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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.253 ian 19: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
1.255 ian 21:
1.260 ian 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ! ian 23: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
! 24: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
! 25: April 24, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
! 28: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
! 29: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
! 30: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
! 31: <p>
! 32:
! 33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 34: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
35: April 24, 2003.
36: </strong></font><br>
37: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
38: the free software community".
39: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
40: other articles.
41: <p>
42:
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
44: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/24/politics/24HACK.html?ex=1051761600&en=87a56d5c962b64e4&ei=5062">Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
45: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
46: </strong></font><br>
47: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
48: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
49: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
50: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
51: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
52: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
53: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
54: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
55: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
56: <br/>
57: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
58: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
59: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
60: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
64: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
65: Wired, April 24, 2003.
66: </strong></font><br>
67: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
68: article above.
69: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
70: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
71: wasting them."
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 75: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
76: </strong></font><br>
77: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
78: <p>
79:
80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 81: <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.
82: </strong></font><br>
83: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
84: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 88: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
89: April 23, 2003.
90: </strong></font><br>
91: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
92: <p>
93:
94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 95: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 96: April 22, 2003.
97: </strong></font><br>
98: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
99: <p>
100:
101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 102: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
103: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
104: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 105: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 106: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
107: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
108: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
109: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
110: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
111: Can also be found online at:
112: <ul>
113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
114: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 115: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
116: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 117: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 118: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
119: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 120: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
121: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 122: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 123: </ul>
124: <p>
125:
126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 127: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
128: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 129: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 130: </strong></font><br>
131: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 132: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
133: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
134: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
135: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
136: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
137: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 141: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
142: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 143: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
144: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 145: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
146: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
147: at UPenn and DARPA.
148: <p>
149:
150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 151: [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
152: April 18, 2003.
153: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 154: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 155: <p>
156:
157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 158: [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 159: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 160: </strong></font><br>
161: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
162: <p>
163:
164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 165: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
166: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
167: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 168: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 169: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
170: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
171: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
172: <p>
173:
174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 175: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
176: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 177: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 178: </strong></font><br>
179: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
180: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
181: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 182: American century.
1.267 deraadt 183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 186: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
187: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 188: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 189: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 190: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
191: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
192: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
193: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
194: Can also be found online at:
195: <ul>
196: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
197: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 198: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 199: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 200: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 201: <p>
202:
203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 204: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 205: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 206: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 207: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 208: </strong></font><br>
209: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 210: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
211: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
212: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
213: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 214:
215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
216: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
217: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
218: New York Times.
219: </strong></font>(free registration required)
220:
1.273 deraadt 221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
222: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 223: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 224: ABC News.
225: </strong></font>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 228: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 229: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 230: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 231: </strong></font>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 234: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 235: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 236: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 237: </strong></font>
238:
239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 240: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
241: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 242: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 243: </strong></font>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 246: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 247: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 248: Times Daily, AL.
249: </strong></font>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
252: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
253: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
254: Boston.com, MA.
255: </strong></font>
256:
257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 258: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 259: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 260: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
261: </strong></font>
262:
263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 264: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
265: [Article was pulled]</a>
266: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 267: </strong></font>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
270: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
271: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
272: Infoshop News.
273: </strong></font>
274:
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
276: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
277: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
278: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
279: </strong></font>
280:
281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 282: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
283: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
284: Raleigh News, NC.
285: </strong></font>
286:
287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 288: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
289: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
290: Napa News, CA.
291: </strong></font>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 294: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 295: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
296: NEPA News, PA.
297: </strong></font>
298:
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
300: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
301: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
302: Wired News.
303: </strong></font>
304:
1.271 deraadt 305: </ul>
306: <p>
1.272 deraadt 307: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
308: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 309: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
310: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
311: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
312: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
313: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
314: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 315: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 316: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
317: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
318: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 319: <p>
320: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 321:
322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 323: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 324: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
325: Indianapolis Star, IN.
326: </strong></font>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 329: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
330: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
331: Miami Herald, FL.
332: </strong></font>
333:
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 335: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 336: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
337: </strong></font>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
340: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 341: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 342: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 343: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 344:
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
346: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
347: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
348: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
349: ABC News.
350: </strong></font>
351:
1.276 deraadt 352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
353: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 354: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 355: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 356: </strong></font>
357:
1.286 dhartmei 358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 359: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 360: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
361: Wilmington Star, NC.
362: </strong></font>
363:
1.300 jose 364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
365: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
366: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
367: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
368: </strong></font>
369:
1.309 jose 370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
371: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
372: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
373: Globe Technology.
374: </strong></font>
375:
1.263 deraadt 376: </ul>
1.262 beck 377: <p>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 380: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
381: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 382: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 383: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 384: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 385: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
386: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
387: <p>
388:
389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 390: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
391: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
392: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 393: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 394: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
395: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
396: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
397: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
398: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
399: and simply restates other press reports.
400: <p>
401:
402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 403: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
404: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
405: OS News, April 18, 2003.
406: </strong></font><br>
407: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
408: <p>
409:
410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 411: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
412: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 413: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 414: </strong></font><br>
415: Another report on the DARPA funding.
416: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
417: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
418: <p>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 421: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
422: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 423: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 424: </strong></font><br>
425: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
426: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
427: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
428: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
429: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
430: Goes on to say:
431: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
432: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
433: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
434: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 435: This article is also found online at:
436: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
438: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
439: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
440: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 441: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
443: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
444: ZDnet</a>,
445: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 446: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
448: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
449: ZDnet Australia</a>,
450: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 451: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 452: </ul>
1.260 ian 453: <p>
1.279 deraadt 454:
1.260 ian 455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 456: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 457: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 458: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 459: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 460: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 461: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
462: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
463: without notice or justification.
464: <p>
465:
466: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 467: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 468: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 469: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 470: </strong></font><br>
471: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
472: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 473: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 474: effective today, without any warning..."
475: <p>
1.257 ian 476:
477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 478: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
479: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 480: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 481: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 482: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
483: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
484: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
485: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
486: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 487: <p>
488:
489: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 490: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
491: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 492: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 493: </strong></font><br>
494: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
495: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
496: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
497: quoting two of them:
498: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
499: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
500: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
501: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
502: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
503: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
504: <p>
505:
1.255 ian 506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 507: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
508: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 509: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 510: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 511: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 512: <p>
513:
514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 515: [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 516: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 517: </strong></font><br>
518: New security concepts in OpenBSD
519: <p>
520:
521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 522: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
523: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 524: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 525: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 526: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 527: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
528: security experts for more than three decades."
529: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
530: <p>
1.261 ian 531:
1.254 drahn 532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 533: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 534: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 535: </strong></font><br>
536: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 540: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
541: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
542: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
543: </strong></font><br>
544: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
545: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
546: discussion OpenBSD's path.
547: <p>
548:
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 550: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
551: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 552: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 553: </strong></font><br>
554: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
555: from US DARPA.
556: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
557: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
558: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
559: the BSD license.
560: <p>
561: </ul>
562:
1.251 ian 563: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
564: <ul>
565:
566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 567: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
568: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
569: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
570: </strong></font><br>
571:
572: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
573: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
574: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
575: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
576: <p>
577:
578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 579: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
580: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 581: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 582: </strong></font><br>
583: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
584: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
585: Mentions
586: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
587: and
588: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
589: programs.
590: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 591: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 592: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
593: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
594: <p>
1.325 ! ian 595: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
! 596: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
599: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
600: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
601: </strong></font><br>
602: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
603: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
604: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
605: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
606: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
607: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
608: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
609: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
610: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
611: put into service."
612: <p>
613: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
614: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
615: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
616: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
617: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
618: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
619: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
620: computers with security features."
621: <p>
1.251 ian 622: </ul>
623:
1.249 jufi 624: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
625: <ul>
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
627: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
628: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 629: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 630: </strong></font><br>
631: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
632: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 633: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 634: <p>
635: </ul>
636:
1.246 jufi 637: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 638: <ul>
1.246 jufi 639:
1.247 jufi 640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 641: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 642: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
643: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 644: </strong></font><br>
645: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
646: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
647: <p>
648:
1.247 jufi 649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 650: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
651: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
652: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
653: </strong></font><br>
654: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
655: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
656: <p>
657:
658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 659: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 660: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
661: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 662: </strong></font><br>
663: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
664: in their annual OpenHack security test.
665: <p>
1.247 jufi 666: </ul>
1.246 jufi 667:
1.244 jufi 668: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 669: <ul>
1.246 jufi 670:
1.247 jufi 671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 672: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
673: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
674: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 675: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 676: </strong></font><br>
677: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
678: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
679: md5 digests.
680: <p>
681:
1.247 jufi 682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 683: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 684: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
685: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 686: </strong></font><br>
687: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
688: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
689: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
690: right the first time."
691: <p>
1.247 jufi 692: </ul>
1.244 jufi 693:
694:
695: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 696: <ul>
1.244 jufi 697:
1.247 jufi 698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 699: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 700: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
701: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 702: </strong></font><br>
703: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
704: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
705: part 6</a>.
706: <p>
707:
1.247 jufi 708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 709: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 710: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
711: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 712: </strong></font><br>
713: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
714: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
715: <p>
1.301 jose 716:
717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
718: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
719: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
720: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
721: </strong></font><br>
722:
723: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
724: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
725: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
726: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
727: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
728: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
729: <i>Here's the
730: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
731: <p>
1.247 jufi 732: </ul>
1.242 jufi 733:
734: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 735: <ul>
1.242 jufi 736:
1.247 jufi 737: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 738: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 739: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
740: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 741: </strong></font><br>
742: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
743: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
744: <p>
745:
1.247 jufi 746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 747: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 748: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
749: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 750: </strong></font><br>
751: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
752: this time using pf.
753: <p>
1.247 jufi 754: </ul>
1.242 jufi 755:
756: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 757: <ul>
1.242 jufi 758:
1.247 jufi 759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 760: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 761: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
762: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 763: </strong></font><br>
764: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
765: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
766: their rotation.
767: <p>
768:
1.247 jufi 769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 770: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 771: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
772: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 773: </strong></font><br>
774: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
775: <p>
1.247 jufi 776: </ul>
1.242 jufi 777:
1.239 jufi 778: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 779: <ul>
1.239 jufi 780:
1.247 jufi 781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 782: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 783: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
784: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 785: </strong></font><br>
786: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
787: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
788: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
789: <p>
790:
1.247 jufi 791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 792: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 793: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
794: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 795: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 796: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
797: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
798: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 799: <p>
1.247 jufi 800: </ul>
1.239 jufi 801:
1.235 lebel 802: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 803: <ul>
1.235 lebel 804:
1.239 jufi 805:
1.247 jufi 806: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 807: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 808: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
809: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 810: </strong></font><br>
811: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
812: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
813: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
814: <p>
1.301 jose 815:
1.247 jufi 816: </ul>
1.235 lebel 817:
1.228 horacio 818: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 819: <ul>
1.228 horacio 820:
1.247 jufi 821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 822: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 823: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
824: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 825: </strong></font><br>
826: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
827: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
828: <p>
829:
1.247 jufi 830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 831: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 832: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
833: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 834: </strong></font><br>
835: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
836: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
837: <p>
838:
1.247 jufi 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 840: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 841: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
842: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 843: </strong></font><br>
844: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
845: on the desktop of his parents.
846: <p>
847:
1.247 jufi 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 849: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 850: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
851: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 852: </strong></font><br>
853: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
854: using IPFilter.
855:
856: <p>
857:
1.247 jufi 858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 859: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 860: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
861: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 862: </strong></font><br>
863: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
864: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
865: perspectives of the four OS.
866: <br>
867: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 868: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 869: <p>
870:
1.247 jufi 871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 872: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
873: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 874: software and security</a>,
875: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 876: </strong></font><br>
877:
878: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
879: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
880: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
881: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
882: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
883: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
884: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
885: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
886: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
887: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
888: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
889: security conscious team beyond doubt.
890: <p>
1.247 jufi 891: </ul>
1.228 horacio 892:
1.225 horacio 893: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 894: <ul>
1.225 horacio 895:
1.247 jufi 896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 897: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
898: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 899: Interview</a>,
900: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 901: </strong></font><br>
902:
903: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
904: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
905: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 906: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 907: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
908: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
909: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
910: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
911: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 912: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 913: of choice.
914: <p>
1.247 jufi 915: </ul>
1.225 horacio 916:
917: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 918: <ul>
1.225 horacio 919:
1.247 jufi 920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 921: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 922: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
923: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 924: </strong></font><br>
925:
926: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
927: <p>
928:
1.247 jufi 929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 930: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 931: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
932: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 933: </strong></font><br>
934:
935: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
936: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
937: <p>
1.247 jufi 938: </ul>
1.225 horacio 939:
1.218 horacio 940: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 941: <ul>
1.218 horacio 942:
1.247 jufi 943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 944: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 945: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
946: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 947: </strong></font><br>
948:
949: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
950: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
951: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
952: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
953: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
954: subjects. Worth a read.
955: <p>
956:
957:
1.247 jufi 958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 959: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 960: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
961: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 962: </strong></font><br>
963:
964: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
965: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
966: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
967: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
968: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
969: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
970: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
971: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
972: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 973: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 974: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
975: on other operating systems.<br>
976: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
977: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
978: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
979: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
980: <p>
981:
1.247 jufi 982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 983: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 984: Operating System 2010</a>,
985: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 986: </strong></font><br>
987:
988: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
989: covering the level of software integration into the core
990: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
991: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
992: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
993: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
994: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
995: <p>
996:
1.247 jufi 997: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 998: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 999: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1000: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1001: </strong></font><br>
1002:
1003: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1004: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1005: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1006: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1007: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1008: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1009: <p>
1.247 jufi 1010: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1011:
1.210 jufi 1012: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1013: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1014:
1.247 jufi 1015: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1016: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1017: Already a Contender</a>,
1018: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1019: </strong></font><br>
1020:
1021: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1022: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1023: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1024: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1025: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1026: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1027: <p>
1028:
1.247 jufi 1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1030: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1031: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1032: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1033: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1034:
1.224 horacio 1035: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1036: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1037: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1038: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1039: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1040: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1041: <p>
1.247 jufi 1042: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1043:
1044: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1045: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1046:
1.247 jufi 1047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1048: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1049: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1050: Division</a>,
1051: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1052: </strong></font><br>
1053:
1054: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1055: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1056: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1057: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1058: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1059: investment</em>.<br>
1060: The implementation details can be seen on their
1061: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1062: <p>
1063:
1.247 jufi 1064: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1065: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1066: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1067: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1068: </strong></font><br>
1069:
1070: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1071: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1072: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1073: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1074: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1075: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1076: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1077: <p>
1078:
1079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1080: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1081: Thinking about Security</a>,
1082: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1083: </strong></font><br>
1084:
1085: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1086: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1087: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1088: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1089: to time.<br>
1090: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1091: system and just the most secure system.
1092: <p>
1093:
1.247 jufi 1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1095: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1096: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1097: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1098: </strong></font><br>
1099:
1100: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1101: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1102: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1103: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1104: choice:<br>
1105: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1106: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1107: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1108: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1109: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1110: network security devices and as such must be well
1111: armored."</em><br>
1112: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1113: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1114: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1115: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1116: <br>
1117: Bravo!
1118: <p>
1.247 jufi 1119: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1120:
1.207 ian 1121: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1122: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1123:
1.247 jufi 1124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1125: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1126: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1127: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1128:
1.207 ian 1129: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1130: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1131: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1132: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1133: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1134: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1135: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1136: <p>
1.247 jufi 1137: </ul>
1.207 ian 1138:
1.194 jufi 1139: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1140: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1141:
1.247 jufi 1142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1143: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1144: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1145: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1146: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1147:
1.240 miod 1148: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1149: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1150: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1151: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1152: <p>
1153:
1.247 jufi 1154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1155: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1156: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1157: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1158:
1159: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1160: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1161: <p>
1162:
1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1164: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1165: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1166: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1167:
1168: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1169: <p>
1170:
1171: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1172: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1173: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1174: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1175: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1176:
1.240 miod 1177: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1178: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1179: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1180: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1181: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1182: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1183: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1184: <br>
1185: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1186: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1187: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1188: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1189: <p>
1190:
1.247 jufi 1191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1192: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1193: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1194: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1195: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1196:
1.194 jufi 1197: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1198: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1199: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1200: <br>
1201: The new
1202: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1203: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1204: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1205: <p>
1.247 jufi 1206: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1207:
1.190 horacio 1208: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1209: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1210:
1.247 jufi 1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1212:
1213: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1214: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1215:
1.301 jose 1216:
1.191 jufi 1217: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1218: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1219:
1220: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1221: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1222:
1.212 horacio 1223: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1224: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1225: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1226:
1.211 horacio 1227: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1228: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1229: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1230:
1.247 jufi 1231: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1232: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1235: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1236:
1.212 horacio 1237: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1238: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1239: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1240:
1241: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1242: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1243:
1244: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1245: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1246:
1.301 jose 1247: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1248: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1249:
1.191 jufi 1250: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1251: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1252:
1253: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1254: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1255:
1.192 jufi 1256: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1257: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1258: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1259:
1.193 deraadt 1260: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1261: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1262: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1263:
1.247 jufi 1264: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1265: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1266:
1.247 jufi 1267: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1268: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1269: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1270:
1.213 horacio 1271: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1272: 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 1273: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1274:
1.190 horacio 1275: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1276: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1277: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1278: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1279: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1280: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1281: <p>
1.190 horacio 1282:
1.247 jufi 1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1284: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1285: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1286: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1287: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1288:
1.195 jufi 1289: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1290: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1291: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1292: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1293: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1294: <p>
1295:
1.247 jufi 1296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1297: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1298: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1299: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1300: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1301:
1.191 jufi 1302: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1303: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1304: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1305: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1306: <p>
1307:
1308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1309: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1310: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1311: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1312:
1313: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1314: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1315: <p>
1.247 jufi 1316: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1317:
1.191 jufi 1318:
1.186 jufi 1319: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1320: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1321:
1.247 jufi 1322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1323: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1324: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1325: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1326: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1327:
1.188 jufi 1328: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1329: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1330: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1331: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1332: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1333: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1334: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1335: <p>
1336:
1.301 jose 1337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1338: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1339: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1340: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1341:
1342: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1343: <p>
1.191 jufi 1344:
1.247 jufi 1345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1346: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1347: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1348: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1349: </strong></font><br>
1350:
1351: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1352: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1353: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1354: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1355: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1356: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1357: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1358: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1359: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1360: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1361: familiar?
1362: <p>
1.247 jufi 1363: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1364:
1.178 louis 1365: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1366: <ul>
1.178 louis 1367:
1.247 jufi 1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1369: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1370: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1371: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1372: </strong></font><br>
1373:
1374: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1375: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1376: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1377: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1378: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1379: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1380: <p>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1383: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1384: Open source under the hood</a>,
1385: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1386: </strong></font><br>
1387:
1388: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1389: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1390: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1391: <p>
1392:
1.247 jufi 1393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1394: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1395: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1396: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1397: </strong></font><br>
1398:
1399: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1400: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1401: <p>
1.247 jufi 1402: </ul>
1.179 louis 1403:
1.174 louis 1404:
1.175 louis 1405: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1406: <ul>
1.175 louis 1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1409: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1410: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1411: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1415: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1416: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1417: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1418: <p>
1419:
1.247 jufi 1420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1421: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1422: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1423: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1424: </strong></font><br>
1425:
1426: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1427: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1428: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1429: <p>
1.247 jufi 1430: </ul>
1.175 louis 1431:
1.176 louis 1432:
1.172 mickey 1433: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1434: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1437: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1438: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1439: </strong></font><br>
1440:
1441: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1442: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1443: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1444: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1445: <p>
1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1448: <a
1.269 deraadt 1449: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1450: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1451: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1452: </strong></font><br>
1453:
1454: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1455: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1456: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1457: <p>
1458:
1.247 jufi 1459: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1460: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1461: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1462: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1463: </strong></font><br>
1464:
1465: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1466: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1467: <p>
1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1470: <a
1.269 deraadt 1471: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1472: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1473: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1477: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1478: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1479: our own Theo de Raadt.
1480: <p>
1481:
1.247 jufi 1482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1483: <a
1.269 deraadt 1484: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1485: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1486: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1487: </strong></font><br>
1488:
1489: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1490: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1491: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1492: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1493: shut down.]
1494: <p>
1495:
1.247 jufi 1496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1497: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1498: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1499: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1500: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1501: </strong></font><br>
1502:
1503: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1504: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1505: <p>
1.247 jufi 1506: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1507:
1.161 louis 1508: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1509: <ul>
1.161 louis 1510:
1.247 jufi 1511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1512: <a
1.269 deraadt 1513: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1514: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1515: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1516: </strong></font><br>
1517:
1518: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1519: by John Wolley
1520: <p>
1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1523: <a
1.269 deraadt 1524: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1525: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1526: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1527: </strong></font><br>
1528:
1529: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1530: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1531: OpenBSD).
1532: <p>
1533:
1.247 jufi 1534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1535: <a
1.247 jufi 1536: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1537: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1538: </strong></font><br>
1539:
1540: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1541: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1542: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1543: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1544: and hindsight.
1545: <p>
1546:
1.247 jufi 1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1548: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1549: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1550: </strong></font><br>
1551:
1552: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1553: <p>
1554:
1.247 jufi 1555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1556: <a
1.168 provos 1557: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1558: December 7, 2000
1559: </strong></font><br>
1560:
1561: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1562: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1563: us explain.
1564: <p>
1565:
1.247 jufi 1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1567: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1568: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1569: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1570: December 6, 2000
1571: </strong></font><br>
1572:
1573: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1574: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1575: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1576: <p>
1577:
1.247 jufi 1578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1579: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1580: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1581: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1582: </strong></font><br>
1583:
1584: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1585: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1586: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1587: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1588: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1589: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1590: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1591: <p>
1592:
1593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1594: <a
1.226 horacio 1595: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1596: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1597: </strong></font><br>
1598:
1599: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1600: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1601: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1602: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1603: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1604: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1605: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1606: <p>
1.162 millert 1607:
1.247 jufi 1608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1609: <a
1.161 louis 1610: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1611: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1612: </strong></font><br>
1613:
1614: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1615: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1616: <p>
1617:
1.247 jufi 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1619: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1620: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1621: </strong></font><br>
1622:
1623: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1624: <p>
1625:
1626:
1.247 jufi 1627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1628: <a
1.226 horacio 1629: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1630: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1631: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1632: </strong></font><br>
1633:
1634: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1635: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1636: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1637: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1638: <p>
1.247 jufi 1639: </ul>
1.169 louis 1640:
1.158 louis 1641: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1642: <ul>
1.147 louis 1643:
1.247 jufi 1644: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1645: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1646: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1647: </strong></font><br>
1648:
1649: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1650: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1651: <p>
1652:
1.247 jufi 1653: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1654: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1655: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1656: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1657: </strong></font><br>
1658: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1659: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1660: <p>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1663: <a
1664: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1665: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1669: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1670: <p>
1671:
1.247 jufi 1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1673: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1674: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1675: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1676:
1.213 horacio 1677: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1678: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1679: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1680: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1681: <p>
1.215 horacio 1682:
1.247 jufi 1683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1684: <a
1685: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1686: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1687: </strong></font><br>
1688:
1689: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1690: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1691: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1692: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1693: much of the attitude too).
1694: <p>
1.161 louis 1695:
1.247 jufi 1696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1697: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1698: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1699: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1700:
1.157 louis 1701: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1702: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1703: <p>
1.247 jufi 1704: </ul>
1.157 louis 1705:
1706: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1707: <ul>
1.157 louis 1708:
1.247 jufi 1709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1710: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1711: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1712: </strong></font><br>
1713:
1714: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1715: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1716: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1717: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1718: <p>
1719:
1.247 jufi 1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1721: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1722: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1723: </strong></font><br>
1724:
1725: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1726: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1727: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1728: it because they love coding...
1729: <p>
1730:
1.247 jufi 1731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1732: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1733: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1734: </strong></font><br>
1735:
1736: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1737: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1738: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1739: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1740: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1741: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1742: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1743: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1744: <p>
1745:
1.247 jufi 1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1747: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1748: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1749: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1750: </strong></font><br>
1751:
1752: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1753: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1754: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1755: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1756: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1757: the pizza.
1758: <p>
1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1761: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1762: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1763: </strong></font><br>
1764:
1765: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1766: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1767: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1768: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1769: problems.
1770: <p>
1771:
1.247 jufi 1772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1773: <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 1774: </strong></font><br>
1775:
1.222 miod 1776: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1777: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1778: - whether they like it or not.
1779: <p>
1780:
1.247 jufi 1781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1782: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1783: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1784: </strong></font><br>
1785:
1786: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1787: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1788: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1789: <p>
1.148 aaron 1790:
1.247 jufi 1791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1792: <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 1793: </strong></font><br>
1794:
1795: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1796: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1797: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1798: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1799: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1800: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1801: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1802: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1803: <p>
1804:
1.247 jufi 1805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1806: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1807: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1808: </strong></font><br>
1809:
1810: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1811: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1812: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1813: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1814: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1815: <p>
1.247 jufi 1816: </ul>
1.147 louis 1817:
1.138 louis 1818: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1819: <ul>
1.138 louis 1820:
1.247 jufi 1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1822: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1823: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1824: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1825: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1826: </strong></font><br>
1827:
1.227 horacio 1828: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1829: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1830: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1831: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1832: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1833: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1834: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1835: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1836: <p>
1837:
1.247 jufi 1838: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1839: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1840: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1841: </strong></font><br>
1842:
1843: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1844: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1845: groups, and even Linux.
1846: <p>
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1849: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1850: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1851: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1855: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1856: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1857: library after installing the OS.
1858: <p>
1859:
1.247 jufi 1860: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1861: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1862: Sys Admin, September 2000
1863: </strong></font><br>
1864:
1865: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1866: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1867: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1868: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1869: (<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>,
1870: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1871: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1872: <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 1873: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1874: out of the system.
1875: <p>
1876:
1.247 jufi 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1878: <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
1879: </strong></font><br>
1880:
1881: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1882: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1883: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1884: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1885: the IP filtering and address translation.
1886: <p>
1.301 jose 1887:
1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1889: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1890: </strong></font><br>
1891:
1892: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1893: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1894: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1895: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1896: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1897: <p>
1.247 jufi 1898: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1899:
1.131 louis 1900: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1901: <ul>
1.131 louis 1902:
1.247 jufi 1903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1904: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1905: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1906: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1907: </strong></font><br>
1908:
1909: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1910: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1911: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1912: <p>
1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1915: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1916: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1917: </strong></font><br>
1918:
1919: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1920: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1921: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1922: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1923: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1924: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1925: note of"</i>.
1926: <p>
1927:
1.247 jufi 1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1929: <a
1.247 jufi 1930: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1931: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1932: </strong></font><br>
1933:
1934: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1935: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1936: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1937: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1938: <p>
1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1941: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1942: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1943: </strong></font><br>
1944:
1945: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1946: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1947: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1948: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1949: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1950: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1951: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1955: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1956: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1957: 2000
1958: </strong></font><br>
1959:
1960: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
1961: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
1962: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
1963: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
1964: against current industry practices.
1965: <p>
1966:
1.247 jufi 1967: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 1968: <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
1969: </strong></font><br>
1970:
1971: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
1972: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
1973: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
1974: <p>
1975:
1.247 jufi 1976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 1977: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
1978: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
1979: </strong></font><br>
1980:
1981: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
1982: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
1983: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
1984: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
1985: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
1986: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
1987: careful code reviews, he concludes.
1988: <p>
1989:
1.247 jufi 1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 1991: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
1992: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
1993: </strong></font><br>
1994:
1995: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
1996: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
1997: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
1998: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
1999: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2000: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2001: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2002: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2003: <p>
1.247 jufi 2004: </ul>
1.131 louis 2005:
1.118 louis 2006: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2007: <ul>
1.118 louis 2008:
1.247 jufi 2009: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2010: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2011: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2012: </strong></font><br>
2013:
2014: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2015: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2016: about time. The article mentions that
2017: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2018: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2019: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2020: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2021: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2022: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2023: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2024: <p>
2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2027: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2028: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2029: </strong></font><br>
2030:
2031: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2032: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2033: of OpenSSH.
2034: <p>
2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2037: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2038: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2039: </strong></font><br>
2040:
2041: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2042: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2043: bridging.
2044: <p>
2045:
1.247 jufi 2046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2047: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2048: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2049: </strong></font><br>
2050:
1.121 deraadt 2051: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2052: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2053: <p>
2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2056: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2057: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2058: </strong></font><br>
2059:
2060: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2061: <p>
2062:
1.247 jufi 2063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2064: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2065: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2066: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2067: </strong></font><br>
2068:
1.120 deraadt 2069: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2070: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2071: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2072: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2073: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2074: <p>
2075:
1.247 jufi 2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2077: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2078: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2079: </strong></font><br>
2080:
1.222 miod 2081: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2082: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2083: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2084: protocols and their quirks.
2085: <p>
2086:
1.247 jufi 2087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2088: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2089: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2090: </strong></font><br>
2091:
2092: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2093: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2094: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2095: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2096: <p>
2097:
1.247 jufi 2098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2099: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2100: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2101: </strong></font><br>
2102:
2103: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2104: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2105: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2106: <p>
2107:
1.247 jufi 2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2109: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2110: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2111: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2112: </strong></font><br>
2113:
2114: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2115: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2116: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2117: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2118: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2119: <p>
1.247 jufi 2120: </ul>
1.118 louis 2121:
1.104 louis 2122: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2123: <ul>
1.104 louis 2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2126: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2127: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2128: </strong></font><br>
2129:
2130: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2131: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2132: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2133: be a bit dry.
2134: <p>
2135:
1.247 jufi 2136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2137: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2138: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2139: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2140: </strong></font><br>
2141: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2142: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2143: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2144: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2145: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2146: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2147: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2148: <p>
2149:
1.247 jufi 2150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2151: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2152: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2153: 2000
1.128 louis 2154: </strong></font><br>
2155:
2156: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2157: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2158: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2159: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2160: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2161: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2162: <p>
2163:
1.247 jufi 2164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2165: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2166: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2167: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2168:
2169: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2170: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2171: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2172: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2173: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2174: <p>
1.110 louis 2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2177: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2178: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2179: </strong></font><br>
2180:
2181: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2182: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2183: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2184: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2185: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2186: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2187: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2188: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2189: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2190: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2191: <p>
2192:
1.247 jufi 2193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2194: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2195: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2196:
2197: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2198: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2199: <p>
1.108 louis 2200:
1.247 jufi 2201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2202: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2203: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2204: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2205:
2206: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2207: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2208: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2209: <p>
1.106 louis 2210:
1.247 jufi 2211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2212: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2213: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2214: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2215:
2216: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2217: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2218: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2219: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2220: <p>
1.107 louis 2221:
1.247 jufi 2222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2223: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2224: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2225: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2226:
2227: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2228: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2229: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2230: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2231: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2232: <p>
1.105 louis 2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2235: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2236: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2237: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2238:
1.113 naddy 2239: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2240: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2241: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2242: <p>
1.104 louis 2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2245: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2246: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2247: </strong></font><br>
2248:
2249: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2250: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2251: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2252: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2253: <p>
1.301 jose 2254:
2255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2256: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2257: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2258: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2259:
2260: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2261: hardware-supported cryptography.
2262: <p>
1.247 jufi 2263: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2264:
1.85 louis 2265: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2266: <ul>
1.85 louis 2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2269: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2270: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2271: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2272:
2273: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2274: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2275: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2276: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2277: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2278: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2279: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2280: <p>
1.99 louis 2281:
1.247 jufi 2282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2283: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2284: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2285: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2286:
2287: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2288: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2289: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2290: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2291: <p>
1.100 louis 2292:
1.247 jufi 2293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2294: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2295: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2296: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2297:
2298: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2299: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2300: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2301: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2302: <p>
1.95 louis 2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2305: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2306: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2307: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2308:
2309: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2310: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2311: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2312: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2313: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.92 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2317: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2318: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2319: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2320:
2321: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2322: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2323: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2324: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2325: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2326: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2327: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2328: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2329: <p>
1.91 louis 2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2332: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2333: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2334: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2335:
2336: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2337: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2338: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2339: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2340: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2341: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2342: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2343: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2344: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2345: <p>
1.90 louis 2346:
1.247 jufi 2347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2348: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2349: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2350: </strong></font><br>
2351: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2352: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2353: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2354: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2355: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2356: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2357: <p>
2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2360: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2361: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2362: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2363:
1.113 naddy 2364: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2365: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2366: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2367: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2368: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2369: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2370: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2371: <p>
1.87 louis 2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2374: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2375: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2376: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2377:
2378: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2379: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2380: <p>
1.85 louis 2381:
1.247 jufi 2382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2383: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2384: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2385: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2386:
2387: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2388: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2389: <p>
2390:
2391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2392: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2393: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2394: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2395:
2396: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2397: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2398: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2399: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2400: <p>
1.89 louis 2401:
1.247 jufi 2402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2403: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2404: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2405: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2406:
2407: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2408: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2409: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2410: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2411: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2412: </ul>
1.85 louis 2413:
1.78 deraadt 2414: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2415: <ul>
1.74 louis 2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2418: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2419: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2420: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2422:
2423: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2424: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2425: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2426: <p>
1.83 louis 2427:
1.247 jufi 2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2429: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2430: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2431: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2432:
2433: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2434: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2435: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2436: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2437: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2438: <p>
1.93 louis 2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2441: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2442: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2443: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2444: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2445:
1.83 louis 2446: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2447: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2448: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2449: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2450: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2451: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2452: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2453: <p>
1.82 aaron 2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2456: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2457: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2458: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2459:
1.83 louis 2460: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2461: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2462: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2463: <p>
1.80 louis 2464:
1.247 jufi 2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2466: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2467: Bad Press</a>,
2468: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2469: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2470:
2471: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2472: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2473: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2474: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2475: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2476: <p>
1.247 jufi 2477: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2478:
2479: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2480: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2481:
1.247 jufi 2482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2483: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2484: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2485: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2486: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2487:
2488: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2489: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2490: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2491: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2492: <p>
1.74 louis 2493:
1.247 jufi 2494: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2495: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2496: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2497: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2498:
1.219 horacio 2499: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2500: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2501: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2502: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2503: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2504: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2505: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2506: <p>
1.88 louis 2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2509: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2510: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2511: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2512:
2513: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2514: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2515: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2516: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2517: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2518: <p>
1.81 louis 2519:
1.247 jufi 2520: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2521: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2522: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2523: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2524:
2525: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2526: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2527: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2528: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2529: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2530: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2531: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2532: <p>
1.90 louis 2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2535: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2536: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2537: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2538:
2539: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2540: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2541: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2542: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2543: <p>
1.247 jufi 2544: </ul>
1.71 louis 2545:
1.69 deraadt 2546: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2547: <ul>
1.70 louis 2548:
1.247 jufi 2549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2550: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2551: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2552: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2553:
2554: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2555: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2556: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2557: <p>
1.70 louis 2558:
1.247 jufi 2559: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2560: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2561: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2562: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2563:
2564: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2565: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2566: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2567: <p>
1.68 louis 2568:
1.247 jufi 2569: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2570: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2571: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2572: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2573: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2574:
1.111 jufi 2575: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2576: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2577: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2578: "secure by default" installation.
2579: <p>
1.64 louis 2580:
1.247 jufi 2581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2582: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2583: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2584: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2585:
1.113 naddy 2586: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2587: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2588: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2589: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2590: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2591: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2592: <p>
1.66 louis 2593:
1.247 jufi 2594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2595: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2596: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2597: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2598:
2599: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2600: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2601: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2602: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2603: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2604: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2605: <p>
1.83 louis 2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2608: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2609: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2610: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2611:
2612: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2613: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2614: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2615: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2616: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2617: <p>
1.64 louis 2618:
1.247 jufi 2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2620: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2621: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2622: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2623:
2624: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2625: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2626: <p>
1.301 jose 2627:
2628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2629: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2630: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2631: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2632: </strong></font><br>
2633:
2634: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2635: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2636: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2637: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2638: Giving way to
2639: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2640: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2641: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2642: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2643: <p>
1.247 jufi 2644: </ul>
1.65 louis 2645:
1.69 deraadt 2646: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2647: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2648:
1.247 jufi 2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2650: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2651: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2652: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2653:
2654: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2655: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2656: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2657: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2658: <p>
1.88 louis 2659:
1.247 jufi 2660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2661: <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 2662: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2663:
2664: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2665: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2666: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2667: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2668: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2669: <p>
1.60 louis 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2672: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2673: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2674: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2676:
2677: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2678: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2679: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2680: <p>
1.58 louis 2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2683: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2684: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2685:
2686: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2687: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2688: <p>
1.53 louis 2689:
1.247 jufi 2690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2691: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2692: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2693: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2694:
2695: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2696: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2697: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2698: <p>
1.99 louis 2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2701: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2702: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2703:
2704: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2705: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2706: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2707: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2708: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2709:
1.247 jufi 2710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2711: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2712: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2713: </strong></font><br>
2714:
2715: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2716: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2717: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2718: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2719: <p>
2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2722: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2723: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2724: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2725:
2726: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2727: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2728: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2731: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2732: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2733:
2734: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2735: in
1.247 jufi 2736: <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 2737: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2738: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2739: <p>
1.53 louis 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2742: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2743: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2744: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2745: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2746:
1.58 louis 2747: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2748: <p>
1.301 jose 2749:
2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2751: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2752: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2753: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2754: Informacyjny, January 2000
2755: </strong></font><br>
2756:
2757: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2758: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2759: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2760: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2761: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2762: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2763: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2764: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2765: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2766: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2767: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2768: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2769: <p>
2770:
2771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2772: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2773: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2774: </strong></font><br>
2775:
2776: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2777: <p>
2778: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2779:
1.69 deraadt 2780: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2781: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2782:
1.247 jufi 2783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2784: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2785: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2786: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2787: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2788:
1.58 louis 2789: Kurt Seifried
2790: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2791: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2792: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2793: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2794:
1.247 jufi 2795: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2796: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2797: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2798: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2799:
2800: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2801: <p>
1.96 louis 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2804: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2805: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2806: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2807: </strong></font><br>
2808:
2809: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2810: <p>
2811:
2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2813: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2814: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2816:
2817: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2818: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2819: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2820: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.247 jufi 2822: </ul>
1.86 louis 2823:
1.69 deraadt 2824: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2825: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2826:
1.247 jufi 2827: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2828: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2829: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2830: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2831:
2832: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2833: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2834: <p>
1.61 louis 2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2837: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2838: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2839: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2840: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2841:
2842: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2843: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2844: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2845: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2846: right -- or at least strives to".
2847: <p>
1.48 louis 2848:
1.247 jufi 2849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2850: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2851: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2852: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2853: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2854: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2855: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2856: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2857: <p>
1.61 louis 2858:
1.247 jufi 2859: <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 2860: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2861: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2862:
2863: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2864: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2865: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2866: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2867: <p>
1.46 louis 2868:
1.247 jufi 2869: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2870: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2871: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2872: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2873:
2874: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2875: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2876: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2877:
1.247 jufi 2878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2879: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2880: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2881: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2882:
2883: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2884: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2885: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2886: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2887: <p>
1.247 jufi 2888: </ul>
1.70 louis 2889:
1.69 deraadt 2890: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2891: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2892:
1.247 jufi 2893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2894: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2895: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2896: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2897: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2898:
2899: Kurt Seifried
2900: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2901: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2902: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.44 philen 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <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 2906: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2907: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2908:
2909: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2910: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2911:
1.247 jufi 2912: <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 2913: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2914: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2915:
2916: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2917: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <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 2920: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2921: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2922:
2923: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2924: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2925: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2926: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2927: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <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 2930: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2932:
1.36 louis 2933: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2934: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2937: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2938: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2939: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2940:
2941: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2942: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2943: </ul>
1.38 louis 2944:
1.69 deraadt 2945: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2946: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <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 2949: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2950: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2951:
2952: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2953: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2954: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2955:
1.113 naddy 2956: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2957: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2958: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2959: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 2960:
2961: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
2962: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 2963: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
2964: terminal:
1.113 naddy 2965: <blockquote>
2966: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
2967: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
2968: <br>
2969: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
2970: </code>
2971: </blockquote>
2972: <p>
2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2975: <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>
2976: <p>
2977:
2978: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2979: <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 2980: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 2981:
2982: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
2983: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 2984: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 2985: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 2986:
1.247 jufi 2987: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2988: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
2989: Sept. 28, 1999
2990: </strong></font><br>
2991:
2992: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
2993: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
2994: translating and reprinting articles from
2995: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
2996: <p>
2997:
2998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 2999: <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 3000: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3001:
3002: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3003: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3004: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3005: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3006: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3007: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3008: <p>
1.19 louis 3009:
1.113 naddy 3010: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3011: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3012: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3013:
3014: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3015: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3016: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3017: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3018: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3019: <p>
1.16 louis 3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3022: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3023: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3024: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3025:
1.57 louis 3026: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3027: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3028: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3029: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3032: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3033: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3034: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3035:
1.113 naddy 3036: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3039: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3040: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3041: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3042:
1.23 louis 3043: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3044: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3045: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3046: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3047: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3048: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3051: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3052: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3053: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3054:
1.199 pvalchev 3055: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3056: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3057: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3058: installation.
1.113 naddy 3059: <p>
1.47 louis 3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3062: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3063: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3064: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3065:
1.301 jose 3066: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3067: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3068: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3069: </ul>
1.57 louis 3070:
1.69 deraadt 3071: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3072: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3073:
1.247 jufi 3074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3075: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3076: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3077: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3078:
3079: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3080: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3081: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3082: <p>
1.12 louis 3083:
1.247 jufi 3084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3085: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3086: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3087: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3088:
3089: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3090: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3091: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3092: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3093: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3094: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3095: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3096: <p>
1.247 jufi 3097: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3098:
1.69 deraadt 3099: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3100: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3103: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3104: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3105:
3106: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3107: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3108: available."
1.113 naddy 3109: <p>
1.301 jose 3110:
3111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3112: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3113: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3114: </strong></font><br>
3115:
3116: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3117: <p>
1.247 jufi 3118: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3119:
1.69 deraadt 3120: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3121: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3124: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3125: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3126:
3127: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3128: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3129: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3130: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3131: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3132: <p>
1.33 louis 3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3135: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3136: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3137: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3138:
1.113 naddy 3139: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3140: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3141: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3142: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3143: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3144: <p>
1.247 jufi 3145: </ul>
1.57 louis 3146:
1.69 deraadt 3147: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3148: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3149:
1.247 jufi 3150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3151: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3152: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3153: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3154:
3155: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3156: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3157: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3160: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3161: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3162: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3163: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3164:
3165: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3166: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3167:
1.247 jufi 3168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3169: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3170:
1.113 naddy 3171: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3174: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3175: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3176: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3177:
3178: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3179: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3180: </ul>
1.23 louis 3181:
1.69 deraadt 3182: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3183: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3184:
1.247 jufi 3185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3186: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3187: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3188:
3189: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3190: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3191: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3194: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3195: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3196: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3197:
3198: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3199: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3200: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3201: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3202: </ul>
1.57 louis 3203:
1.69 deraadt 3204: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3205: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3206:
1.247 jufi 3207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3208: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3209: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3210: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3211:
3212: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3213: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3214: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3215: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3216: <p>
1.15 louis 3217:
1.247 jufi 3218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3219: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3220: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3221: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3222:
3223: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3224: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3225: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3226: columns."
1.113 naddy 3227: <p>
1.247 jufi 3228: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3229:
1.69 deraadt 3230: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3231: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3234: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3235: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3236: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3237:
3238: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3239: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3240:
1.113 naddy 3241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3242: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3243: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3244:
3245: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3246: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3247: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3248: </ul>
1.57 louis 3249:
1.69 deraadt 3250: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3251: <ul>
1.301 jose 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3253: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3254: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3255: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3256:
3257: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3258: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3259: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3260: <p>
3261:
3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3263: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3264: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3265: Nov 13, 1998 and
3266: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3267: Datateknik</a>,
3268: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3269:
3270: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3271: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3272: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3273: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3274: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3275:
1.113 naddy 3276: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3277: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3278: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3279: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3280:
1.222 miod 3281: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3282: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3283: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3284: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3285: <p>
1.247 jufi 3286: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3287:
1.69 deraadt 3288: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3289: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3290:
1.247 jufi 3291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3292: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3293: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3294:
1.69 deraadt 3295: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3296: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3297: <p>
1.247 jufi 3298: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3299:
1.69 deraadt 3300: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3301: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3304: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3305: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3306: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3307:
3308: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3309: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3310: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3311:
1.247 jufi 3312: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3313: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3314: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3315: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3316: <p>
1.247 jufi 3317: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3318:
1.69 deraadt 3319: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3320: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3323: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3324: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3325: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3326: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3327: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3328:
3329: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3330: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3331: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3332: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3333: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3334: <p>
1.247 jufi 3335: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3336:
3337: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3338: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3339:
1.247 jufi 3340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3341: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3342: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3343:
1.69 deraadt 3344: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3345: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3346: <p>
1.112 naddy 3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3349: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3350:
1.292 camield 3351: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3352: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3353: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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