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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>
1.326 deraadt 23: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
24: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
25: IDG,
26: April 24, 2003.
27: </strong></font><br>
28: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
29: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
30: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
31: Can also be found online at:
32: <ul>
33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
34: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
35: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
36: Infoworld.
37: </strong></font>
38: </ul>
39: <p>
40:
41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
42: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 43: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 44: Slate,
45: April 24, 2003.
46: </strong></font><br>
47: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
48: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
49: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
50: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 54: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
55: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
56: April 24, 2003.
57: </strong></font><br>
58: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
59: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
60: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
61: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
62: <p>
63:
64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 65: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
66: April 24, 2003.
67: </strong></font><br>
68: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
69: the free software community".
70: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
71: other articles.
72: <p>
73:
74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
75: <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>,
76: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
77: </strong></font><br>
78: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
79: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
80: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
81: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
82: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
83: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
84: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
85: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
86: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
87: <br/>
88: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
89: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
90: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
91: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 ! deraadt 92: <br>
! 93: Can also be found online at:
! 94: <ul>
! 95: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 96: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
! 97: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
! 98: Common Dreams NewsCenter
! 99: </strong></font>
! 100: </ul>
1.324 ian 101: <p>
102:
103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
104: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
105: Wired, April 24, 2003.
106: </strong></font><br>
107: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
108: article above.
109: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
110: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
111: wasting them."
112: <p>
113:
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 115: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
116: </strong></font><br>
117: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
118: <p>
119:
120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 121: <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.
122: </strong></font><br>
123: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
124: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
125: <p>
126:
127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 128: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
129: April 23, 2003.
130: </strong></font><br>
131: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 135: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 136: April 22, 2003.
137: </strong></font><br>
138: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
139: <p>
140:
141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 142: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
143: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
144: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 145: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 146: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
147: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
148: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
149: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
150: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
151: Can also be found online at:
152: <ul>
153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
154: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 155: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
156: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 157: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 158: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
159: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 160: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
161: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 162: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 163: </ul>
164: <p>
165:
166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 167: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
168: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 169: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 170: </strong></font><br>
171: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 172: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
173: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
174: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
175: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
176: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
177: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 178: <p>
179:
180: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 181: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
182: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 183: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
184: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 185: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
186: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
187: at UPenn and DARPA.
188: <p>
189:
190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 191: [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
192: April 18, 2003.
193: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 194: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 195: <p>
196:
197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 198: [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 199: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 200: </strong></font><br>
201: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
202: <p>
203:
204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 205: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
206: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
207: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 208: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 209: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
210: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
211: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 215: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
216: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 217: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 218: </strong></font><br>
219: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
220: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
221: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 222: American century.
1.267 deraadt 223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 226: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
227: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 228: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 229: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 230: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
231: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
232: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
233: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
234: Can also be found online at:
235: <ul>
236: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
237: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 238: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 239: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 240: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 241: <p>
242:
243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 244: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 245: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 246: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 247: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 248: </strong></font><br>
249: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 250: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
251: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
252: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
253: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 254:
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
256: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
257: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
258: New York Times.
259: </strong></font>(free registration required)
260:
1.273 deraadt 261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
262: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 263: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 264: ABC News.
265: </strong></font>
266:
267: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 268: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 269: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 270: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 271: </strong></font>
272:
273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 274: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 275: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 276: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 277: </strong></font>
278:
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 280: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
281: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 282: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 283: </strong></font>
284:
285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 286: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 287: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 288: Times Daily, AL.
289: </strong></font>
290:
291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
292: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
293: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
294: Boston.com, MA.
295: </strong></font>
296:
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 298: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 299: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 300: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
301: </strong></font>
302:
303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 304: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
305: [Article was pulled]</a>
306: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 307: </strong></font>
308:
309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
310: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
311: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
312: Infoshop News.
313: </strong></font>
314:
315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
316: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
317: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
318: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
319: </strong></font>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 322: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
323: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
324: Raleigh News, NC.
325: </strong></font>
326:
327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 328: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
329: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
330: Napa News, CA.
331: </strong></font>
332:
333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 334: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 335: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
336: NEPA News, PA.
337: </strong></font>
338:
339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
340: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
341: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
342: Wired News.
343: </strong></font>
344:
1.271 deraadt 345: </ul>
346: <p>
1.272 deraadt 347: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
348: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 349: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
350: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
351: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
352: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
353: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
354: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 355: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 356: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
357: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
358: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 359: <p>
360: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 361:
362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 363: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 364: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
365: Indianapolis Star, IN.
366: </strong></font>
367:
368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 369: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
370: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
371: Miami Herald, FL.
372: </strong></font>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 375: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 376: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
377: </strong></font>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
380: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 381: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 382: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 383: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
386: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
387: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
388: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
389: ABC News.
390: </strong></font>
391:
1.276 deraadt 392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
393: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 394: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 395: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 396: </strong></font>
397:
1.286 dhartmei 398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 399: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 400: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
401: Wilmington Star, NC.
402: </strong></font>
403:
1.300 jose 404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
405: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
406: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
407: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
408: </strong></font>
409:
1.309 jose 410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
411: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
412: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
413: Globe Technology.
414: </strong></font>
415:
1.263 deraadt 416: </ul>
1.262 beck 417: <p>
418:
419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 420: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
421: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 422: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 423: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 424: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 425: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
426: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
427: <p>
428:
429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 430: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
431: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
432: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 433: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 434: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
435: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
436: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
437: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
438: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
439: and simply restates other press reports.
440: <p>
441:
442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 443: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
444: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
445: OS News, April 18, 2003.
446: </strong></font><br>
447: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
448: <p>
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 451: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
452: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 453: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 454: </strong></font><br>
455: Another report on the DARPA funding.
456: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
457: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
458: <p>
459:
460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 461: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
462: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 463: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 464: </strong></font><br>
465: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
466: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
467: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
468: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
469: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
470: Goes on to say:
471: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
472: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
473: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
474: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 475: This article is also found online at:
476: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 477: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
478: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
479: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
480: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 481: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
483: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
484: ZDnet</a>,
485: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 486: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
488: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
489: ZDnet Australia</a>,
490: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 491: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 492: </ul>
1.260 ian 493: <p>
1.279 deraadt 494:
1.260 ian 495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 496: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 497: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 498: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 499: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 500: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 501: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
502: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
503: without notice or justification.
504: <p>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 507: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 508: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 509: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 510: </strong></font><br>
511: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
512: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 513: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 514: effective today, without any warning..."
515: <p>
1.257 ian 516:
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 518: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
519: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 520: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 521: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 522: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
523: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
524: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
525: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
526: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 527: <p>
528:
529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 530: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
531: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 532: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 533: </strong></font><br>
534: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
535: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
536: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
537: quoting two of them:
538: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
539: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
540: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
541: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
542: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
543: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
544: <p>
545:
1.255 ian 546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 547: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
548: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 549: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 550: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 551: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 552: <p>
553:
554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 555: [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 556: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 557: </strong></font><br>
558: New security concepts in OpenBSD
559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 562: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
563: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 564: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 565: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 566: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 567: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
568: security experts for more than three decades."
569: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
570: <p>
1.261 ian 571:
1.254 drahn 572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 573: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 574: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 575: </strong></font><br>
576: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
577: <p>
578:
579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 580: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
581: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
582: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
583: </strong></font><br>
584: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
585: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
586: discussion OpenBSD's path.
587: <p>
588:
589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 590: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
591: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 592: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 593: </strong></font><br>
594: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
595: from US DARPA.
596: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
597: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
598: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
599: the BSD license.
600: <p>
601: </ul>
602:
1.251 ian 603: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
604: <ul>
605:
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 607: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
608: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
609: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
610: </strong></font><br>
611:
612: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
613: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
614: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
615: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
616: <p>
617:
618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 619: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
620: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 621: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 622: </strong></font><br>
623: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
624: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
625: Mentions
626: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
627: and
628: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
629: programs.
630: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 631: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 632: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
633: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
634: <p>
1.325 ian 635: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
636: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 637:
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
639: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
640: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
641: </strong></font><br>
642: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
643: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
644: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
645: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
646: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
647: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
648: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
649: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
650: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
651: put into service."
652: <p>
653: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
654: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
655: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
656: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
657: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
658: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
659: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
660: computers with security features."
661: <p>
1.251 ian 662: </ul>
663:
1.249 jufi 664: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
665: <ul>
666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
667: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
668: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 669: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 670: </strong></font><br>
671: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
672: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 673: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 674: <p>
675: </ul>
676:
1.246 jufi 677: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 678: <ul>
1.246 jufi 679:
1.247 jufi 680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 681: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 682: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
683: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 684: </strong></font><br>
685: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
686: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
687: <p>
688:
1.247 jufi 689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 690: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
691: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
692: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
693: </strong></font><br>
694: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
695: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
696: <p>
697:
698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 699: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 700: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
701: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 702: </strong></font><br>
703: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
704: in their annual OpenHack security test.
705: <p>
1.247 jufi 706: </ul>
1.246 jufi 707:
1.244 jufi 708: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 709: <ul>
1.246 jufi 710:
1.247 jufi 711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 712: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
713: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
714: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 715: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 716: </strong></font><br>
717: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
718: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
719: md5 digests.
720: <p>
721:
1.247 jufi 722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 723: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 724: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
725: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 726: </strong></font><br>
727: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
728: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
729: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
730: right the first time."
731: <p>
1.247 jufi 732: </ul>
1.244 jufi 733:
734:
735: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 736: <ul>
1.244 jufi 737:
1.247 jufi 738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 739: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 740: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
741: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 742: </strong></font><br>
743: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
744: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
745: part 6</a>.
746: <p>
747:
1.247 jufi 748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 749: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 750: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
751: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 752: </strong></font><br>
753: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
754: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
755: <p>
1.301 jose 756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
758: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
759: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
760: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
761: </strong></font><br>
762:
763: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
764: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
765: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
766: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
767: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
768: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
769: <i>Here's the
770: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
771: <p>
1.247 jufi 772: </ul>
1.242 jufi 773:
774: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 775: <ul>
1.242 jufi 776:
1.247 jufi 777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 778: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 779: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
780: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 781: </strong></font><br>
782: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
783: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
784: <p>
785:
1.247 jufi 786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 787: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 788: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
789: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 790: </strong></font><br>
791: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
792: this time using pf.
793: <p>
1.247 jufi 794: </ul>
1.242 jufi 795:
796: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 797: <ul>
1.242 jufi 798:
1.247 jufi 799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 800: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 801: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
802: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 803: </strong></font><br>
804: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
805: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
806: their rotation.
807: <p>
808:
1.247 jufi 809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 810: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 811: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
812: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 813: </strong></font><br>
814: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
815: <p>
1.247 jufi 816: </ul>
1.242 jufi 817:
1.239 jufi 818: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 819: <ul>
1.239 jufi 820:
1.247 jufi 821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 822: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 823: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
824: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 825: </strong></font><br>
826: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
827: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
828: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
829: <p>
830:
1.247 jufi 831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 832: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 833: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
834: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 835: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 836: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
837: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
838: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 839: <p>
1.247 jufi 840: </ul>
1.239 jufi 841:
1.235 lebel 842: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 843: <ul>
1.235 lebel 844:
1.239 jufi 845:
1.247 jufi 846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 847: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 848: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
849: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 850: </strong></font><br>
851: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
852: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
853: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
854: <p>
1.301 jose 855:
1.247 jufi 856: </ul>
1.235 lebel 857:
1.228 horacio 858: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 859: <ul>
1.228 horacio 860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 862: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 863: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
864: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 865: </strong></font><br>
866: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
867: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
868: <p>
869:
1.247 jufi 870: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 871: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 872: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
873: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 874: </strong></font><br>
875: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
876: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
877: <p>
878:
1.247 jufi 879: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 880: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 881: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
882: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 883: </strong></font><br>
884: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
885: on the desktop of his parents.
886: <p>
887:
1.247 jufi 888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 889: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 890: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
891: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 892: </strong></font><br>
893: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
894: using IPFilter.
895:
896: <p>
897:
1.247 jufi 898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 899: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 900: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
901: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 902: </strong></font><br>
903: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
904: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
905: perspectives of the four OS.
906: <br>
907: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 908: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 909: <p>
910:
1.247 jufi 911: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 912: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
913: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 914: software and security</a>,
915: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 916: </strong></font><br>
917:
918: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
919: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
920: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
921: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
922: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
923: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
924: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
925: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
926: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
927: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
928: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
929: security conscious team beyond doubt.
930: <p>
1.247 jufi 931: </ul>
1.228 horacio 932:
1.225 horacio 933: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 934: <ul>
1.225 horacio 935:
1.247 jufi 936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 937: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
938: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 939: Interview</a>,
940: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 941: </strong></font><br>
942:
943: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
944: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
945: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 946: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 947: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
948: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
949: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
950: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
951: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 952: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 953: of choice.
954: <p>
1.247 jufi 955: </ul>
1.225 horacio 956:
957: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 958: <ul>
1.225 horacio 959:
1.247 jufi 960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 961: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 962: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
963: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 964: </strong></font><br>
965:
966: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
967: <p>
968:
1.247 jufi 969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 970: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 971: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
972: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 973: </strong></font><br>
974:
975: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
976: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
977: <p>
1.247 jufi 978: </ul>
1.225 horacio 979:
1.218 horacio 980: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 981: <ul>
1.218 horacio 982:
1.247 jufi 983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 984: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 985: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
986: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 987: </strong></font><br>
988:
989: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
990: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
991: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
992: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
993: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
994: subjects. Worth a read.
995: <p>
996:
997:
1.247 jufi 998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 999: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1000: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1001: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1002: </strong></font><br>
1003:
1004: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1005: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1006: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1007: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1008: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1009: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1010: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1011: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1012: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1013: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1014: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1015: on other operating systems.<br>
1016: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1017: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1018: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1019: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1020: <p>
1021:
1.247 jufi 1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1023: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1024: Operating System 2010</a>,
1025: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1026: </strong></font><br>
1027:
1028: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1029: covering the level of software integration into the core
1030: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1031: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1032: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1033: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1034: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1035: <p>
1036:
1.247 jufi 1037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1038: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1039: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1040: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1041: </strong></font><br>
1042:
1043: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1044: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1045: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1046: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1047: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1048: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1049: <p>
1.247 jufi 1050: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1051:
1.210 jufi 1052: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1053: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1054:
1.247 jufi 1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1056: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1057: Already a Contender</a>,
1058: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1059: </strong></font><br>
1060:
1061: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1062: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1063: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1064: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1065: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1066: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1067: <p>
1068:
1.247 jufi 1069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1070: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1071: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1072: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1073: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1074:
1.224 horacio 1075: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1076: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1077: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1078: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1079: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1080: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1081: <p>
1.247 jufi 1082: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1083:
1084: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1085: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1086:
1.247 jufi 1087: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1088: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1089: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1090: Division</a>,
1091: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1092: </strong></font><br>
1093:
1094: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1095: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1096: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1097: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1098: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1099: investment</em>.<br>
1100: The implementation details can be seen on their
1101: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1102: <p>
1103:
1.247 jufi 1104: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1105: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1106: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1107: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1108: </strong></font><br>
1109:
1110: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1111: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1112: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1113: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1114: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1115: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1116: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1117: <p>
1118:
1119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1120: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1121: Thinking about Security</a>,
1122: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1123: </strong></font><br>
1124:
1125: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1126: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1127: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1128: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1129: to time.<br>
1130: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1131: system and just the most secure system.
1132: <p>
1133:
1.247 jufi 1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1135: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1136: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1137: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1138: </strong></font><br>
1139:
1140: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1141: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1142: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1143: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1144: choice:<br>
1145: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1146: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1147: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1148: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1149: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1150: network security devices and as such must be well
1151: armored."</em><br>
1152: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1153: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1154: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1155: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1156: <br>
1157: Bravo!
1158: <p>
1.247 jufi 1159: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1160:
1.207 ian 1161: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1162: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1165: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1166: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1167: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1168:
1.207 ian 1169: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1170: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1171: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1172: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1173: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1174: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1175: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1176: <p>
1.247 jufi 1177: </ul>
1.207 ian 1178:
1.194 jufi 1179: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1180: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1181:
1.247 jufi 1182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1183: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1184: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1185: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1186: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1187:
1.240 miod 1188: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1189: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1190: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1191: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1192: <p>
1193:
1.247 jufi 1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1195: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1196: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1197: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1198:
1199: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1200: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1201: <p>
1202:
1203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1204: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1205: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1206: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1207:
1208: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1209: <p>
1210:
1211: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1212: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1213: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1214: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1215: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1216:
1.240 miod 1217: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1218: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1219: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1220: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1221: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1222: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1223: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1224: <br>
1225: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1226: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1227: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1228: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1229: <p>
1230:
1.247 jufi 1231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1232: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1233: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1234: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1235: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1236:
1.194 jufi 1237: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1238: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1239: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1240: <br>
1241: The new
1242: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1243: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1244: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1245: <p>
1.247 jufi 1246: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1247:
1.190 horacio 1248: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1249: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1250:
1.247 jufi 1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1252:
1253: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1254: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1255:
1.301 jose 1256:
1.191 jufi 1257: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1258: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1259:
1260: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1261: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1262:
1.212 horacio 1263: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1264: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1265: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1266:
1.211 horacio 1267: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1268: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1269: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1270:
1.247 jufi 1271: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1272: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1273:
1.247 jufi 1274: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1275: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1276:
1.212 horacio 1277: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1278: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1279: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1280:
1281: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1282: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1283:
1284: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1285: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1286:
1.301 jose 1287: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1288: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1289:
1.191 jufi 1290: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1291: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1292:
1293: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1294: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1295:
1.192 jufi 1296: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1297: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1298: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1299:
1.193 deraadt 1300: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1301: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1302: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1305: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1306:
1.247 jufi 1307: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1308: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1309: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1310:
1.213 horacio 1311: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1312: 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 1313: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1314:
1.190 horacio 1315: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1316: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1317: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1318: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1319: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1320: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1321: <p>
1.190 horacio 1322:
1.247 jufi 1323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1324: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1325: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1326: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1327: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1328:
1.195 jufi 1329: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1330: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1331: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1332: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1333: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1334: <p>
1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1337: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1338: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1339: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1340: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1341:
1.191 jufi 1342: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1343: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1344: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1345: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1346: <p>
1347:
1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1349: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1350: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1351: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1352:
1353: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1354: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1355: <p>
1.247 jufi 1356: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1357:
1.191 jufi 1358:
1.186 jufi 1359: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1360: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1361:
1.247 jufi 1362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1363: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1364: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1365: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1366: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1367:
1.188 jufi 1368: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1369: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1370: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1371: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1372: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1373: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1374: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1375: <p>
1376:
1.301 jose 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1378: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1379: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1380: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1381:
1382: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1383: <p>
1.191 jufi 1384:
1.247 jufi 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1386: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1387: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1388: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1389: </strong></font><br>
1390:
1391: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1392: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1393: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1394: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1395: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1396: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1397: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1398: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1399: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1400: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1401: familiar?
1402: <p>
1.247 jufi 1403: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1404:
1.178 louis 1405: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1406: <ul>
1.178 louis 1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1409: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1410: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1411: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1412: </strong></font><br>
1413:
1414: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1415: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1416: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1417: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1418: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1419: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1420: <p>
1421:
1.247 jufi 1422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1423: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1424: Open source under the hood</a>,
1425: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1426: </strong></font><br>
1427:
1428: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1429: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1430: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1431: <p>
1432:
1.247 jufi 1433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1434: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1435: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1436: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1437: </strong></font><br>
1438:
1439: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1440: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1441: <p>
1.247 jufi 1442: </ul>
1.179 louis 1443:
1.174 louis 1444:
1.175 louis 1445: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1446: <ul>
1.175 louis 1447:
1.247 jufi 1448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1449: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1450: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1451: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1452: </strong></font><br>
1453:
1454: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1455: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1456: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1457: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1458: <p>
1459:
1.247 jufi 1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1461: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1462: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1463: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1464: </strong></font><br>
1465:
1466: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1467: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1468: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1469: <p>
1.247 jufi 1470: </ul>
1.175 louis 1471:
1.176 louis 1472:
1.172 mickey 1473: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1474: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1475:
1.247 jufi 1476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1477: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1478: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1479: </strong></font><br>
1480:
1481: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1482: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1483: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1484: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1485: <p>
1486:
1.247 jufi 1487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1488: <a
1.269 deraadt 1489: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1490: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1491: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1492: </strong></font><br>
1493:
1494: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1495: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1496: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1497: <p>
1498:
1.247 jufi 1499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1500: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1501: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1502: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1503: </strong></font><br>
1504:
1505: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1506: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1507: <p>
1508:
1.247 jufi 1509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1510: <a
1.269 deraadt 1511: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1512: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1513: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1514: </strong></font><br>
1515:
1516: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1517: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1518: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1519: our own Theo de Raadt.
1520: <p>
1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1523: <a
1.269 deraadt 1524: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1525: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1526: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1527: </strong></font><br>
1528:
1529: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1530: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1531: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1532: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1533: shut down.]
1534: <p>
1535:
1.247 jufi 1536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1537: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1538: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1539: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1540: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1541: </strong></font><br>
1542:
1543: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1544: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1545: <p>
1.247 jufi 1546: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1547:
1.161 louis 1548: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1549: <ul>
1.161 louis 1550:
1.247 jufi 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1552: <a
1.269 deraadt 1553: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1554: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1555: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1556: </strong></font><br>
1557:
1558: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1559: by John Wolley
1560: <p>
1561:
1.247 jufi 1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1563: <a
1.269 deraadt 1564: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1565: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1566: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1567: </strong></font><br>
1568:
1569: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1570: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1571: OpenBSD).
1572: <p>
1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1575: <a
1.247 jufi 1576: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1577: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1578: </strong></font><br>
1579:
1580: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1581: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1582: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1583: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1584: and hindsight.
1585: <p>
1586:
1.247 jufi 1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1588: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1589: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1590: </strong></font><br>
1591:
1592: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1593: <p>
1594:
1.247 jufi 1595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1596: <a
1.168 provos 1597: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1598: December 7, 2000
1599: </strong></font><br>
1600:
1601: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1602: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1603: us explain.
1604: <p>
1605:
1.247 jufi 1606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1607: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1608: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1609: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1610: December 6, 2000
1611: </strong></font><br>
1612:
1613: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1614: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1615: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1616: <p>
1617:
1.247 jufi 1618: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1619: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1620: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1621: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1622: </strong></font><br>
1623:
1624: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1625: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1626: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1627: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1628: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1629: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1630: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1631: <p>
1632:
1633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1634: <a
1.226 horacio 1635: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1636: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1637: </strong></font><br>
1638:
1639: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1640: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1641: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1642: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1643: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1644: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1645: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1646: <p>
1.162 millert 1647:
1.247 jufi 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1649: <a
1.161 louis 1650: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1651: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1652: </strong></font><br>
1653:
1654: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1655: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1656: <p>
1657:
1.247 jufi 1658: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1659: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1660: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662:
1663: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1664: <p>
1665:
1666:
1.247 jufi 1667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1668: <a
1.226 horacio 1669: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1670: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1671: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1672: </strong></font><br>
1673:
1674: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1675: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1676: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1677: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1678: <p>
1.247 jufi 1679: </ul>
1.169 louis 1680:
1.158 louis 1681: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1682: <ul>
1.147 louis 1683:
1.247 jufi 1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1685: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1686: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1687: </strong></font><br>
1688:
1689: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1690: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1691: <p>
1692:
1.247 jufi 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1694: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1695: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1696: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1697: </strong></font><br>
1698: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1699: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1700: <p>
1701:
1.247 jufi 1702: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1703: <a
1704: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1705: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1709: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1710: <p>
1711:
1.247 jufi 1712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1713: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1714: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1715: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1716:
1.213 horacio 1717: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1718: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1719: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1720: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1721: <p>
1.215 horacio 1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1724: <a
1725: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1726: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1730: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1731: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1732: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1733: much of the attitude too).
1734: <p>
1.161 louis 1735:
1.247 jufi 1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1737: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1738: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1739: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1740:
1.157 louis 1741: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1742: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1743: <p>
1.247 jufi 1744: </ul>
1.157 louis 1745:
1746: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1747: <ul>
1.157 louis 1748:
1.247 jufi 1749: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1750: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1751: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1752: </strong></font><br>
1753:
1754: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1755: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1756: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1757: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1758: <p>
1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1761: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1762: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1763: </strong></font><br>
1764:
1765: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1766: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1767: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1768: it because they love coding...
1769: <p>
1770:
1.247 jufi 1771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1772: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1773: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1774: </strong></font><br>
1775:
1776: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1777: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1778: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1779: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1780: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1781: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1782: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1783: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1784: <p>
1785:
1.247 jufi 1786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1787: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1788: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1789: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1790: </strong></font><br>
1791:
1792: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1793: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1794: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1795: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1796: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1797: the pizza.
1798: <p>
1799:
1.247 jufi 1800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1801: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1802: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1803: </strong></font><br>
1804:
1805: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1806: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1807: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1808: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1809: problems.
1810: <p>
1811:
1.247 jufi 1812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1813: <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 1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1.222 miod 1816: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1817: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1818: - whether they like it or not.
1819: <p>
1820:
1.247 jufi 1821: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1822: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1823: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1824: </strong></font><br>
1825:
1826: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1827: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1828: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1829: <p>
1.148 aaron 1830:
1.247 jufi 1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1832: <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 1833: </strong></font><br>
1834:
1835: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1836: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1837: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1838: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1839: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1840: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1841: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1842: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1843: <p>
1844:
1.247 jufi 1845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1846: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1847: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1848: </strong></font><br>
1849:
1850: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1851: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1852: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1853: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1854: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1855: <p>
1.247 jufi 1856: </ul>
1.147 louis 1857:
1.138 louis 1858: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1859: <ul>
1.138 louis 1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1862: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1863: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1864: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1865: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1.227 horacio 1868: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1869: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1870: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1871: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1872: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1873: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1874: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1875: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1876: <p>
1877:
1.247 jufi 1878: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1879: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1880: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1881: </strong></font><br>
1882:
1883: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1884: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1885: groups, and even Linux.
1886: <p>
1887:
1.247 jufi 1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1889: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1890: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1891: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893:
1894: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1895: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1896: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1897: library after installing the OS.
1898: <p>
1899:
1.247 jufi 1900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1901: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1902: Sys Admin, September 2000
1903: </strong></font><br>
1904:
1905: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1906: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1907: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1908: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1909: (<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>,
1910: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1911: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1912: <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 1913: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1914: out of the system.
1915: <p>
1916:
1.247 jufi 1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1918: <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
1919: </strong></font><br>
1920:
1921: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1922: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1923: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1924: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1925: the IP filtering and address translation.
1926: <p>
1.301 jose 1927:
1928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1929: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1930: </strong></font><br>
1931:
1932: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1933: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1934: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1935: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1936: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1937: <p>
1.247 jufi 1938: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1939:
1.131 louis 1940: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1941: <ul>
1.131 louis 1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1944: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1945: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1946: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1947: </strong></font><br>
1948:
1949: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1950: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1951: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1955: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1956: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958:
1959: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1960: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1961: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1962: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1963: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1964: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1965: note of"</i>.
1966: <p>
1967:
1.247 jufi 1968: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1969: <a
1.247 jufi 1970: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 1971: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
1972: </strong></font><br>
1973:
1974: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
1975: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
1976: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
1977: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
1978: <p>
1979:
1.247 jufi 1980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 1981: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 1982: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
1983: </strong></font><br>
1984:
1985: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
1986: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
1987: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
1988: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
1989: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
1990: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
1991: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
1992: <p>
1993:
1.247 jufi 1994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 1995: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
1996: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
1997: 2000
1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2001: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2002: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2003: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2004: against current industry practices.
2005: <p>
2006:
1.247 jufi 2007: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2008: <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
2009: </strong></font><br>
2010:
2011: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2012: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2013: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2014: <p>
2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2017: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2018: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2019: </strong></font><br>
2020:
2021: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2022: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2023: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2024: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2025: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2026: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2027: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2028: <p>
2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2031: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2032: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2033: </strong></font><br>
2034:
2035: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2036: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2037: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2038: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2039: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2040: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2041: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2042: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2043: <p>
1.247 jufi 2044: </ul>
1.131 louis 2045:
1.118 louis 2046: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2047: <ul>
1.118 louis 2048:
1.247 jufi 2049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2050: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2051: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2052: </strong></font><br>
2053:
2054: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2055: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2056: about time. The article mentions that
2057: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2058: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2059: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2060: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2061: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2062: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2063: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2064: <p>
2065:
1.247 jufi 2066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2067: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2068: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2069: </strong></font><br>
2070:
2071: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2072: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2073: of OpenSSH.
2074: <p>
2075:
1.247 jufi 2076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2077: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2078: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2079: </strong></font><br>
2080:
2081: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2082: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2083: bridging.
2084: <p>
2085:
1.247 jufi 2086: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2087: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2088: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2089: </strong></font><br>
2090:
1.121 deraadt 2091: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2092: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2093: <p>
2094:
1.247 jufi 2095: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2096: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2097: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2098: </strong></font><br>
2099:
2100: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2101: <p>
2102:
1.247 jufi 2103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2104: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2105: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2106: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2107: </strong></font><br>
2108:
1.120 deraadt 2109: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2110: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2111: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2112: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2113: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2114: <p>
2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2117: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2118: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
1.222 miod 2121: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2122: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2123: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2124: protocols and their quirks.
2125: <p>
2126:
1.247 jufi 2127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2128: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2129: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2130: </strong></font><br>
2131:
2132: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2133: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2134: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2135: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2136: <p>
2137:
1.247 jufi 2138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2139: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2140: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2141: </strong></font><br>
2142:
2143: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2144: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2145: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2146: <p>
2147:
1.247 jufi 2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2149: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2150: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2151: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2152: </strong></font><br>
2153:
2154: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2155: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2156: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2157: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2158: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2159: <p>
1.247 jufi 2160: </ul>
1.118 louis 2161:
1.104 louis 2162: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2163: <ul>
1.104 louis 2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2166: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2167: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2168: </strong></font><br>
2169:
2170: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2171: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2172: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2173: be a bit dry.
2174: <p>
2175:
1.247 jufi 2176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2177: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2178: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2179: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2180: </strong></font><br>
2181: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2182: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2183: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2184: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2185: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2186: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2187: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2188: <p>
2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2191: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2192: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2193: 2000
1.128 louis 2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
2196: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2197: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2198: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2199: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2200: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2201: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2202: <p>
2203:
1.247 jufi 2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2205: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2206: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2207: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2208:
2209: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2210: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2211: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2212: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2213: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2214: <p>
1.110 louis 2215:
1.247 jufi 2216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2217: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2218: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2219: </strong></font><br>
2220:
2221: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2222: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2223: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2224: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2225: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2226: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2227: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2228: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2229: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2230: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2231: <p>
2232:
1.247 jufi 2233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2234: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2235: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2236:
2237: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2238: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2239: <p>
1.108 louis 2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2242: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2243: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2244: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2245:
2246: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2247: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2248: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2249: <p>
1.106 louis 2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2252: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2253: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2254: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2255:
2256: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2257: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2258: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2259: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2260: <p>
1.107 louis 2261:
1.247 jufi 2262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2263: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2264: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2265: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2266:
2267: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2268: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2269: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2270: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2271: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2272: <p>
1.105 louis 2273:
1.247 jufi 2274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2275: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2276: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2277: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2278:
1.113 naddy 2279: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2280: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2281: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2282: <p>
1.104 louis 2283:
1.247 jufi 2284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2285: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2286: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2287: </strong></font><br>
2288:
2289: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2290: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2291: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2292: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2293: <p>
1.301 jose 2294:
2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2296: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2297: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2298: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2299:
2300: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2301: hardware-supported cryptography.
2302: <p>
1.247 jufi 2303: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2304:
1.85 louis 2305: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2306: <ul>
1.85 louis 2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2309: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2310: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2311: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2312:
2313: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2314: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2315: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2316: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2317: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2318: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2319: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2320: <p>
1.99 louis 2321:
1.247 jufi 2322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2323: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2324: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2325: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2326:
2327: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2328: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2329: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2330: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2331: <p>
1.100 louis 2332:
1.247 jufi 2333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2334: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2335: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2336: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2337:
2338: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2339: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2340: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2341: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2342: <p>
1.95 louis 2343:
1.247 jufi 2344: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2345: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2346: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2347: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2348:
2349: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2350: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2351: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2352: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2353: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2354: <p>
1.92 louis 2355:
1.247 jufi 2356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2357: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2358: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2359: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2360:
2361: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2362: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2363: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2364: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2365: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2366: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2367: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2368: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2369: <p>
1.91 louis 2370:
1.247 jufi 2371: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2372: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2373: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2374: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2375:
2376: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2377: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2378: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2379: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2380: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2381: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2382: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2383: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2384: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2385: <p>
1.90 louis 2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2388: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2389: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2390: </strong></font><br>
2391: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2392: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2393: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2394: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2395: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2396: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2397: <p>
2398:
1.247 jufi 2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2400: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2401: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2402: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2403:
1.113 naddy 2404: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2405: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2406: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2407: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2408: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2409: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2410: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2411: <p>
1.87 louis 2412:
1.247 jufi 2413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2414: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2415: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2416: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2417:
2418: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2419: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2420: <p>
1.85 louis 2421:
1.247 jufi 2422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2423: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2424: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2425: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2426:
2427: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2428: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2429: <p>
2430:
2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2432: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2433: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2434: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2435:
2436: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2437: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2438: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2439: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2440: <p>
1.89 louis 2441:
1.247 jufi 2442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2443: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2444: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2445: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2446:
2447: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2448: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2449: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2450: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2451: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2452: </ul>
1.85 louis 2453:
1.78 deraadt 2454: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2455: <ul>
1.74 louis 2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2458: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2459: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2460: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2461: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2462:
2463: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2464: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2465: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2466: <p>
1.83 louis 2467:
1.247 jufi 2468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2469: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2470: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2471: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2472:
2473: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2474: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2475: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2476: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2477: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2478: <p>
1.93 louis 2479:
1.247 jufi 2480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2481: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2482: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2483: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2484: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2485:
1.83 louis 2486: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2487: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2488: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2489: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2490: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2491: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2492: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2493: <p>
1.82 aaron 2494:
1.247 jufi 2495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2496: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2497: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2498: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2499:
1.83 louis 2500: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2501: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2502: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2503: <p>
1.80 louis 2504:
1.247 jufi 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2506: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2507: Bad Press</a>,
2508: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2510:
2511: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2512: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2513: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2514: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2515: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2516: <p>
1.247 jufi 2517: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2518:
2519: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2520: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2523: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2524: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2525: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2526: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2527:
2528: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2529: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2530: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2531: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2532: <p>
1.74 louis 2533:
1.247 jufi 2534: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2535: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2536: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2537: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2538:
1.219 horacio 2539: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2540: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2541: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2542: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2543: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2544: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2545: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2546: <p>
1.88 louis 2547:
1.247 jufi 2548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2549: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2550: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2551: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2552:
2553: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2554: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2555: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2556: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2557: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2558: <p>
1.81 louis 2559:
1.247 jufi 2560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2561: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2562: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2563: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2564:
2565: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2566: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2567: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2568: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2569: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2570: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2571: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2572: <p>
1.90 louis 2573:
1.247 jufi 2574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2575: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2576: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2577: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2578:
2579: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2580: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2581: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2582: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2583: <p>
1.247 jufi 2584: </ul>
1.71 louis 2585:
1.69 deraadt 2586: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2587: <ul>
1.70 louis 2588:
1.247 jufi 2589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2590: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2591: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2592: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2593:
2594: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2595: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2596: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2597: <p>
1.70 louis 2598:
1.247 jufi 2599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2600: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2601: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2602: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2603:
2604: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2605: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2606: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2607: <p>
1.68 louis 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2610: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2611: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2612: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2614:
1.111 jufi 2615: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2616: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2617: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2618: "secure by default" installation.
2619: <p>
1.64 louis 2620:
1.247 jufi 2621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2622: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2623: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2624: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2625:
1.113 naddy 2626: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2627: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2628: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2629: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2630: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2631: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2632: <p>
1.66 louis 2633:
1.247 jufi 2634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2635: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2636: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2637: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2638:
2639: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2640: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2641: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2642: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2643: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2644: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2645: <p>
1.83 louis 2646:
1.247 jufi 2647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2648: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2649: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2650: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2651:
2652: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2653: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2654: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2655: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2656: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2657: <p>
1.64 louis 2658:
1.247 jufi 2659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2660: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2661: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2662: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2663:
2664: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2665: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2666: <p>
1.301 jose 2667:
2668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2669: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2670: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2671: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2672: </strong></font><br>
2673:
2674: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2675: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2676: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2677: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2678: Giving way to
2679: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2680: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2681: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2682: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2683: <p>
1.247 jufi 2684: </ul>
1.65 louis 2685:
1.69 deraadt 2686: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2687: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2688:
1.247 jufi 2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2690: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2691: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2692: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2693:
2694: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2695: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2696: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2697: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2698: <p>
1.88 louis 2699:
1.247 jufi 2700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2701: <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 2702: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2703:
2704: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2705: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2706: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2707: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2708: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2709: <p>
1.60 louis 2710:
1.247 jufi 2711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2712: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2713: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2714: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2715: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2716:
2717: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2718: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2719: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2720: <p>
1.58 louis 2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2723: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2724: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2725:
2726: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2727: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2728: <p>
1.53 louis 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2731: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2732: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2733: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2734:
2735: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2736: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2737: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2738: <p>
1.99 louis 2739:
1.247 jufi 2740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2741: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2742: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2743:
2744: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2745: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2746: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2747: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2748: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2749:
1.247 jufi 2750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2751: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2752: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2753: </strong></font><br>
2754:
2755: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2756: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2757: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2758: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2759: <p>
2760:
1.247 jufi 2761: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2762: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2763: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2764: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2765:
2766: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2767: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2768: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2771: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2772: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2773:
2774: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2775: in
1.247 jufi 2776: <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 2777: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2778: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2779: <p>
1.53 louis 2780:
1.247 jufi 2781: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2782: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2783: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2784: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2785: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2786:
1.58 louis 2787: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2788: <p>
1.301 jose 2789:
2790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2791: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2792: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2793: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2794: Informacyjny, January 2000
2795: </strong></font><br>
2796:
2797: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2798: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2799: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2800: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2801: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2802: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2803: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2804: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2805: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2806: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2807: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2808: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2809: <p>
2810:
2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2812: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2813: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2814: </strong></font><br>
2815:
2816: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2817: <p>
2818: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2819:
1.69 deraadt 2820: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2821: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2824: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2825: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2826: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2827: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2828:
1.58 louis 2829: Kurt Seifried
2830: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2831: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2832: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2833: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2836: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2837: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2838: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2839:
2840: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2841: <p>
1.96 louis 2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2844: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2845: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2846: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2847: </strong></font><br>
2848:
2849: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2850: <p>
2851:
2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2853: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2854: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2855: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2856:
2857: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2858: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2859: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2860: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2861: <p>
1.247 jufi 2862: </ul>
1.86 louis 2863:
1.69 deraadt 2864: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2865: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2866:
1.247 jufi 2867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2868: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2869: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2870: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2871:
2872: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2873: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2874: <p>
1.61 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2877: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2878: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2879: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2880: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2881:
2882: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2883: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2884: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2885: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2886: right -- or at least strives to".
2887: <p>
1.48 louis 2888:
1.247 jufi 2889: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2890: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2891: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2892: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2893: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2894: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2895: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2896: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2897: <p>
1.61 louis 2898:
1.247 jufi 2899: <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 2900: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2901: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2902:
2903: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2904: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2905: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2906: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2907: <p>
1.46 louis 2908:
1.247 jufi 2909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2910: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2911: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2912: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2913:
2914: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2915: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2916: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2919: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2920: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2921: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2922:
2923: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2924: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2925: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2926: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2927: <p>
1.247 jufi 2928: </ul>
1.70 louis 2929:
1.69 deraadt 2930: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2931: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2934: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2935: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2936: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2937: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2938:
2939: Kurt Seifried
2940: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2941: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2942: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2943: <p>
1.44 philen 2944:
1.247 jufi 2945: <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 2946: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2947: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2948:
2949: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2950: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2951:
1.247 jufi 2952: <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 2953: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2954: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2955:
2956: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2957: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2958:
1.247 jufi 2959: <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 2960: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2961: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2962:
2963: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2964: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2965: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2966: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2967: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2968:
1.247 jufi 2969: <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 2970: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 2971: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 2972:
1.36 louis 2973: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 2974: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 2975:
1.247 jufi 2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 2977: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
2978: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 2979: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 2980:
2981: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 2982: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 2983: </ul>
1.38 louis 2984:
1.69 deraadt 2985: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2986: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <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 2989: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 2990: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 2991:
2992: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
2993: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 2994: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 2995:
1.113 naddy 2996: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 2997: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 2998: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 2999: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3000:
3001: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3002: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3003: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3004: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3005: <blockquote>
3006: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3007: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3008: <br>
3009: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3010: </code>
3011: </blockquote>
3012: <p>
3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3015: <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>
3016: <p>
3017:
3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3019: <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 3020: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3021:
3022: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3023: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3024: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3025: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3028: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3029: Sept. 28, 1999
3030: </strong></font><br>
3031:
3032: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3033: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3034: translating and reprinting articles from
3035: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3036: <p>
3037:
3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3039: <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 3040: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3041:
3042: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3043: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3044: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3045: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3046: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3047: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3048: <p>
1.19 louis 3049:
1.113 naddy 3050: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3051: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3052: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3053:
3054: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3055: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3056: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3057: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3058: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3059: <p>
1.16 louis 3060:
1.247 jufi 3061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3062: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3063: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3064: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3065:
1.57 louis 3066: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3067: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3068: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3069: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3070:
1.247 jufi 3071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3072: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3073: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3074: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3075:
1.113 naddy 3076: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3077:
1.247 jufi 3078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3079: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3080: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3081: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3082:
1.23 louis 3083: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3084: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3085: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3086: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3087: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3088: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3091: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3092: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3093: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3094:
1.199 pvalchev 3095: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3096: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3097: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3098: installation.
1.113 naddy 3099: <p>
1.47 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3102: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3103: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3104: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3105:
1.301 jose 3106: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3107: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3108: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3109: </ul>
1.57 louis 3110:
1.69 deraadt 3111: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3112: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3113:
1.247 jufi 3114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3115: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3116: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3117: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3118:
3119: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3120: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3121: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3122: <p>
1.12 louis 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3125: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3126: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3127: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3128:
3129: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3130: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3131: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3132: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3133: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3134: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3135: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3136: <p>
1.247 jufi 3137: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3138:
1.69 deraadt 3139: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3140: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3143: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3144: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3145:
3146: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3147: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3148: available."
1.113 naddy 3149: <p>
1.301 jose 3150:
3151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3152: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3153: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3154: </strong></font><br>
3155:
3156: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3157: <p>
1.247 jufi 3158: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3159:
1.69 deraadt 3160: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3161: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3162:
1.247 jufi 3163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3164: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3165: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3166:
3167: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3168: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3169: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3170: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3171: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3172: <p>
1.33 louis 3173:
1.247 jufi 3174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3175: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3176: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3177: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3178:
1.113 naddy 3179: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3180: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3181: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3182: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3183: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3184: <p>
1.247 jufi 3185: </ul>
1.57 louis 3186:
1.69 deraadt 3187: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3188: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3191: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3192: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3193: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3194:
3195: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3196: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3197: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3200: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3201: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3202: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3204:
3205: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3206: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3207:
1.247 jufi 3208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3209: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3210:
1.113 naddy 3211: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3212:
1.247 jufi 3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3214: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3215: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3216: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3217:
3218: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3219: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3220: </ul>
1.23 louis 3221:
1.69 deraadt 3222: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3223: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3226: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3227: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3228:
3229: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3230: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3231: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3232:
1.247 jufi 3233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3234: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3235: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3236: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3237:
3238: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3239: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3240: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3241: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3242: </ul>
1.57 louis 3243:
1.69 deraadt 3244: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3245: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3246:
1.247 jufi 3247: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3248: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3249: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3250: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3251:
3252: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3253: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3254: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3255: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3256: <p>
1.15 louis 3257:
1.247 jufi 3258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3259: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3260: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3261: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3262:
3263: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3264: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3265: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3266: columns."
1.113 naddy 3267: <p>
1.247 jufi 3268: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3269:
1.69 deraadt 3270: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3271: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3272:
1.247 jufi 3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3274: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3275: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3276: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3277:
3278: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3279: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3280:
1.113 naddy 3281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3282: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3283: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3284:
3285: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3286: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3287: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3288: </ul>
1.57 louis 3289:
1.69 deraadt 3290: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3291: <ul>
1.301 jose 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3293: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3294: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3295: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3296:
3297: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3298: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3299: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3300: <p>
3301:
3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3303: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3304: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3305: Nov 13, 1998 and
3306: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3307: Datateknik</a>,
3308: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3309:
3310: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3311: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3312: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3313: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3314: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3315:
1.113 naddy 3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3317: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3318: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3319: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3320:
1.222 miod 3321: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3322: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3323: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3324: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3325: <p>
1.247 jufi 3326: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3327:
1.69 deraadt 3328: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3329: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3330:
1.247 jufi 3331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3332: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3333: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3334:
1.69 deraadt 3335: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3336: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3337: <p>
1.247 jufi 3338: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3339:
1.69 deraadt 3340: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3341: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3342:
1.247 jufi 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3344: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3345: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3346: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3347:
3348: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3349: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3350: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3351:
1.247 jufi 3352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3353: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3354: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3355: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3356: <p>
1.247 jufi 3357: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3358:
1.69 deraadt 3359: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3360: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3361:
1.247 jufi 3362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3363: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3364: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3365: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3366: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3367: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3368:
3369: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3370: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3371: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3372: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3373: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3374: <p>
1.247 jufi 3375: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3376:
3377: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3378: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3379:
1.247 jufi 3380: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3381: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3382: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3383:
1.69 deraadt 3384: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3385: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3386: <p>
1.112 naddy 3387:
1.247 jufi 3388: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3389: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3390:
1.292 camield 3391: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3392: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3393: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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