digests.
614: <p>
615:
1.247 jufi 616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 617: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 618: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
619: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 620: </strong></font><br>
621: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
622: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
623: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
624: right the first time."
625: <p>
1.247 jufi 626: </ul>
1.244 jufi 627:
628:
629: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 630: <ul>
1.244 jufi 631:
1.247 jufi 632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 633: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 634: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
635: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 636: </strong></font><br>
637: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
638: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
639: part 6</a>.
640: <p>
641:
1.247 jufi 642: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 643: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 644: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
645: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 646: </strong></font><br>
647: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
648: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
649: <p>
1.301 jose 650:
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
652: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
653: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
654: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
655: </strong></font><br>
656:
657: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
658: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
659: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
660: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
661: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
662: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
663: <i>Here's the
664: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
665: <p>
1.247 jufi 666: </ul>
1.242 jufi 667:
668: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 669: <ul>
1.242 jufi 670:
1.247 jufi 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 672: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 673: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
674: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 675: </strong></font><br>
676: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
677: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
678: <p>
679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 681: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 682: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
683: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 684: </strong></font><br>
685: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
686: this time using pf.
687: <p>
1.247 jufi 688: </ul>
1.242 jufi 689:
690: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 691: <ul>
1.242 jufi 692:
1.247 jufi 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 694: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 695: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
696: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 697: </strong></font><br>
698: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
699: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
700: their rotation.
701: <p>
702:
1.247 jufi 703: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 704: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 705: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
706: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 707: </strong></font><br>
708: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
709: <p>
1.247 jufi 710: </ul>
1.242 jufi 711:
1.239 jufi 712: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 713: <ul>
1.239 jufi 714:
1.247 jufi 715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 716: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 717: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
718: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 719: </strong></font><br>
720: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
721: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
722: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
723: <p>
724:
1.247 jufi 725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 726: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 727: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
728: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 729: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 730: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
731: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
732: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 733: <p>
1.247 jufi 734: </ul>
1.239 jufi 735:
1.235 lebel 736: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 737: <ul>
1.235 lebel 738:
1.239 jufi 739:
1.247 jufi 740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 741: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 742: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
743: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 744: </strong></font><br>
745: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
746: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
747: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
748: <p>
1.301 jose 749:
1.247 jufi 750: </ul>
1.235 lebel 751:
1.228 horacio 752: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 753: <ul>
1.228 horacio 754:
1.247 jufi 755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 756: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 757: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
758: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 759: </strong></font><br>
760: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
761: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
762: <p>
763:
1.247 jufi 764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 765: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 766: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
767: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 768: </strong></font><br>
769: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
770: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
771: <p>
772:
1.247 jufi 773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 774: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 775: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
776: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 777: </strong></font><br>
778: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
779: on the desktop of his parents.
780: <p>
781:
1.247 jufi 782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 783: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 784: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
785: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 786: </strong></font><br>
787: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
788: using IPFilter.
789:
790: <p>
791:
1.247 jufi 792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 793: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 794: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
795: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 796: </strong></font><br>
797: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
798: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
799: perspectives of the four OS.
800: <br>
801: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 802: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 803: <p>
804:
1.247 jufi 805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 806: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
807: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 808: software and security</a>,
809: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 810: </strong></font><br>
811:
812: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
813: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
814: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
815: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
816: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
817: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
818: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
819: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
820: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
821: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
822: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
823: security conscious team beyond doubt.
824: <p>
1.247 jufi 825: </ul>
1.228 horacio 826:
1.225 horacio 827: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 828: <ul>
1.225 horacio 829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 831: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
832: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 833: Interview</a>,
834: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 835: </strong></font><br>
836:
837: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
838: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
839: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 840: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 841: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
842: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
843: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
844: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
845: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 846: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 847: of choice.
848: <p>
1.247 jufi 849: </ul>
1.225 horacio 850:
851: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 852: <ul>
1.225 horacio 853:
1.247 jufi 854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 855: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 856: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
857: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 858: </strong></font><br>
859:
860: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
861: <p>
862:
1.247 jufi 863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 864: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 865: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
866: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 867: </strong></font><br>
868:
869: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
870: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
871: <p>
1.247 jufi 872: </ul>
1.225 horacio 873:
1.218 horacio 874: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 875: <ul>
1.218 horacio 876:
1.247 jufi 877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 878: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 879: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
880: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 881: </strong></font><br>
882:
883: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
884: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
885: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
886: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
887: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
888: subjects. Worth a read.
889: <p>
890:
891:
1.247 jufi 892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 893: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 894: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
895: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 896: </strong></font><br>
897:
898: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
899: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
900: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
901: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
902: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
903: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
904: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
905: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
906: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 907: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 908: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
909: on other operating systems.<br>
910: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
911: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
912: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
913: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
914: <p>
915:
1.247 jufi 916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 917: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 918: Operating System 2010</a>,
919: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 920: </strong></font><br>
921:
922: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
923: covering the level of software integration into the core
924: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
925: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
926: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
927: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
928: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
929: <p>
930:
1.247 jufi 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 932: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 933: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
934: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 935: </strong></font><br>
936:
937: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
938: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
939: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
940: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
941: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
942: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
943: <p>
1.247 jufi 944: </ul>
1.221 horacio 945:
1.210 jufi 946: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 947: <ul>
1.215 horacio 948:
1.247 jufi 949: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 950: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 951: Already a Contender</a>,
952: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 953: </strong></font><br>
954:
955: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
956: source software in response to an article which claimed that
957: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
958: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
959: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
960: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
961: <p>
962:
1.247 jufi 963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 964: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 965: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
966: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 967: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 968:
1.224 horacio 969: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
970: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
971: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
972: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
973: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
974: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 975: <p>
1.247 jufi 976: </ul>
1.215 horacio 977:
978: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 979: <ul>
1.215 horacio 980:
1.247 jufi 981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 982: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
983: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 984: Division</a>,
985: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 986: </strong></font><br>
987:
988: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
989: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 990: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 991: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
992: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
993: investment</em>.<br>
994: The implementation details can be seen on their
995: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
996: <p>
997:
1.247 jufi 998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 999: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1000: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1001: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1002: </strong></font><br>
1003:
1004: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1005: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1006: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1007: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1008: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1009: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1010: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1011: <p>
1012:
1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1014: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1015: Thinking about Security</a>,
1016: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1017: </strong></font><br>
1018:
1019: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1020: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1021: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1022: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1023: to time.<br>
1024: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1025: system and just the most secure system.
1026: <p>
1027:
1.247 jufi 1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1029: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1030: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1031: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1032: </strong></font><br>
1033:
1034: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1035: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1036: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1037: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1038: choice:<br>
1039: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1040: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1041: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1042: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1043: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1044: network security devices and as such must be well
1045: armored."</em><br>
1046: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1047: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1048: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1049: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1050: <br>
1051: Bravo!
1052: <p>
1.247 jufi 1053: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1054:
1.207 ian 1055: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1056: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1057:
1.247 jufi 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1059: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1060: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1061: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1062:
1.207 ian 1063: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1064: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1065: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1066: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1067: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1068: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1069: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1070: <p>
1.247 jufi 1071: </ul>
1.207 ian 1072:
1.194 jufi 1073: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1074: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1075:
1.247 jufi 1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1077: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1078: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1079: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1080: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1081:
1.240 miod 1082: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1083: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1084: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1085: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1086: <p>
1087:
1.247 jufi 1088: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1089: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1090: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1091: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1092:
1093: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1094: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1095: <p>
1096:
1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1098: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1099: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1100: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1101:
1102: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1103: <p>
1104:
1105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1106: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1107: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1108: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1109: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1110:
1.240 miod 1111: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1112: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1113: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1114: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1115: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1116: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1117: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1118: <br>
1119: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1120: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1121: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1122: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1123: <p>
1124:
1.247 jufi 1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1126: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1127: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1128: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1129: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1130:
1.194 jufi 1131: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1132: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1133: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1134: <br>
1135: The new
1136: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1137: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1138: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1139: <p>
1.247 jufi 1140: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1141:
1.190 horacio 1142: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1143: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1144:
1.247 jufi 1145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1146:
1147: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1148: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1149:
1.301 jose 1150:
1.191 jufi 1151: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1152: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1153:
1154: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1155: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1156:
1.212 horacio 1157: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1158: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1159: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1160:
1.211 horacio 1161: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1162: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1163: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1164:
1.247 jufi 1165: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1166: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1167:
1.247 jufi 1168: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1169: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1170:
1.212 horacio 1171: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1172: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1173: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1174:
1175: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1176: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1177:
1178: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1179: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1180:
1.301 jose 1181: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1182: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1183:
1.191 jufi 1184: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1185: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1186:
1187: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1188: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1189:
1.192 jufi 1190: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1191: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1192: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1193:
1.193 deraadt 1194: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1195: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1196: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1197:
1.247 jufi 1198: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1199: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1200:
1.247 jufi 1201: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1202: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1203: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1204:
1.213 horacio 1205: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1206: 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 1207: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1208:
1.190 horacio 1209: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1210: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1211: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1212: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1213: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1214: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1215: <p>
1.190 horacio 1216:
1.247 jufi 1217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1218: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1219: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1220: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1221: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1222:
1.195 jufi 1223: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1224: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1225: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1226: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1227: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1228: <p>
1229:
1.247 jufi 1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1231: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1232: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1233: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1234: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1235:
1.191 jufi 1236: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1237: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1238: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1239: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1240: <p>
1241:
1242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1243: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1244: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1245: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1246:
1247: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1248: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1249: <p>
1.247 jufi 1250: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1251:
1.191 jufi 1252:
1.186 jufi 1253: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1254: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1255:
1.247 jufi 1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1257: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1258: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1259: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1260: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1261:
1.188 jufi 1262: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1263: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1264: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1265: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1266: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1267: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1268: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1269: <p>
1270:
1.301 jose 1271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1272: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1273: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1274: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1275:
1276: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1277: <p>
1.191 jufi 1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1280: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1281: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1282: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1286: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1287: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1288: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1289: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1290: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1291: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1292: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1293: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1294: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1295: familiar?
1296: <p>
1.247 jufi 1297: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1298:
1.178 louis 1299: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1300: <ul>
1.178 louis 1301:
1.247 jufi 1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1303: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1304: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1305: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1308: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1309: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1310: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1311: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1312: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1313: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1314: <p>
1315:
1.247 jufi 1316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1317: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1318: Open source under the hood</a>,
1319: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1320: </strong></font><br>
1321:
1322: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1323: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1324: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1325: <p>
1326:
1.247 jufi 1327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1328: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1329: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1330: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1331: </strong></font><br>
1332:
1333: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1334: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1335: <p>
1.247 jufi 1336: </ul>
1.179 louis 1337:
1.174 louis 1338:
1.175 louis 1339: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1340: <ul>
1.175 louis 1341:
1.247 jufi 1342: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1343: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1344: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1345: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1346: </strong></font><br>
1347:
1348: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1349: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1350: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1351: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1352: <p>
1353:
1.247 jufi 1354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1355: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1356: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1357: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1358: </strong></font><br>
1359:
1360: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1361: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1362: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1363: <p>
1.247 jufi 1364: </ul>
1.175 louis 1365:
1.176 louis 1366:
1.172 mickey 1367: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1368: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1369:
1.247 jufi 1370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1371: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1372: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1373: </strong></font><br>
1374:
1375: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1376: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1377: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1378: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1379: <p>
1380:
1.247 jufi 1381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1382: <a
1.269 deraadt 1383: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1384: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1385: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1389: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1390: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1394: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1395: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1396: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1400: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1401: <p>
1402:
1.247 jufi 1403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1404: <a
1.269 deraadt 1405: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1406: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1407: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1408: </strong></font><br>
1409:
1410: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1411: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1412: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1413: our own Theo de Raadt.
1414: <p>
1415:
1.247 jufi 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1417: <a
1.269 deraadt 1418: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1419: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1420: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1424: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1425: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1426: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1427: shut down.]
1428: <p>
1429:
1.247 jufi 1430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1431: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1432: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1433: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1434: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1435: </strong></font><br>
1436:
1437: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1438: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1439: <p>
1.247 jufi 1440: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1441:
1.161 louis 1442: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1443: <ul>
1.161 louis 1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1446: <a
1.269 deraadt 1447: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1448: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1449: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1450: </strong></font><br>
1451:
1452: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1453: by John Wolley
1454: <p>
1455:
1.247 jufi 1456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1457: <a
1.269 deraadt 1458: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1459: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1460: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1461: </strong></font><br>
1462:
1463: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1464: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1465: OpenBSD).
1466: <p>
1467:
1.247 jufi 1468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1469: <a
1.247 jufi 1470: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1471: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1472: </strong></font><br>
1473:
1474: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1475: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1476: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1477: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1478: and hindsight.
1479: <p>
1480:
1.247 jufi 1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1482: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1483: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1484: </strong></font><br>
1485:
1486: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1487: <p>
1488:
1.247 jufi 1489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1490: <a
1.168 provos 1491: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1492: December 7, 2000
1493: </strong></font><br>
1494:
1495: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1496: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1497: us explain.
1498: <p>
1499:
1.247 jufi 1500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1501: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1502: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1503: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1504: December 6, 2000
1505: </strong></font><br>
1506:
1507: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1508: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1509: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1510: <p>
1511:
1.247 jufi 1512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1513: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1514: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1515: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1516: </strong></font><br>
1517:
1518: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1519: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1520: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1521: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1522: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1523: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1524: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1525: <p>
1526:
1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1528: <a
1.226 horacio 1529: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1530: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1531: </strong></font><br>
1532:
1533: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1534: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1535: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1536: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1537: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1538: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1539: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1540: <p>
1.162 millert 1541:
1.247 jufi 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1543: <a
1.161 louis 1544: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1545: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1546: </strong></font><br>
1547:
1548: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1549: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1550: <p>
1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1553: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1554: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1555: </strong></font><br>
1556:
1557: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1558: <p>
1559:
1560:
1.247 jufi 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1562: <a
1.226 horacio 1563: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1564: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1565: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1566: </strong></font><br>
1567:
1568: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1569: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1570: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1571: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1572: <p>
1.247 jufi 1573: </ul>
1.169 louis 1574:
1.158 louis 1575: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1576: <ul>
1.147 louis 1577:
1.247 jufi 1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1579: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1580: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1581: </strong></font><br>
1582:
1583: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1584: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1585: <p>
1586:
1.247 jufi 1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1588: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1589: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1590: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1591: </strong></font><br>
1592: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1593: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1594: <p>
1595:
1.247 jufi 1596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1597: <a
1598: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1599: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1600: </strong></font><br>
1601:
1602: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1603: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1604: <p>
1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1607: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1608: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1609: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1610:
1.213 horacio 1611: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1612: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1613: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1614: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1615: <p>
1.215 horacio 1616:
1.247 jufi 1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1618: <a
1619: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1620: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1621: </strong></font><br>
1622:
1623: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1624: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1625: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1626: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1627: much of the attitude too).
1628: <p>
1.161 louis 1629:
1.247 jufi 1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1631: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1632: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1633: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1634:
1.157 louis 1635: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1636: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1637: <p>
1.247 jufi 1638: </ul>
1.157 louis 1639:
1640: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1641: <ul>
1.157 louis 1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1644: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1645: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1646: </strong></font><br>
1647:
1648: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1649: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1650: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1651: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1652: <p>
1653:
1.247 jufi 1654: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1655: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1656: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1657: </strong></font><br>
1658:
1659: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1660: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1661: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1662: it because they love coding...
1663: <p>
1664:
1.247 jufi 1665: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1666: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1667: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1668: </strong></font><br>
1669:
1670: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1671: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1672: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1673: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1674: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1675: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1676: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1677: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1678: <p>
1679:
1.247 jufi 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1681: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1682: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1683: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1684: </strong></font><br>
1685:
1686: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1687: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1688: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1689: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1690: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1691: the pizza.
1692: <p>
1693:
1.247 jufi 1694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1695: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1696: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698:
1699: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1700: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1701: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1702: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1703: problems.
1704: <p>
1705:
1.247 jufi 1706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1707: <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 1708: </strong></font><br>
1709:
1.222 miod 1710: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1711: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1712: - whether they like it or not.
1713: <p>
1714:
1.247 jufi 1715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1716: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1717: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1718: </strong></font><br>
1719:
1720: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1721: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1722: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1723: <p>
1.148 aaron 1724:
1.247 jufi 1725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1726: <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 1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1730: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1731: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1732: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1733: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1734: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1735: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1736: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1737: <p>
1738:
1.247 jufi 1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1740: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1741: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1742: </strong></font><br>
1743:
1744: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1745: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1746: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1747: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1748: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1749: <p>
1.247 jufi 1750: </ul>
1.147 louis 1751:
1.138 louis 1752: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1753: <ul>
1.138 louis 1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1756: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1757: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1758: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1759: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1760: </strong></font><br>
1761:
1.227 horacio 1762: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1763: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1764: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1765: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1766: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1767: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1768: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1769: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1770: <p>
1771:
1.247 jufi 1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1773: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1774: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1775: </strong></font><br>
1776:
1777: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1778: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1779: groups, and even Linux.
1780: <p>
1781:
1.247 jufi 1782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1783: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1784: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1785: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1786: </strong></font><br>
1787:
1788: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1789: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1790: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1791: library after installing the OS.
1792: <p>
1793:
1.247 jufi 1794: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1795: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1796: Sys Admin, September 2000
1797: </strong></font><br>
1798:
1799: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1800: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1801: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1802: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1803: (<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>,
1804: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1805: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1806: <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 1807: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1808: out of the system.
1809: <p>
1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1812: <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
1813: </strong></font><br>
1814:
1815: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1816: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1817: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1818: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1819: the IP filtering and address translation.
1820: <p>
1.301 jose 1821:
1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1823: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1824: </strong></font><br>
1825:
1826: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1827: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1828: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1829: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1830: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1831: <p>
1.247 jufi 1832: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1833:
1.131 louis 1834: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1835: <ul>
1.131 louis 1836:
1.247 jufi 1837: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1838: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1839: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1840: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1841: </strong></font><br>
1842:
1843: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1844: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1845: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1846: <p>
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1849: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1850: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1851: </strong></font><br>
1852:
1853: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1854: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1855: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1856: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1857: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1858: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1859: note of"</i>.
1860: <p>
1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1863: <a
1.247 jufi 1864: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1865: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1869: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1870: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1871: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1872: <p>
1873:
1.247 jufi 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1875: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1876: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1877: </strong></font><br>
1878:
1879: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1880: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1881: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1882: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1883: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1884: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1885: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1886: <p>
1887:
1.247 jufi 1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1889: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1890: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1891: 2000
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893:
1894: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1895: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1896: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1897: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1898: against current industry practices.
1899: <p>
1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1902: <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
1903: </strong></font><br>
1904:
1905: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1906: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1907: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1908: <p>
1909:
1.247 jufi 1910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1911: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1912: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1913: </strong></font><br>
1914:
1915: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1916: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1917: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1918: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1919: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1920: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1921: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1922: <p>
1923:
1.247 jufi 1924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1925: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1926: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1927: </strong></font><br>
1928:
1929: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1930: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1931: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1932: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1933: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1934: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1935: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1936: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1937: <p>
1.247 jufi 1938: </ul>
1.131 louis 1939:
1.118 louis 1940: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1941: <ul>
1.118 louis 1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1944: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1945: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1946: </strong></font><br>
1947:
1948: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1949: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1950: about time. The article mentions that
1951: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1952: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1953: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1954: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1955: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1956: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1957: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1958: <p>
1959:
1.247 jufi 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1961: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1962: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1963: </strong></font><br>
1964:
1965: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1966: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1967: of OpenSSH.
1968: <p>
1969:
1.247 jufi 1970: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1971: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1972: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1973: </strong></font><br>
1974:
1975: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1976: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1977: bridging.
1978: <p>
1979:
1.247 jufi 1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1981: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1982: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1983: </strong></font><br>
1984:
1.121 deraadt 1985: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1986: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 1987: <p>
1988:
1.247 jufi 1989: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 1990: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
1991: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1994: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
1995: <p>
1996:
1.247 jufi 1997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 1998: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 1999: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2000: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2001: </strong></font><br>
2002:
1.120 deraadt 2003: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2004: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2005: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2006: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2007: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2008: <p>
2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2011: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2012: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2013: </strong></font><br>
2014:
1.222 miod 2015: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2016: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2017: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2018: protocols and their quirks.
2019: <p>
2020:
1.247 jufi 2021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2022: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2023: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2024: </strong></font><br>
2025:
2026: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2027: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2028: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2029: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2030: <p>
2031:
1.247 jufi 2032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2033: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2034: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2035: </strong></font><br>
2036:
2037: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2038: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2039: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2040: <p>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2043: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2044: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2045: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2046: </strong></font><br>
2047:
2048: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2049: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2050: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2051: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2052: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2053: <p>
1.247 jufi 2054: </ul>
1.118 louis 2055:
1.104 louis 2056: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2057: <ul>
1.104 louis 2058:
1.247 jufi 2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2060: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2061: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2062: </strong></font><br>
2063:
2064: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2065: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2066: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2067: be a bit dry.
2068: <p>
2069:
1.247 jufi 2070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2071: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2072: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2073: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2074: </strong></font><br>
2075: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2076: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2077: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2078: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2079: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2080: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2081: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2082: <p>
2083:
1.247 jufi 2084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2085: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2086: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2087: 2000
1.128 louis 2088: </strong></font><br>
2089:
2090: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2091: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2092: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2093: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2094: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2095: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2096: <p>
2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2099: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2100: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2101: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2102:
2103: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2104: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2105: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2106: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2107: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2108: <p>
1.110 louis 2109:
1.247 jufi 2110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2111: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2112: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2113: </strong></font><br>
2114:
2115: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2116: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2117: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2118: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2119: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2120: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2121: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2122: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2123: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2124: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2125: <p>
2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2128: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2129: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2130:
2131: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2132: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2133: <p>
1.108 louis 2134:
1.247 jufi 2135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2136: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2137: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2138: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2139:
2140: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2141: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2142: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2143: <p>
1.106 louis 2144:
1.247 jufi 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2146: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2147: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2148: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2149:
2150: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2151: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2152: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2153: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2154: <p>
1.107 louis 2155:
1.247 jufi 2156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2157: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2158: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2159: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2160:
2161: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2162: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2163: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2164: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2165: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2166: <p>
1.105 louis 2167:
1.247 jufi 2168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2169: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2170: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2171: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2172:
1.113 naddy 2173: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2174: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2175: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2176: <p>
1.104 louis 2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2179: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2180: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2184: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2185: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2186: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2187: <p>
1.301 jose 2188:
2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2190: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2191: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2192: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2193:
2194: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2195: hardware-supported cryptography.
2196: <p>
1.247 jufi 2197: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2198:
1.85 louis 2199: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2200: <ul>
1.85 louis 2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2203: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2204: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2205: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2206:
2207: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2208: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2209: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2210: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2211: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2212: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2213: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2214: <p>
1.99 louis 2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2217: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2218: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2219: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2220:
2221: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2222: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2223: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2224: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2225: <p>
1.100 louis 2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2228: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2229: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2230: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2231:
2232: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2233: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2234: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2235: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2236: <p>
1.95 louis 2237:
1.247 jufi 2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2239: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2240: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2241: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2242:
2243: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2244: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2245: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2246: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2247: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2248: <p>
1.92 louis 2249:
1.247 jufi 2250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2251: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2252: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2253: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2254:
2255: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2256: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2257: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2258: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2259: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2260: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2261: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2262: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2263: <p>
1.91 louis 2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2266: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2267: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2268: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2269:
2270: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2271: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2272: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2273: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2274: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2275: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2276: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2277: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2278: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2279: <p>
1.90 louis 2280:
1.247 jufi 2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2282: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2283: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2284: </strong></font><br>
2285: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2286: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2287: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2288: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2289: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2290: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2291: <p>
2292:
1.247 jufi 2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2294: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2295: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2296: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2297:
1.113 naddy 2298: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2299: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2300: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2301: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2302: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2303: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2304: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2305: <p>
1.87 louis 2306:
1.247 jufi 2307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2308: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2309: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2310: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2311:
2312: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2313: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.85 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2317: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2318: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2319: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2320:
2321: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2322: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2323: <p>
2324:
2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2326: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2327: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2328: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2329:
2330: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2331: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2332: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2333: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2334: <p>
1.89 louis 2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2337: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2338: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2339: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2340:
2341: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2342: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2343: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2344: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2345: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2346: </ul>
1.85 louis 2347:
1.78 deraadt 2348: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2349: <ul>
1.74 louis 2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2352: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2353: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2354: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2355: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2356:
2357: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2358: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2359: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2360: <p>
1.83 louis 2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2363: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2364: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2365: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2366:
2367: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2368: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2369: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2370: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2371: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2372: <p>
1.93 louis 2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2375: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2376: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2377: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2378: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2379:
1.83 louis 2380: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2381: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2382: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2383: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2384: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2385: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2386: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2387: <p>
1.82 aaron 2388:
1.247 jufi 2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2390: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2391: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2392: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2393:
1.83 louis 2394: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2395: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2396: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2397: <p>
1.80 louis 2398:
1.247 jufi 2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2400: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2401: Bad Press</a>,
2402: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2403: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2404:
2405: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2406: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2407: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2408: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2409: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2410: <p>
1.247 jufi 2411: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2412:
2413: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2414: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2417: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2418: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2419: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2420: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2421:
2422: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2423: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2424: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2425: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2426: <p>
1.74 louis 2427:
1.247 jufi 2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2429: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2430: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2431: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2432:
1.219 horacio 2433: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2434: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2435: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2436: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2437: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2438: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2439: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2440: <p>
1.88 louis 2441:
1.247 jufi 2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2443: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2444: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2445: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2446:
2447: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2448: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2449: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2450: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2451: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2452: <p>
1.81 louis 2453:
1.247 jufi 2454: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2455: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2456: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2457: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2458:
2459: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2460: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2461: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2462: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2463: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2464: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2465: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
1.90 louis 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2469: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2470: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2471: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2472:
2473: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2474: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2475: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2476: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2477: <p>
1.247 jufi 2478: </ul>
1.71 louis 2479:
1.69 deraadt 2480: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2481: <ul>
1.70 louis 2482:
1.247 jufi 2483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2484: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2485: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2487:
2488: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2489: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2490: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2491: <p>
1.70 louis 2492:
1.247 jufi 2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2494: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2495: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2496: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2497:
2498: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2499: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2500: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2501: <p>
1.68 louis 2502:
1.247 jufi 2503: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2504: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2505: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2506: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2508:
1.111 jufi 2509: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2510: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2511: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2512: "secure by default" installation.
2513: <p>
1.64 louis 2514:
1.247 jufi 2515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2516: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2517: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2518: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2519:
1.113 naddy 2520: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2521: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2522: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2523: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2524: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2525: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2526: <p>
1.66 louis 2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2529: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2530: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2532:
2533: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2534: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2535: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2536: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2537: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2538: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2539: <p>
1.83 louis 2540:
1.247 jufi 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2542: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2543: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2545:
2546: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2547: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2548: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2549: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2550: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2551: <p>
1.64 louis 2552:
1.247 jufi 2553: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2554: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2555: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2556: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2557:
2558: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2559: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2560: <p>
1.301 jose 2561:
2562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2563: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2564: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2565: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2566: </strong></font><br>
2567:
2568: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2569: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2570: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2571: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2572: Giving way to
2573: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2574: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2575: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2576: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2577: <p>
1.247 jufi 2578: </ul>
1.65 louis 2579:
1.69 deraadt 2580: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2581: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2582:
1.247 jufi 2583: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2584: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2585: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2586: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2587:
2588: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2589: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2590: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2591: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2592: <p>
1.88 louis 2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2595: <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 2596: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2597:
2598: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2599: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2600: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2601: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2602: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2603: <p>
1.60 louis 2604:
1.247 jufi 2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2606: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2607: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2608: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2609: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2610:
2611: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2612: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2613: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2614: <p>
1.58 louis 2615:
1.247 jufi 2616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2617: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2618: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2619:
2620: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2621: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2622: <p>
1.53 louis 2623:
1.247 jufi 2624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2625: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2626: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2627: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2628:
2629: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2630: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2631: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2632: <p>
1.99 louis 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2635: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2636: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2637:
2638: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2639: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2640: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2641: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2642: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2643:
1.247 jufi 2644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2645: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2646: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2647: </strong></font><br>
2648:
2649: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2650: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2651: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2652: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2653: <p>
2654:
1.247 jufi 2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2656: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2657: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2658: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2659:
2660: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2661: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2662: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2665: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2666: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2667:
2668: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2669: in
1.247 jufi 2670: <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 2671: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2672: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2673: <p>
1.53 louis 2674:
1.247 jufi 2675: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2676: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2677: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2678: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2679: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2680:
1.58 louis 2681: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2682: <p>
1.301 jose 2683:
2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2685: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2686: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2687: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2688: Informacyjny, January 2000
2689: </strong></font><br>
2690:
2691: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2692: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2693: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2694: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2695: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2696: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2697: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2698: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2699: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2700: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2701: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2702: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2703: <p>
2704:
2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2706: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2707: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2708: </strong></font><br>
2709:
2710: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2711: <p>
2712: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2713:
1.69 deraadt 2714: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2715: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2718: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2719: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2720: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2721: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2722:
1.58 louis 2723: Kurt Seifried
2724: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2725: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2726: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2727: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2730: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2731: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2732: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2733:
2734: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2735: <p>
1.96 louis 2736:
1.247 jufi 2737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2738: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2739: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2740: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2741: </strong></font><br>
2742:
2743: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2744: <p>
2745:
2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2747: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2748: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2749: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2750:
2751: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2752: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2753: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2754: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2755: <p>
1.247 jufi 2756: </ul>
1.86 louis 2757:
1.69 deraadt 2758: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2759: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2762: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2763: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2764: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2765:
2766: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2767: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2768: <p>
1.61 louis 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2771: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2772: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2773: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2774: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2775:
2776: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2777: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2778: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2779: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2780: right -- or at least strives to".
2781: <p>
1.48 louis 2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2784: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2785: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2786: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2787: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2788: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2789: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2790: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2791: <p>
1.61 louis 2792:
1.247 jufi 2793: <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 2794: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2796:
2797: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2798: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2799: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2800: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2801: <p>
1.46 louis 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2804: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2805: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2806: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2807:
2808: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2809: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2810: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2813: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2814: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2816:
2817: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2818: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2819: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2820: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.247 jufi 2822: </ul>
1.70 louis 2823:
1.69 deraadt 2824: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2825: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2828: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2829: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2830: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2831: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2832:
2833: Kurt Seifried
2834: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2835: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2836: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2837: <p>
1.44 philen 2838:
1.247 jufi 2839: <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 2840: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2841: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2842:
2843: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2844: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2845:
1.247 jufi 2846: <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 2847: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2848: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2849:
2850: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2851: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2852:
1.247 jufi 2853: <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 2854: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2855: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2856:
2857: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2858: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2859: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2860: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2861: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2862:
1.247 jufi 2863: <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 2864: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2865: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2866:
1.36 louis 2867: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2868: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2869:
1.247 jufi 2870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2871: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2872: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2873: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2874:
2875: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2876: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2877: </ul>
1.38 louis 2878:
1.69 deraadt 2879: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2880: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2881:
1.247 jufi 2882: <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 2883: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2884: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2885:
2886: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2887: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2888: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2889:
1.113 naddy 2890: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2891: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2892: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2893: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2894:
2895: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2896: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2897: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2898: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2899: <blockquote>
2900: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2901: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2902: <br>
2903: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2904: </code>
2905: </blockquote>
2906: <p>
2907:
1.247 jufi 2908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2909: <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>
2910: <p>
2911:
2912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2913: <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 2914: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2915:
2916: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2917: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2918: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2919: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2922: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2923: Sept. 28, 1999
2924: </strong></font><br>
2925:
2926: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2927: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2928: translating and reprinting articles from
2929: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2930: <p>
2931:
2932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2933: <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 2934: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2935:
2936: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2937: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2938: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2939: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2940: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2941: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2942: <p>
1.19 louis 2943:
1.113 naddy 2944: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2945: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2946: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2947:
2948: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2949: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2950: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2951: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2952: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2953: <p>
1.16 louis 2954:
1.247 jufi 2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2956: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2957: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2958: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2959:
1.57 louis 2960: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2961: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2962: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2963: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2964:
1.247 jufi 2965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2966: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2967: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2968: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2969:
1.113 naddy 2970: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2971:
1.247 jufi 2972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2973: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2974: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2975: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2976:
1.23 louis 2977: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2978: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2979: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2980: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2981: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2982: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2985: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2986: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2987: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 2988:
1.199 pvalchev 2989: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 2990: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
2991: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
2992: installation.
1.113 naddy 2993: <p>
1.47 louis 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2996: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 2997: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 2998: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2999:
1.301 jose 3000: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3001: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3002: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3003: </ul>
1.57 louis 3004:
1.69 deraadt 3005: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3006: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3009: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3010: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3011: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3012:
3013: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3014: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3015: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3016: <p>
1.12 louis 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3019: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3020: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3021: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3022:
3023: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3024: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3025: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3026: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3027: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3028: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3029: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3030: <p>
1.247 jufi 3031: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3032:
1.69 deraadt 3033: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3034: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3035:
1.247 jufi 3036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3037: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3038: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3039:
3040: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3041: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3042: available."
1.113 naddy 3043: <p>
1.301 jose 3044:
3045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3046: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3047: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3048: </strong></font><br>
3049:
3050: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3051: <p>
1.247 jufi 3052: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3053:
1.69 deraadt 3054: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3055: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3058: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3059: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3060:
3061: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3062: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3063: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3064: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3065: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3066: <p>
1.33 louis 3067:
1.247 jufi 3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3069: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3070: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3071: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3072:
1.113 naddy 3073: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3074: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3075: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3076: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3077: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3078: <p>
1.247 jufi 3079: </ul>
1.57 louis 3080:
1.69 deraadt 3081: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3082: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3085: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3086: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3087: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3088:
3089: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3090: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3091: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3092:
1.247 jufi 3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3094: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3095: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3096: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3097: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3098:
3099: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3100: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3103: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3104:
1.113 naddy 3105: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3106:
1.247 jufi 3107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3108: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3109: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3110: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3111:
3112: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3113: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3114: </ul>
1.23 louis 3115:
1.69 deraadt 3116: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3117: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3118:
1.247 jufi 3119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3120: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3121: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3122:
3123: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3124: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3125: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3126:
1.247 jufi 3127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3128: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3129: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3130: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3131:
3132: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3133: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3134: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3135: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3136: </ul>
1.57 louis 3137:
1.69 deraadt 3138: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3139: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3142: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3143: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3144: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3145:
3146: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3147: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3148: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3149: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3150: <p>
1.15 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3153: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3154: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3155: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3156:
3157: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3158: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3159: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3160: columns."
1.113 naddy 3161: <p>
1.247 jufi 3162: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3163:
1.69 deraadt 3164: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3165: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3166:
1.247 jufi 3167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3168: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3169: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3170: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3171:
3172: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3173: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3174:
1.113 naddy 3175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3176: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3177: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3178:
3179: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3180: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3181: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3182: </ul>
1.57 louis 3183:
1.69 deraadt 3184: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3185: <ul>
1.301 jose 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3187: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3188: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3189: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3190:
3191: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3192: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3193: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3194: <p>
3195:
3196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3197: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3198: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3199: Nov 13, 1998 and
3200: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3201: Datateknik</a>,
3202: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3205: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3206: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3207: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3208: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3209:
1.113 naddy 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3211: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3212: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3213: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3214:
1.222 miod 3215: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3216: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3217: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3218: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3219: <p>
1.247 jufi 3220: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3221:
1.69 deraadt 3222: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3223: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3226: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3227: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3228:
1.69 deraadt 3229: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3230: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3231: <p>
1.247 jufi 3232: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3233:
1.69 deraadt 3234: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3235: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3236:
1.247 jufi 3237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3238: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3239: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3240: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3241:
3242: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3243: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3244: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3245:
1.247 jufi 3246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3247: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3248: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3249: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3250: <p>
1.247 jufi 3251: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3252:
1.69 deraadt 3253: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3254: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3255:
1.247 jufi 3256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3257: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3258: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3259: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3260: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3261: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3262:
3263: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3264: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3265: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3266: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3267: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3268: <p>
1.247 jufi 3269: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3270:
3271: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3272: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3273:
1.247 jufi 3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3275: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3276: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3277:
1.69 deraadt 3278: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3279: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3280: <p>
1.112 naddy 3281:
1.247 jufi 3282: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3283: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3284:
1.292 camield 3285: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3286: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3287: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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