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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.16 louis 19:
1.253 ian 20: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
21: <ul>
1.255 ian 22:
1.260 ian 23: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 24: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
25: </strong></font><br>
26: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
27: <p>
28:
29: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 30: <a href="http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/23/3ea643207f30d">Federal funding abruptly cut for research project</a>, dailypennsylvanian.com, April 23, 2003.
31: </strong></font><br>
32: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
33: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
34: <p>
35:
36: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 37: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
38: April 23, 2003.
39: </strong></font><br>
40: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 44: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 45: April 22, 2003.
46: </strong></font><br>
47: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
48: <p>
49:
50: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 51: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
52: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
53: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 54: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 55: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
56: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
57: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
58: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
59: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
60: Can also be found online at:
61: <ul>
62: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
63: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 64: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
65: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 66: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
68: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 69: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
70: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 71: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 72: </ul>
73: <p>
74:
75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 76: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
77: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 78: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 79: </strong></font><br>
80: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 81: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
82: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
83: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
84: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
85: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
86: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 87: <p>
88:
89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 90: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
91: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 92: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
93: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 94: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
95: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
96: at UPenn and DARPA.
97: <p>
98:
99: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 100: [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
101: April 18, 2003.
102: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 103: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 104: <p>
105:
106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 107: [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 108: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 109: </strong></font><br>
110: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
111: <p>
112:
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 114: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
115: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
116: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 117: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 118: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
119: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
120: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
121: <p>
122:
123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 124: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
125: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 126: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 127: </strong></font><br>
128: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
129: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
130: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 131: American century.
1.267 deraadt 132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 135: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
136: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 137: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 138: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 139: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
140: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
141: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
142: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
143: Can also be found online at:
144: <ul>
145: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
146: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 147: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 148: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 149: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 150: <p>
151:
152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 153: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 154: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 155: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 156: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 157: </strong></font><br>
158: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 159: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
160: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
161: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
162: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
165: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
166: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
167: New York Times.
168: </strong></font>(free registration required)
169:
1.273 deraadt 170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 172: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 173: ABC News.
174: </strong></font>
175:
176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 177: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 178: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 179: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 180: </strong></font>
181:
182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 183: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 184: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 185: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 186: </strong></font>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 189: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
190: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 191: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 192: </strong></font>
193:
194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 195: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 196: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 197: Times Daily, AL.
198: </strong></font>
199:
200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
201: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
202: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
203: Boston.com, MA.
204: </strong></font>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 207: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 208: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 209: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
210: </strong></font>
211:
212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 213: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
214: [Article was pulled]</a>
215: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 216: </strong></font>
217:
218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
219: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
220: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
221: Infoshop News.
222: </strong></font>
223:
224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
225: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
226: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
227: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
228: </strong></font>
229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 231: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
232: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
233: Raleigh News, NC.
234: </strong></font>
235:
236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 237: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
238: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
239: Napa News, CA.
240: </strong></font>
241:
242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 243: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 244: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
245: NEPA News, PA.
246: </strong></font>
247:
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
249: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
250: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
251: Wired News.
252: </strong></font>
253:
1.271 deraadt 254: </ul>
255: <p>
1.272 deraadt 256: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
257: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 258: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
259: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
260: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
261: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
262: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
263: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 264: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 265: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
266: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
267: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 268: <p>
269: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 270:
271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 272: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 273: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
274: Indianapolis Star, IN.
275: </strong></font>
276:
277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 278: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
279: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
280: Miami Herald, FL.
281: </strong></font>
282:
283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 284: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 285: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
286: </strong></font>
287:
288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
289: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 290: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 291: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 292: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 293:
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
295: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
296: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
297: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
298: ABC News.
299: </strong></font>
300:
1.276 deraadt 301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
302: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 303: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 304: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 305: </strong></font>
306:
1.286 dhartmei 307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 308: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 309: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
310: Wilmington Star, NC.
311: </strong></font>
312:
1.300 jose 313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
314: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
315: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
316: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
317: </strong></font>
318:
1.309 jose 319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
320: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
321: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
322: Globe Technology.
323: </strong></font>
324:
1.263 deraadt 325: </ul>
1.262 beck 326: <p>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 329: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
330: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 331: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 332: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 333: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 334: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
335: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 339: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
340: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
341: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 342: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 343: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
344: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
345: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
346: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
347: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
348: and simply restates other press reports.
349: <p>
350:
351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 352: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
353: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
354: OS News, April 18, 2003.
355: </strong></font><br>
356: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
357: <p>
358:
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 360: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
361: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 362: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 363: </strong></font><br>
364: Another report on the DARPA funding.
365: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
366: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
367: <p>
368:
369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 370: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
371: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 372: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 373: </strong></font><br>
374: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
375: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
376: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
377: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
378: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
379: Goes on to say:
380: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
381: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
382: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
383: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 384: This article is also found online at:
385: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
387: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
388: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
389: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 390: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
392: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
393: ZDnet</a>,
394: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 395: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
397: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
398: ZDnet Australia</a>,
399: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 400: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 401: </ul>
1.260 ian 402: <p>
1.279 deraadt 403:
1.260 ian 404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 405: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 406: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 407: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 408: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 409: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 410: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
411: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
412: without notice or justification.
413: <p>
414:
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 416: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 417: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 418: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 419: </strong></font><br>
420: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
421: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 422: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 423: effective today, without any warning..."
424: <p>
1.257 ian 425:
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 427: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
428: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 429: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 430: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 431: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
432: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
433: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
434: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
435: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 439: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
440: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 441: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 442: </strong></font><br>
443: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
444: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
445: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
446: quoting two of them:
447: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
448: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
449: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
450: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
451: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
452: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
453: <p>
454:
1.255 ian 455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 456: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
457: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 458: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 459: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 460: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 461: <p>
462:
463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 ! henning 464: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-13.04.03-000/">OpenBSD mit neuem Sicherheitskonzept</a>, Heise News-Ticker,
1.306 deraadt 465: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 466: </strong></font><br>
467: New security concepts in OpenBSD
468: <p>
469:
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 471: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
472: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 473: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 474: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 475: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 476: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
477: security experts for more than three decades."
478: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
479: <p>
1.261 ian 480:
1.254 drahn 481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 482: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 483: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 484: </strong></font><br>
485: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
486: <p>
487:
488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 489: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
490: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
491: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
492: </strong></font><br>
493: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
494: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
495: discussion OpenBSD's path.
496: <p>
497:
498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 499: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
500: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 501: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 502: </strong></font><br>
503: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
504: from US DARPA.
505: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
506: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
507: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
508: the BSD license.
509: <p>
510: </ul>
511:
1.251 ian 512: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
513: <ul>
514:
515: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 516: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
517: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
518: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
519: </strong></font><br>
520:
521: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
522: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
523: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
524: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
525: <p>
526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 528: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
529: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 530: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 531: </strong></font><br>
532: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
533: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
534: Mentions
535: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
536: and
537: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
538: programs.
539: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 540: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 541: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
542: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
543: <p>
1.260 ian 544:
545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
546: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
547: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
548: </strong></font><br>
549: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
550: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
551: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
552: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
553: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
554: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
555: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
556: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
557: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
558: put into service."
559: <p>
560: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
561: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
562: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
563: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
564: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
565: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
566: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
567: computers with security features."
568: <p>
1.251 ian 569: </ul>
570:
1.249 jufi 571: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
572: <ul>
573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
574: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
575: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 576: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 577: </strong></font><br>
578: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
579: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 580: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 581: <p>
582: </ul>
583:
1.246 jufi 584: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 585: <ul>
1.246 jufi 586:
1.247 jufi 587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 588: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 589: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
590: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 591: </strong></font><br>
592: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
593: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
594: <p>
595:
1.247 jufi 596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 597: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
598: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
599: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
600: </strong></font><br>
601: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
602: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
603: <p>
604:
605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 606: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 607: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
608: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 609: </strong></font><br>
610: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
611: in their annual OpenHack security test.
612: <p>
1.247 jufi 613: </ul>
1.246 jufi 614:
1.244 jufi 615: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 616: <ul>
1.246 jufi 617:
1.247 jufi 618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 619: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
620: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
621: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 622: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 623: </strong></font><br>
624: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
625: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
626: md5 digests.
627: <p>
628:
1.247 jufi 629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 630: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 631: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
632: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 633: </strong></font><br>
634: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
635: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
636: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
637: right the first time."
638: <p>
1.247 jufi 639: </ul>
1.244 jufi 640:
641:
642: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 643: <ul>
1.244 jufi 644:
1.247 jufi 645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 646: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 647: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
648: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 649: </strong></font><br>
650: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
651: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
652: part 6</a>.
653: <p>
654:
1.247 jufi 655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 656: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 657: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
658: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 659: </strong></font><br>
660: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
661: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
662: <p>
1.301 jose 663:
664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
665: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
666: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
667: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
668: </strong></font><br>
669:
670: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
671: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
672: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
673: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
674: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
675: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
676: <i>Here's the
677: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
678: <p>
1.247 jufi 679: </ul>
1.242 jufi 680:
681: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 682: <ul>
1.242 jufi 683:
1.247 jufi 684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 685: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 686: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
687: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 688: </strong></font><br>
689: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
690: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
691: <p>
692:
1.247 jufi 693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 694: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 695: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
696: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 697: </strong></font><br>
698: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
699: this time using pf.
700: <p>
1.247 jufi 701: </ul>
1.242 jufi 702:
703: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 704: <ul>
1.242 jufi 705:
1.247 jufi 706: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 707: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 708: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
709: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 710: </strong></font><br>
711: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
712: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
713: their rotation.
714: <p>
715:
1.247 jufi 716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 717: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 718: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
719: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 720: </strong></font><br>
721: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
722: <p>
1.247 jufi 723: </ul>
1.242 jufi 724:
1.239 jufi 725: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 726: <ul>
1.239 jufi 727:
1.247 jufi 728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 729: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 730: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
731: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 732: </strong></font><br>
733: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
734: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
735: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
736: <p>
737:
1.247 jufi 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 739: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 740: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
741: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 742: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 743: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
744: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
745: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 746: <p>
1.247 jufi 747: </ul>
1.239 jufi 748:
1.235 lebel 749: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 750: <ul>
1.235 lebel 751:
1.239 jufi 752:
1.247 jufi 753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 754: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 755: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
756: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 757: </strong></font><br>
758: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
759: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
760: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
761: <p>
1.301 jose 762:
1.247 jufi 763: </ul>
1.235 lebel 764:
1.228 horacio 765: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 766: <ul>
1.228 horacio 767:
1.247 jufi 768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 769: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 770: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
771: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 772: </strong></font><br>
773: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
774: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
775: <p>
776:
1.247 jufi 777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 778: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 779: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
780: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 781: </strong></font><br>
782: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
783: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
784: <p>
785:
1.247 jufi 786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 787: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 788: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
789: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 790: </strong></font><br>
791: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
792: on the desktop of his parents.
793: <p>
794:
1.247 jufi 795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 796: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 797: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
798: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 799: </strong></font><br>
800: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
801: using IPFilter.
802:
803: <p>
804:
1.247 jufi 805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 806: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 807: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
808: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 809: </strong></font><br>
810: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
811: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
812: perspectives of the four OS.
813: <br>
814: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 815: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 816: <p>
817:
1.247 jufi 818: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 819: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
820: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 821: software and security</a>,
822: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 823: </strong></font><br>
824:
825: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
826: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
827: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
828: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
829: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
830: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
831: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
832: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
833: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
834: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
835: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
836: security conscious team beyond doubt.
837: <p>
1.247 jufi 838: </ul>
1.228 horacio 839:
1.225 horacio 840: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 841: <ul>
1.225 horacio 842:
1.247 jufi 843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 844: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
845: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 846: Interview</a>,
847: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 848: </strong></font><br>
849:
850: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
851: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
852: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 853: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 854: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
855: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
856: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
857: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
858: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 859: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 860: of choice.
861: <p>
1.247 jufi 862: </ul>
1.225 horacio 863:
864: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 865: <ul>
1.225 horacio 866:
1.247 jufi 867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 868: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 869: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
870: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 871: </strong></font><br>
872:
873: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
874: <p>
875:
1.247 jufi 876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 877: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 878: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
879: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 880: </strong></font><br>
881:
882: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
883: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
884: <p>
1.247 jufi 885: </ul>
1.225 horacio 886:
1.218 horacio 887: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 888: <ul>
1.218 horacio 889:
1.247 jufi 890: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 891: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 892: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
893: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 894: </strong></font><br>
895:
896: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
897: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
898: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
899: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
900: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
901: subjects. Worth a read.
902: <p>
903:
904:
1.247 jufi 905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 906: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 907: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
908: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 909: </strong></font><br>
910:
911: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
912: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
913: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
914: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
915: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
916: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
917: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
918: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
919: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 920: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 921: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
922: on other operating systems.<br>
923: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
924: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
925: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
926: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
927: <p>
928:
1.247 jufi 929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 930: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 931: Operating System 2010</a>,
932: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 933: </strong></font><br>
934:
935: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
936: covering the level of software integration into the core
937: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
938: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
939: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
940: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
941: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
942: <p>
943:
1.247 jufi 944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 945: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 946: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
947: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 948: </strong></font><br>
949:
950: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
951: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
952: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
953: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
954: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
955: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
956: <p>
1.247 jufi 957: </ul>
1.221 horacio 958:
1.210 jufi 959: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 960: <ul>
1.215 horacio 961:
1.247 jufi 962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 963: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 964: Already a Contender</a>,
965: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 966: </strong></font><br>
967:
968: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
969: source software in response to an article which claimed that
970: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
971: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
972: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
973: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
974: <p>
975:
1.247 jufi 976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 977: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 978: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
979: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 980: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 981:
1.224 horacio 982: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
983: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
984: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
985: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
986: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
987: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 988: <p>
1.247 jufi 989: </ul>
1.215 horacio 990:
991: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 992: <ul>
1.215 horacio 993:
1.247 jufi 994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 995: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
996: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 997: Division</a>,
998: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 999: </strong></font><br>
1000:
1001: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1002: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1003: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1004: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1005: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1006: investment</em>.<br>
1007: The implementation details can be seen on their
1008: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1009: <p>
1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1012: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1013: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1014: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1015: </strong></font><br>
1016:
1017: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1018: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1019: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1020: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1021: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1022: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1023: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1024: <p>
1025:
1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1027: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1028: Thinking about Security</a>,
1029: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1030: </strong></font><br>
1031:
1032: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1033: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1034: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1035: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1036: to time.<br>
1037: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1038: system and just the most secure system.
1039: <p>
1040:
1.247 jufi 1041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1042: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1043: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1044: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1045: </strong></font><br>
1046:
1047: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1048: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1049: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1050: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1051: choice:<br>
1052: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1053: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1054: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1055: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1056: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1057: network security devices and as such must be well
1058: armored."</em><br>
1059: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1060: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1061: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1062: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1063: <br>
1064: Bravo!
1065: <p>
1.247 jufi 1066: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1067:
1.207 ian 1068: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1069: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1070:
1.247 jufi 1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1072: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1073: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1074: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1075:
1.207 ian 1076: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1077: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1078: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1079: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1080: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1081: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1082: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1083: <p>
1.247 jufi 1084: </ul>
1.207 ian 1085:
1.194 jufi 1086: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1087: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1088:
1.247 jufi 1089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1090: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1091: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1092: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1093: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1094:
1.240 miod 1095: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1096: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1097: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1098: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1099: <p>
1100:
1.247 jufi 1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1102: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1103: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1104: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1105:
1106: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1107: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1108: <p>
1109:
1110: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1111: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1112: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1113: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1114:
1115: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1116: <p>
1117:
1118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1119: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1120: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1121: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1122: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1123:
1.240 miod 1124: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1125: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1126: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1127: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1128: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1129: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1130: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1131: <br>
1132: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1133: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1134: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1135: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1136: <p>
1137:
1.247 jufi 1138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1139: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1140: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1141: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1142: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1143:
1.194 jufi 1144: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1145: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1146: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1147: <br>
1148: The new
1149: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1150: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1151: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1152: <p>
1.247 jufi 1153: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1154:
1.190 horacio 1155: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1156: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1157:
1.247 jufi 1158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1159:
1160: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1161: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1162:
1.301 jose 1163:
1.191 jufi 1164: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1165: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1166:
1167: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1168: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1169:
1.212 horacio 1170: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1171: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1172: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1173:
1.211 horacio 1174: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1175: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1176: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1177:
1.247 jufi 1178: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1179: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1180:
1.247 jufi 1181: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1182: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1183:
1.212 horacio 1184: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1185: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1186: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1187:
1188: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1189: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1190:
1191: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1192: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1193:
1.301 jose 1194: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1195: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1196:
1.191 jufi 1197: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1198: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1199:
1200: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1201: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1202:
1.192 jufi 1203: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1204: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1205: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1206:
1.193 deraadt 1207: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1208: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1209: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1212: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1213:
1.247 jufi 1214: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1215: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1216: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1217:
1.213 horacio 1218: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1219: 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 1220: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1221:
1.190 horacio 1222: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1223: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1224: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1225: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1226: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1227: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1228: <p>
1.190 horacio 1229:
1.247 jufi 1230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1231: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1232: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1233: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1234: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1235:
1.195 jufi 1236: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1237: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1238: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1239: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1240: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1241: <p>
1242:
1.247 jufi 1243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1244: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1245: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1246: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1247: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1248:
1.191 jufi 1249: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1250: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1251: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1252: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1253: <p>
1254:
1255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1256: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1257: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1258: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1259:
1260: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1261: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1262: <p>
1.247 jufi 1263: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1264:
1.191 jufi 1265:
1.186 jufi 1266: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1267: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1270: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1271: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1272: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1273: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1274:
1.188 jufi 1275: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1276: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1277: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1278: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1279: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1280: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1281: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1282: <p>
1283:
1.301 jose 1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1285: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1286: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1287: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1288:
1289: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1290: <p>
1.191 jufi 1291:
1.247 jufi 1292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1293: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1294: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1295: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1296: </strong></font><br>
1297:
1298: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1299: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1300: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1301: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1302: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1303: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1304: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1305: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1306: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1307: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1308: familiar?
1309: <p>
1.247 jufi 1310: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1311:
1.178 louis 1312: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1313: <ul>
1.178 louis 1314:
1.247 jufi 1315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1316: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1317: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1318: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1319: </strong></font><br>
1320:
1321: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1322: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1323: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1324: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1325: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1326: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1327: <p>
1328:
1.247 jufi 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1330: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1331: Open source under the hood</a>,
1332: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1333: </strong></font><br>
1334:
1335: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1336: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1337: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1338: <p>
1339:
1.247 jufi 1340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1341: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1342: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1343: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1344: </strong></font><br>
1345:
1346: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1347: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1348: <p>
1.247 jufi 1349: </ul>
1.179 louis 1350:
1.174 louis 1351:
1.175 louis 1352: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1353: <ul>
1.175 louis 1354:
1.247 jufi 1355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1356: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1357: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1358: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1359: </strong></font><br>
1360:
1361: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1362: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1363: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1364: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1365: <p>
1366:
1.247 jufi 1367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1368: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1369: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1370: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1371: </strong></font><br>
1372:
1373: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1374: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1375: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1376: <p>
1.247 jufi 1377: </ul>
1.175 louis 1378:
1.176 louis 1379:
1.172 mickey 1380: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1381: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1382:
1.247 jufi 1383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1384: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1385: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1389: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1390: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1391: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1392: <p>
1393:
1.247 jufi 1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1395: <a
1.269 deraadt 1396: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1397: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1398: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1399: </strong></font><br>
1400:
1401: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1402: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1403: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1404: <p>
1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1407: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1408: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1409: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1410: </strong></font><br>
1411:
1412: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1413: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1414: <p>
1415:
1.247 jufi 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1417: <a
1.269 deraadt 1418: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1419: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1420: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1421: </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1424: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1425: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1426: our own Theo de Raadt.
1427: <p>
1428:
1.247 jufi 1429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1430: <a
1.269 deraadt 1431: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1432: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1433: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1434: </strong></font><br>
1435:
1436: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1437: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1438: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1439: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1440: shut down.]
1441: <p>
1442:
1.247 jufi 1443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1444: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1445: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1446: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1447: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1448: </strong></font><br>
1449:
1450: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1451: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1452: <p>
1.247 jufi 1453: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1454:
1.161 louis 1455: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1456: <ul>
1.161 louis 1457:
1.247 jufi 1458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1459: <a
1.269 deraadt 1460: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1461: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1462: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1466: by John Wolley
1467: <p>
1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1470: <a
1.269 deraadt 1471: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1472: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1473: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1477: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1478: OpenBSD).
1479: <p>
1480:
1.247 jufi 1481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1482: <a
1.247 jufi 1483: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1484: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1485: </strong></font><br>
1486:
1487: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1488: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1489: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1490: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1491: and hindsight.
1492: <p>
1493:
1.247 jufi 1494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1495: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1496: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1497: </strong></font><br>
1498:
1499: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1500: <p>
1501:
1.247 jufi 1502: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1503: <a
1.168 provos 1504: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1505: December 7, 2000
1506: </strong></font><br>
1507:
1508: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1509: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1510: us explain.
1511: <p>
1512:
1.247 jufi 1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1514: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1515: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1516: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1517: December 6, 2000
1518: </strong></font><br>
1519:
1520: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1521: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1522: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1523: <p>
1524:
1.247 jufi 1525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1526: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1527: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1528: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1529: </strong></font><br>
1530:
1531: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1532: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1533: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1534: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1535: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1536: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1537: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1538: <p>
1539:
1540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1541: <a
1.226 horacio 1542: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1543: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1544: </strong></font><br>
1545:
1546: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1547: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1548: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1549: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1550: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1551: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1552: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1553: <p>
1.162 millert 1554:
1.247 jufi 1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1556: <a
1.161 louis 1557: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1558: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1559: </strong></font><br>
1560:
1561: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1562: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1563: <p>
1564:
1.247 jufi 1565: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1566: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1567: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1568: </strong></font><br>
1569:
1570: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1571: <p>
1572:
1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1575: <a
1.226 horacio 1576: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1577: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1578: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1579: </strong></font><br>
1580:
1581: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1582: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1583: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1584: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1585: <p>
1.247 jufi 1586: </ul>
1.169 louis 1587:
1.158 louis 1588: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1589: <ul>
1.147 louis 1590:
1.247 jufi 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1592: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1593: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1594: </strong></font><br>
1595:
1596: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1597: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1598: <p>
1599:
1.247 jufi 1600: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1601: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1602: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1603: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1604: </strong></font><br>
1605: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1606: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1607: <p>
1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1610: <a
1611: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1612: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1615: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1616: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1617: <p>
1618:
1.247 jufi 1619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1620: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1621: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1622: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1623:
1.213 horacio 1624: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1625: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1626: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1627: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1628: <p>
1.215 horacio 1629:
1.247 jufi 1630: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1631: <a
1632: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1633: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1634: </strong></font><br>
1635:
1636: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1637: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1638: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1639: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1640: much of the attitude too).
1641: <p>
1.161 louis 1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1644: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1645: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1646: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1647:
1.157 louis 1648: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1649: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1650: <p>
1.247 jufi 1651: </ul>
1.157 louis 1652:
1653: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1654: <ul>
1.157 louis 1655:
1.247 jufi 1656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1657: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1658: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1659: </strong></font><br>
1660:
1661: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1662: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1663: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1664: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1665: <p>
1666:
1.247 jufi 1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1668: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1669: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1670: </strong></font><br>
1671:
1672: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1673: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1674: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1675: it because they love coding...
1676: <p>
1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1679: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1680: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1681: </strong></font><br>
1682:
1683: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1684: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1685: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1686: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1687: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1688: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1689: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1690: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1691: <p>
1692:
1.247 jufi 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1694: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1695: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1696: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698:
1699: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1700: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1701: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1702: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1703: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1704: the pizza.
1705: <p>
1706:
1.247 jufi 1707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1708: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1709: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1710: </strong></font><br>
1711:
1712: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1713: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1714: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1715: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1716: problems.
1717: <p>
1718:
1.247 jufi 1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1720: <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 1721: </strong></font><br>
1722:
1.222 miod 1723: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1724: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1725: - whether they like it or not.
1726: <p>
1727:
1.247 jufi 1728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1729: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1730: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1731: </strong></font><br>
1732:
1733: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1734: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1735: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1736: <p>
1.148 aaron 1737:
1.247 jufi 1738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1739: <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 1740: </strong></font><br>
1741:
1742: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1743: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1744: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1745: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1746: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1747: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1748: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1749: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1750: <p>
1751:
1.247 jufi 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1753: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1754: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1758: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1759: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1760: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1761: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1762: <p>
1.247 jufi 1763: </ul>
1.147 louis 1764:
1.138 louis 1765: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1766: <ul>
1.138 louis 1767:
1.247 jufi 1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1769: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1770: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1771: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1772: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1773: </strong></font><br>
1774:
1.227 horacio 1775: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1776: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1777: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1778: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1779: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1780: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1781: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1782: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1783: <p>
1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1786: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1787: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1788: </strong></font><br>
1789:
1790: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1791: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1792: groups, and even Linux.
1793: <p>
1794:
1.247 jufi 1795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1796: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1797: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1798: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1799: </strong></font><br>
1800:
1801: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1802: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1803: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1804: library after installing the OS.
1805: <p>
1806:
1.247 jufi 1807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1808: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1809: Sys Admin, September 2000
1810: </strong></font><br>
1811:
1812: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1813: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1814: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1815: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1816: (<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>,
1817: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1818: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1819: <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 1820: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1821: out of the system.
1822: <p>
1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1825: <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
1826: </strong></font><br>
1827:
1828: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1829: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1830: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1831: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1832: the IP filtering and address translation.
1833: <p>
1.301 jose 1834:
1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1836: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1837: </strong></font><br>
1838:
1839: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1840: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1841: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1842: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1843: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1844: <p>
1.247 jufi 1845: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1846:
1.131 louis 1847: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1848: <ul>
1.131 louis 1849:
1.247 jufi 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1851: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1852: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1853: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1854: </strong></font><br>
1855:
1856: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1857: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1858: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1859: <p>
1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1862: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1863: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1864: </strong></font><br>
1865:
1866: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1867: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1868: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1869: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1870: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1871: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1872: note of"</i>.
1873: <p>
1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1876: <a
1.247 jufi 1877: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1878: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1879: </strong></font><br>
1880:
1881: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1882: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1883: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1884: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1888: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1889: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1890: </strong></font><br>
1891:
1892: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1893: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1894: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1895: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1896: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1897: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1898: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1899: <p>
1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1902: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1903: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1904: 2000
1905: </strong></font><br>
1906:
1907: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1908: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1909: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1910: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1911: against current industry practices.
1912: <p>
1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1915: <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
1916: </strong></font><br>
1917:
1918: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1919: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1920: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1921: <p>
1922:
1.247 jufi 1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1924: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1925: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1926: </strong></font><br>
1927:
1928: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1929: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1930: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1931: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1932: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1933: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1934: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1935: <p>
1936:
1.247 jufi 1937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1938: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1939: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1940: </strong></font><br>
1941:
1942: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1943: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1944: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1945: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1946: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 1947: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
1948: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
1949: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 1950: <p>
1.247 jufi 1951: </ul>
1.131 louis 1952:
1.118 louis 1953: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1954: <ul>
1.118 louis 1955:
1.247 jufi 1956: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 1957: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
1958: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
1959: </strong></font><br>
1960:
1961: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
1962: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
1963: about time. The article mentions that
1964: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
1965: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
1966: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 1967: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 1968: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
1969: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 1970: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 1971: <p>
1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1974: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 1975: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1976: </strong></font><br>
1977:
1978: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
1979: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
1980: of OpenSSH.
1981: <p>
1982:
1.247 jufi 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1984: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1985: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 1986: </strong></font><br>
1987:
1988: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 1989: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 1990: bridging.
1991: <p>
1992:
1.247 jufi 1993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 1994: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
1995: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 1996: </strong></font><br>
1997:
1.121 deraadt 1998: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
1999: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2000: <p>
2001:
1.247 jufi 2002: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2003: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2004: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2005: </strong></font><br>
2006:
2007: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2008: <p>
2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2011: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2012: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2013: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2014: </strong></font><br>
2015:
1.120 deraadt 2016: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2017: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2018: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2019: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2020: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2021: <p>
2022:
1.247 jufi 2023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2024: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2025: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2026: </strong></font><br>
2027:
1.222 miod 2028: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2029: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2030: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2031: protocols and their quirks.
2032: <p>
2033:
1.247 jufi 2034: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2035: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2036: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2037: </strong></font><br>
2038:
2039: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2040: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2041: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2042: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2043: <p>
2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2046: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2047: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2048: </strong></font><br>
2049:
2050: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2051: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2052: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2053: <p>
2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2056: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2057: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2058: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2059: </strong></font><br>
2060:
2061: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2062: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2063: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2064: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2065: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2066: <p>
1.247 jufi 2067: </ul>
1.118 louis 2068:
1.104 louis 2069: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2070: <ul>
1.104 louis 2071:
1.247 jufi 2072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2073: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2074: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2075: </strong></font><br>
2076:
2077: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2078: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2079: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2080: be a bit dry.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2084: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2085: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2086: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2087: </strong></font><br>
2088: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2089: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2090: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2091: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2092: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2093: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2094: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2095: <p>
2096:
1.247 jufi 2097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2098: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2099: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2100: 2000
1.128 louis 2101: </strong></font><br>
2102:
2103: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2104: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2105: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2106: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2107: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2108: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2109: <p>
2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2112: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2113: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2114: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2115:
2116: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2117: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2118: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2119: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2120: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2121: <p>
1.110 louis 2122:
1.247 jufi 2123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2124: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2125: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2126: </strong></font><br>
2127:
2128: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2129: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2130: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2131: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2132: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2133: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2134: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2135: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2136: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2137: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2138: <p>
2139:
1.247 jufi 2140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2141: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2142: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2143:
2144: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2145: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2146: <p>
1.108 louis 2147:
1.247 jufi 2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2149: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2150: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2151: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2152:
2153: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2154: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2155: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2156: <p>
1.106 louis 2157:
1.247 jufi 2158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2159: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2160: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2161: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2162:
2163: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2164: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2165: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2166: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2167: <p>
1.107 louis 2168:
1.247 jufi 2169: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2170: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2171: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2172: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2173:
2174: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2175: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2176: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2177: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2178: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2179: <p>
1.105 louis 2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2182: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2183: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2184: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2185:
1.113 naddy 2186: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2187: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2188: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2189: <p>
1.104 louis 2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2192: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2193: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2197: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2198: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2199: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2200: <p>
1.301 jose 2201:
2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2203: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2204: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2205: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2208: hardware-supported cryptography.
2209: <p>
1.247 jufi 2210: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2211:
1.85 louis 2212: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2213: <ul>
1.85 louis 2214:
1.247 jufi 2215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2216: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2217: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2218: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2219:
2220: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2221: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2222: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2223: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2224: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2225: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2226: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2227: <p>
1.99 louis 2228:
1.247 jufi 2229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2230: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2231: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2232: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2233:
2234: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2235: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2236: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2237: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2238: <p>
1.100 louis 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2241: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2242: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2243: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2244:
2245: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2246: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2247: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2248: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2249: <p>
1.95 louis 2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2252: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2253: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2254: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2255:
2256: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2257: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2258: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2259: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2260: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2261: <p>
1.92 louis 2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2264: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2265: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2266: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2267:
2268: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2269: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2270: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2271: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2272: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2273: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2274: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2275: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2276: <p>
1.91 louis 2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2279: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2280: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2281: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2282:
2283: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2284: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2285: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2286: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2287: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2288: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2289: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2290: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2291: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2292: <p>
1.90 louis 2293:
1.247 jufi 2294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2295: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2296: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2297: </strong></font><br>
2298: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2299: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2300: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2301: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2302: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2303: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2304: <p>
2305:
1.247 jufi 2306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2307: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2308: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2309: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2310:
1.113 naddy 2311: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2312: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2313: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2314: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2315: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2316: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2317: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2318: <p>
1.87 louis 2319:
1.247 jufi 2320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2321: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2322: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2323: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2324:
2325: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2326: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2327: <p>
1.85 louis 2328:
1.247 jufi 2329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2330: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2331: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2332: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2333:
2334: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2335: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2336: <p>
2337:
2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2339: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2340: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2341: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2342:
2343: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2344: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2345: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2346: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2347: <p>
1.89 louis 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2350: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2351: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2352: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2353:
2354: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2355: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2356: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2357: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2358: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2359: </ul>
1.85 louis 2360:
1.78 deraadt 2361: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2362: <ul>
1.74 louis 2363:
1.247 jufi 2364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2365: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2366: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2367: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2368: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2369:
2370: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2371: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2372: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2373: <p>
1.83 louis 2374:
1.247 jufi 2375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2376: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2377: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2378: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2379:
2380: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2381: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2382: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2383: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2384: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2385: <p>
1.93 louis 2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2388: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2389: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2390: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2391: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2392:
1.83 louis 2393: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2394: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2395: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2396: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2397: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2398: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2399: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2400: <p>
1.82 aaron 2401:
1.247 jufi 2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2403: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2404: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2405: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2406:
1.83 louis 2407: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2408: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2409: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2410: <p>
1.80 louis 2411:
1.247 jufi 2412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2413: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2414: Bad Press</a>,
2415: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2416: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2417:
2418: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2419: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2420: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2421: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2422: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2423: <p>
1.247 jufi 2424: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2425:
2426: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2427: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2430: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2431: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2432: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2433: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2434:
2435: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2436: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2437: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2438: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2439: <p>
1.74 louis 2440:
1.247 jufi 2441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2442: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2443: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2444: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2445:
1.219 horacio 2446: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2447: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2448: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2449: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2450: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2451: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2452: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2453: <p>
1.88 louis 2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2456: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2457: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2458: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2459:
2460: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2461: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2462: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2463: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2464: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2465: <p>
1.81 louis 2466:
1.247 jufi 2467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2468: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2469: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2470: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2471:
2472: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2473: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2474: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2475: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2476: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2477: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2478: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2479: <p>
1.90 louis 2480:
1.247 jufi 2481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2482: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2483: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2484: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2485:
2486: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2487: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2488: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2489: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2490: <p>
1.247 jufi 2491: </ul>
1.71 louis 2492:
1.69 deraadt 2493: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2494: <ul>
1.70 louis 2495:
1.247 jufi 2496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2497: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2498: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2499: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2500:
2501: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2502: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2503: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2504: <p>
1.70 louis 2505:
1.247 jufi 2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2507: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2508: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2510:
2511: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2512: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2513: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.68 louis 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2517: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2518: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2519: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2520: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2521:
1.111 jufi 2522: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2523: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2524: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2525: "secure by default" installation.
2526: <p>
1.64 louis 2527:
1.247 jufi 2528: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2529: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2530: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2531: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2532:
1.113 naddy 2533: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2534: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2535: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2536: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2537: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2538: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2539: <p>
1.66 louis 2540:
1.247 jufi 2541: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2542: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2543: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2544: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2545:
2546: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2547: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2548: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2549: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2550: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2551: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2552: <p>
1.83 louis 2553:
1.247 jufi 2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2555: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2556: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2557: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2558:
2559: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2560: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2561: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2562: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2563: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2564: <p>
1.64 louis 2565:
1.247 jufi 2566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2567: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2568: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2569: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2570:
2571: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2572: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2573: <p>
1.301 jose 2574:
2575: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2576: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2577: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2578: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2579: </strong></font><br>
2580:
2581: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2582: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2583: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2584: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2585: Giving way to
2586: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2587: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2588: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2589: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2590: <p>
1.247 jufi 2591: </ul>
1.65 louis 2592:
1.69 deraadt 2593: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2594: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2597: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2598: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2600:
2601: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2602: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2603: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2604: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2605: <p>
1.88 louis 2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2608: <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 2609: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2610:
2611: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2612: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2613: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2614: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2615: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2616: <p>
1.60 louis 2617:
1.247 jufi 2618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2619: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2620: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2621: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2622: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2623:
2624: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2625: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2626: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2627: <p>
1.58 louis 2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2630: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2631: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2632:
2633: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2634: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2635: <p>
1.53 louis 2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2638: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2639: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2640: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2641:
2642: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2643: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2644: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2645: <p>
1.99 louis 2646:
1.247 jufi 2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2648: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2649: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2650:
2651: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2652: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2653: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2654: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2655: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2656:
1.247 jufi 2657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2658: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2659: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2660: </strong></font><br>
2661:
2662: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2663: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2664: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2665: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2666: <p>
2667:
1.247 jufi 2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2669: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2670: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2671: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2672:
2673: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2674: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2675: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2678: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2679: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2680:
2681: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2682: in
1.247 jufi 2683: <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 2684: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2685: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2686: <p>
1.53 louis 2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2689: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2690: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2691: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2692: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2693:
1.58 louis 2694: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2695: <p>
1.301 jose 2696:
2697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2698: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2699: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2700: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2701: Informacyjny, January 2000
2702: </strong></font><br>
2703:
2704: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2705: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2706: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2707: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2708: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2709: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2710: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2711: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2712: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2713: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2714: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2715: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2716: <p>
2717:
2718: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2719: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2720: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2721: </strong></font><br>
2722:
2723: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2724: <p>
2725: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2726:
1.69 deraadt 2727: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2728: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2731: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2732: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2733: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2734: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2735:
1.58 louis 2736: Kurt Seifried
2737: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2738: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2739: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2740: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2741:
1.247 jufi 2742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2743: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2744: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2745: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2746:
2747: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2748: <p>
1.96 louis 2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2751: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2752: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2753: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2754: </strong></font><br>
2755:
2756: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2757: <p>
2758:
2759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2760: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2761: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2762: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2763:
2764: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2765: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2766: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2767: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2768: <p>
1.247 jufi 2769: </ul>
1.86 louis 2770:
1.69 deraadt 2771: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2772: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2775: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2776: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2777: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2778:
2779: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2780: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2781: <p>
1.61 louis 2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2784: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2785: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2786: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2787: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2788:
2789: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2790: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2791: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2792: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2793: right -- or at least strives to".
2794: <p>
1.48 louis 2795:
1.247 jufi 2796: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2797: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2798: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2799: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2800: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2801: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2802: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2803: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2804: <p>
1.61 louis 2805:
1.247 jufi 2806: <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 2807: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2808: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2809:
2810: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2811: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2812: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2813: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2814: <p>
1.46 louis 2815:
1.247 jufi 2816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2817: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2818: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2819: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2820:
2821: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2822: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2823: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2824:
1.247 jufi 2825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2826: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2827: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2828: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2829:
2830: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2831: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2832: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2833: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2834: <p>
1.247 jufi 2835: </ul>
1.70 louis 2836:
1.69 deraadt 2837: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2838: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2839:
1.247 jufi 2840: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2841: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2842: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2843: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2844: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2845:
2846: Kurt Seifried
2847: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2848: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2849: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2850: <p>
1.44 philen 2851:
1.247 jufi 2852: <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 2853: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2854: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2855:
2856: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2857: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <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 2860: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2861: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2862:
2863: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2864: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2865:
1.247 jufi 2866: <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 2867: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2868: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2869:
2870: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2871: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2872: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2873: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2874: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <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 2877: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2878: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2879:
1.36 louis 2880: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2881: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2884: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2885: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2886: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2887:
2888: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2889: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2890: </ul>
1.38 louis 2891:
1.69 deraadt 2892: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2893: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <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 2896: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2897: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2898:
2899: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2900: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2901: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2902:
1.113 naddy 2903: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2904: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2905: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2906: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2907:
2908: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2909: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2910: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2911: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2912: <blockquote>
2913: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2914: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2915: <br>
2916: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2917: </code>
2918: </blockquote>
2919: <p>
2920:
1.247 jufi 2921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2922: <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>
2923: <p>
2924:
2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2926: <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 2927: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2928:
2929: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2930: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2931: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2932: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2933:
1.247 jufi 2934: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2935: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2936: Sept. 28, 1999
2937: </strong></font><br>
2938:
2939: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2940: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2941: translating and reprinting articles from
2942: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2943: <p>
2944:
2945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2946: <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 2947: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 2948:
2949: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
2950: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
2951: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
2952: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
2953: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 2954: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 2955: <p>
1.19 louis 2956:
1.113 naddy 2957: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 2958: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 2959: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 2960:
2961: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
2962: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
2963: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 2964: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
2965: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 2966: <p>
1.16 louis 2967:
1.247 jufi 2968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2969: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 2970: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 2971: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 2972:
1.57 louis 2973: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
2974: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
2975: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 2976: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 2977:
1.247 jufi 2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2979: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 2980: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 2981: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2982:
1.113 naddy 2983: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2986: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
2987: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 2988: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 2989:
1.23 louis 2990: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
2991: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
2992: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
2993: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
2994: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 2995: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 2996:
1.247 jufi 2997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 2998: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
2999: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3000: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3001:
1.199 pvalchev 3002: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3003: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3004: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3005: installation.
1.113 naddy 3006: <p>
1.47 louis 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3009: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3010: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3011: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3012:
1.301 jose 3013: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3014: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3015: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3016: </ul>
1.57 louis 3017:
1.69 deraadt 3018: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3019: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3022: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3023: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3024: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3025:
3026: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3027: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3028: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3029: <p>
1.12 louis 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3032: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3033: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3034: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3035:
3036: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3037: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3038: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3039: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3040: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3041: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3042: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3043: <p>
1.247 jufi 3044: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3045:
1.69 deraadt 3046: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3047: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3050: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3051: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3052:
3053: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3054: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3055: available."
1.113 naddy 3056: <p>
1.301 jose 3057:
3058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3059: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3060: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3064: <p>
1.247 jufi 3065: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3066:
1.69 deraadt 3067: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3068: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3069:
1.247 jufi 3070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3071: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3072: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3073:
3074: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3075: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3076: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3077: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3078: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3079: <p>
1.33 louis 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3082: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3083: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3084: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3085:
1.113 naddy 3086: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3087: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3088: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3089: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3090: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3091: <p>
1.247 jufi 3092: </ul>
1.57 louis 3093:
1.69 deraadt 3094: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3095: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3096:
1.247 jufi 3097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3098: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3099: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3100: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3101:
3102: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3103: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3104: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3105:
1.247 jufi 3106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3107: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3108: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3109: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3110: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3111:
3112: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3113: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3114:
1.247 jufi 3115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3116: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3117:
1.113 naddy 3118: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3121: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3122: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3123: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3124:
3125: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3126: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3127: </ul>
1.23 louis 3128:
1.69 deraadt 3129: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3130: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3133: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3134: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3135:
3136: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3137: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3138: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3141: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3142: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3144:
3145: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3146: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3147: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3148: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3149: </ul>
1.57 louis 3150:
1.69 deraadt 3151: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3152: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3153:
1.247 jufi 3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3155: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3156: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3157: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3158:
3159: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3160: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3161: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3162: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3163: <p>
1.15 louis 3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3166: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3167: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3168: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3169:
3170: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3171: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3172: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3173: columns."
1.113 naddy 3174: <p>
1.247 jufi 3175: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3176:
1.69 deraadt 3177: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3178: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3179:
1.247 jufi 3180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3181: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3182: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3183: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3184:
3185: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3186: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3187:
1.113 naddy 3188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3189: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3190: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3191:
3192: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3193: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3194: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3195: </ul>
1.57 louis 3196:
1.69 deraadt 3197: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3198: <ul>
1.301 jose 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3200: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3201: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3202: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3203:
3204: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3205: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3206: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3207: <p>
3208:
3209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3210: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3211: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3212: Nov 13, 1998 and
3213: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3214: Datateknik</a>,
3215: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3216:
3217: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3218: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3219: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3220: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3221: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3222:
1.113 naddy 3223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3224: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3225: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3226: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3227:
1.222 miod 3228: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3229: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3230: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3231: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3232: <p>
1.247 jufi 3233: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3234:
1.69 deraadt 3235: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3236: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3239: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3240: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3241:
1.69 deraadt 3242: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3243: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3244: <p>
1.247 jufi 3245: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3246:
1.69 deraadt 3247: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3248: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3249:
1.247 jufi 3250: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3251: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3252: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3253: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3254:
3255: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3256: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3257: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3258:
1.247 jufi 3259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3260: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3261: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3262: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3263: <p>
1.247 jufi 3264: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3265:
1.69 deraadt 3266: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3267: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3268:
1.247 jufi 3269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3270: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3271: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3272: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3273: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3274: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3275:
3276: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3277: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3278: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3279: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3280: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3281: <p>
1.247 jufi 3282: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3283:
3284: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3285: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3288: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3289: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3290:
1.69 deraadt 3291: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3292: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3293: <p>
1.112 naddy 3294:
1.247 jufi 3295: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3296: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3297:
1.292 camield 3298: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3299: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3300: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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