Annotation of www/press.html, Revision 1.329
1.247 jufi 1: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
1.113 naddy 2: <html>
1.1 deraadt 3: <head>
4: <title>OpenBSD Media Coverage</title>
1.247 jufi 5: <link rev=made href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">
1.113 naddy 6: <meta name="resource-type" content="document">
1.247 jufi 7: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
1.113 naddy 8: <meta name="distribution" content="global">
1.256 deraadt 9: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996-2002 by OpenBSD.">
1.1 deraadt 10: </head>
11:
1.113 naddy 12: <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#23238E">
1.241 jsyn 13: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" height="30" width="141" src="images/smalltitle.gif" border="0"></a>
1.113 naddy 14:
1.112 naddy 15: <p>
1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
1.113 naddy 17: <hr>
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>
1.329 ! ian 662:
! 663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 664: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
! 665: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
! 666: Slate,
! 667: March 3, 2003.
! 668: </strong></font><br>
! 669: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
! 670: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
! 671: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
! 672: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
! 673: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
! 674: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
! 675: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
! 676: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
! 677: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
! 678: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
! 679: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
! 680: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
! 681: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
! 682: of more secure open-source solutions like
! 683: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
! 684: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
! 685: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
! 686: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
! 687: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
! 688: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
! 689: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
! 690: the Beltway."
! 691: <p>
1.251 ian 692: </ul>
693:
1.249 jufi 694: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
695: <ul>
696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
697: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
698: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 699: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 700: </strong></font><br>
701: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
702: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 703: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 704: <p>
705: </ul>
706:
1.246 jufi 707: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 708: <ul>
1.246 jufi 709:
1.247 jufi 710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 711: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 712: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
713: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 714: </strong></font><br>
715: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
716: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
717: <p>
718:
1.247 jufi 719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 720: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
721: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
722: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
723: </strong></font><br>
724: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
725: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
726: <p>
727:
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 729: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 730: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
731: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 732: </strong></font><br>
733: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
734: in their annual OpenHack security test.
735: <p>
1.247 jufi 736: </ul>
1.246 jufi 737:
1.244 jufi 738: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 739: <ul>
1.246 jufi 740:
1.247 jufi 741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 742: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
743: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
744: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 745: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 746: </strong></font><br>
747: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
748: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
749: md5 digests.
750: <p>
751:
1.247 jufi 752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 753: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 754: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
755: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 756: </strong></font><br>
757: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
758: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
759: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
760: right the first time."
761: <p>
1.247 jufi 762: </ul>
1.244 jufi 763:
764:
765: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 766: <ul>
1.244 jufi 767:
1.247 jufi 768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 769: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 770: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
771: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 772: </strong></font><br>
773: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
774: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
775: part 6</a>.
776: <p>
777:
1.247 jufi 778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 779: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 780: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
781: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 782: </strong></font><br>
783: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
784: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
785: <p>
1.301 jose 786:
787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
788: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
789: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
790: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
791: </strong></font><br>
792:
793: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
794: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
795: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
796: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
797: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
798: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
799: <i>Here's the
800: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
801: <p>
1.247 jufi 802: </ul>
1.242 jufi 803:
804: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 805: <ul>
1.242 jufi 806:
1.247 jufi 807: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 808: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 809: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
810: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 811: </strong></font><br>
812: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
813: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
814: <p>
815:
1.247 jufi 816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 817: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 818: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
819: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 820: </strong></font><br>
821: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
822: this time using pf.
823: <p>
1.247 jufi 824: </ul>
1.242 jufi 825:
826: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 827: <ul>
1.242 jufi 828:
1.247 jufi 829: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 830: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 831: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
832: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 833: </strong></font><br>
834: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
835: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
836: their rotation.
837: <p>
838:
1.247 jufi 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 840: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 841: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
842: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 843: </strong></font><br>
844: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
845: <p>
1.247 jufi 846: </ul>
1.242 jufi 847:
1.239 jufi 848: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 849: <ul>
1.239 jufi 850:
1.247 jufi 851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 852: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 853: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
854: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 855: </strong></font><br>
856: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
857: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
858: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
859: <p>
860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 862: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 863: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
864: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 865: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 866: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
867: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
868: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 869: <p>
1.247 jufi 870: </ul>
1.239 jufi 871:
1.235 lebel 872: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 873: <ul>
1.235 lebel 874:
1.239 jufi 875:
1.247 jufi 876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 877: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 878: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
879: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 880: </strong></font><br>
881: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
882: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
883: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
884: <p>
1.301 jose 885:
1.247 jufi 886: </ul>
1.235 lebel 887:
1.228 horacio 888: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 889: <ul>
1.228 horacio 890:
1.247 jufi 891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 892: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 893: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
894: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 895: </strong></font><br>
896: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
897: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
898: <p>
899:
1.247 jufi 900: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 901: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 902: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
903: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 904: </strong></font><br>
905: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
906: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
907: <p>
908:
1.247 jufi 909: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 910: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 911: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
912: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 913: </strong></font><br>
914: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
915: on the desktop of his parents.
916: <p>
917:
1.247 jufi 918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 919: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 920: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
921: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 922: </strong></font><br>
923: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
924: using IPFilter.
925:
926: <p>
927:
1.247 jufi 928: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 929: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 930: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
931: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 932: </strong></font><br>
933: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
934: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
935: perspectives of the four OS.
936: <br>
937: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 938: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 939: <p>
940:
1.247 jufi 941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 942: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
943: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 944: software and security</a>,
945: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 946: </strong></font><br>
947:
948: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
949: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
950: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
951: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
952: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
953: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
954: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
955: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
956: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
957: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
958: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
959: security conscious team beyond doubt.
960: <p>
1.247 jufi 961: </ul>
1.228 horacio 962:
1.225 horacio 963: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 964: <ul>
1.225 horacio 965:
1.247 jufi 966: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 967: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
968: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 969: Interview</a>,
970: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 971: </strong></font><br>
972:
973: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
974: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
975: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 976: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 977: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
978: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
979: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
980: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
981: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 982: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 983: of choice.
984: <p>
1.247 jufi 985: </ul>
1.225 horacio 986:
987: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 988: <ul>
1.225 horacio 989:
1.247 jufi 990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 991: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 992: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
993: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 994: </strong></font><br>
995:
996: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
997: <p>
998:
1.247 jufi 999: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1000: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1001: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1002: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1003: </strong></font><br>
1004:
1005: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1006: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1007: <p>
1.247 jufi 1008: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1009:
1.218 horacio 1010: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1011: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1014: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1015: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1016: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1017: </strong></font><br>
1018:
1019: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1020: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1021: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1022: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1023: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1024: subjects. Worth a read.
1025: <p>
1026:
1027:
1.247 jufi 1028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1029: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1030: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1031: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1032: </strong></font><br>
1033:
1034: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1035: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1036: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1037: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1038: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1039: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1040: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1041: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1042: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1043: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1044: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1045: on other operating systems.<br>
1046: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1047: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1048: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1049: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1050: <p>
1051:
1.247 jufi 1052: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1053: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1054: Operating System 2010</a>,
1055: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1056: </strong></font><br>
1057:
1058: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1059: covering the level of software integration into the core
1060: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1061: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1062: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1063: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1064: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1065: <p>
1066:
1.247 jufi 1067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1068: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1069: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1070: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1071: </strong></font><br>
1072:
1073: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1074: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1075: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1076: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1077: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1078: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1079: <p>
1.247 jufi 1080: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1081:
1.210 jufi 1082: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1083: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1084:
1.247 jufi 1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1086: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1087: Already a Contender</a>,
1088: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1089: </strong></font><br>
1090:
1091: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1092: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1093: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1094: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1095: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1096: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1097: <p>
1098:
1.247 jufi 1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1100: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1101: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1102: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1103: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1104:
1.224 horacio 1105: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1106: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1107: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1108: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1109: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1110: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1111: <p>
1.247 jufi 1112: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1113:
1114: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1115: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1116:
1.247 jufi 1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1118: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1119: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1120: Division</a>,
1121: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1122: </strong></font><br>
1123:
1124: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1125: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1126: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1127: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1128: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1129: investment</em>.<br>
1130: The implementation details can be seen on their
1131: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1132: <p>
1133:
1.247 jufi 1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1135: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1136: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1137: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1138: </strong></font><br>
1139:
1140: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1141: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1142: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1143: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1144: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1145: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1146: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1147: <p>
1148:
1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1150: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1151: Thinking about Security</a>,
1152: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1153: </strong></font><br>
1154:
1155: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1156: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1157: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1158: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1159: to time.<br>
1160: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1161: system and just the most secure system.
1162: <p>
1163:
1.247 jufi 1164: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1165: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1166: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1167: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1168: </strong></font><br>
1169:
1170: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1171: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1172: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1173: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1174: choice:<br>
1175: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1176: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1177: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1178: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1179: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1180: network security devices and as such must be well
1181: armored."</em><br>
1182: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1183: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1184: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1185: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1186: <br>
1187: Bravo!
1188: <p>
1.247 jufi 1189: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1190:
1.207 ian 1191: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1192: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1193:
1.247 jufi 1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1195: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1196: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1197: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1198:
1.207 ian 1199: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1200: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1201: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1202: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1203: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1204: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1205: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1206: <p>
1.247 jufi 1207: </ul>
1.207 ian 1208:
1.194 jufi 1209: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1210: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1211:
1.247 jufi 1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1213: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1214: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1215: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1216: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1217:
1.240 miod 1218: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1219: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1220: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1221: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1222: <p>
1223:
1.247 jufi 1224: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1225: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1226: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1227: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1228:
1229: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1230: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1231: <p>
1232:
1233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1234: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1235: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1236: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1237:
1238: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1239: <p>
1240:
1241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1242: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1243: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1244: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1245: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1246:
1.240 miod 1247: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1248: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1249: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1250: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1251: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1252: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1253: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1254: <br>
1255: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1256: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1257: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1258: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1259: <p>
1260:
1.247 jufi 1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1262: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1263: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1264: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1265: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1266:
1.194 jufi 1267: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1268: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1269: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1270: <br>
1271: The new
1272: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1273: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1274: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1275: <p>
1.247 jufi 1276: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1277:
1.190 horacio 1278: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1279: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1280:
1.247 jufi 1281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1282:
1283: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1284: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1285:
1.301 jose 1286:
1.191 jufi 1287: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1288: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1289:
1290: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1291: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1292:
1.212 horacio 1293: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1294: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1295: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1296:
1.211 horacio 1297: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1298: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1299: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1300:
1.247 jufi 1301: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1302: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1303:
1.247 jufi 1304: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1305: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1306:
1.212 horacio 1307: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1308: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1309: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1310:
1311: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1312: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1313:
1314: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1315: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1316:
1.301 jose 1317: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1318: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1319:
1.191 jufi 1320: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1321: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1322:
1323: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1324: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1325:
1.192 jufi 1326: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1327: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1328: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1329:
1.193 deraadt 1330: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1331: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1332: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1333:
1.247 jufi 1334: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1335: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1336:
1.247 jufi 1337: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1338: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1339: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1340:
1.213 horacio 1341: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1342: 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 1343: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1344:
1.190 horacio 1345: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1346: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1347: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1348: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1349: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1350: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1351: <p>
1.190 horacio 1352:
1.247 jufi 1353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1354: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1355: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1356: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1357: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1358:
1.195 jufi 1359: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1360: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1361: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1362: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1363: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1364: <p>
1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1367: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1368: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1369: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1370: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1371:
1.191 jufi 1372: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1373: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1374: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1375: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1376: <p>
1377:
1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1379: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1380: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1381: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1382:
1383: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1384: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1385: <p>
1.247 jufi 1386: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1387:
1.191 jufi 1388:
1.186 jufi 1389: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1390: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1391:
1.247 jufi 1392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1393: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1394: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1395: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1396: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1397:
1.188 jufi 1398: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1399: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1400: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1401: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1402: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1403: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1404: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1405: <p>
1406:
1.301 jose 1407: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1408: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1409: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1410: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1411:
1412: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1413: <p>
1.191 jufi 1414:
1.247 jufi 1415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1416: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1417: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1418: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1419: </strong></font><br>
1420:
1421: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1422: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1423: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1424: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1425: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1426: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1427: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1428: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1429: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1430: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1431: familiar?
1432: <p>
1.247 jufi 1433: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1434:
1.178 louis 1435: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1436: <ul>
1.178 louis 1437:
1.247 jufi 1438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1439: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1440: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1441: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1442: </strong></font><br>
1443:
1444: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1445: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1446: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1447: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1448: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1449: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1450: <p>
1451:
1.247 jufi 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1453: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1454: Open source under the hood</a>,
1455: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1456: </strong></font><br>
1457:
1458: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1459: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1460: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1461: <p>
1462:
1.247 jufi 1463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1464: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1465: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1466: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1467: </strong></font><br>
1468:
1469: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1470: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1471: <p>
1.247 jufi 1472: </ul>
1.179 louis 1473:
1.174 louis 1474:
1.175 louis 1475: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1476: <ul>
1.175 louis 1477:
1.247 jufi 1478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1479: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1480: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1481: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1482: </strong></font><br>
1483:
1484: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1485: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1486: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1487: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1488: <p>
1489:
1.247 jufi 1490: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1491: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1492: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1493: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1494: </strong></font><br>
1495:
1496: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1497: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1498: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1499: <p>
1.247 jufi 1500: </ul>
1.175 louis 1501:
1.176 louis 1502:
1.172 mickey 1503: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1504: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1507: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1508: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1509: </strong></font><br>
1510:
1511: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1512: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1513: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1514: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1515: <p>
1516:
1.247 jufi 1517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1518: <a
1.269 deraadt 1519: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1520: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1521: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1522: </strong></font><br>
1523:
1524: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1525: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1526: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1527: <p>
1528:
1.247 jufi 1529: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1530: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1531: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1532: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1533: </strong></font><br>
1534:
1535: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1536: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1537: <p>
1538:
1.247 jufi 1539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1540: <a
1.269 deraadt 1541: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1542: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1543: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1544: </strong></font><br>
1545:
1546: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1547: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1548: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1549: our own Theo de Raadt.
1550: <p>
1551:
1.247 jufi 1552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1553: <a
1.269 deraadt 1554: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1555: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1556: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1557: </strong></font><br>
1558:
1559: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1560: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1561: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1562: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1563: shut down.]
1564: <p>
1565:
1.247 jufi 1566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1567: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1568: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1569: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1570: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1571: </strong></font><br>
1572:
1573: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1574: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1575: <p>
1.247 jufi 1576: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1577:
1.161 louis 1578: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1579: <ul>
1.161 louis 1580:
1.247 jufi 1581: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1582: <a
1.269 deraadt 1583: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1584: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1585: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1586: </strong></font><br>
1587:
1588: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1589: by John Wolley
1590: <p>
1591:
1.247 jufi 1592: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1593: <a
1.269 deraadt 1594: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1595: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1596: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1597: </strong></font><br>
1598:
1599: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1600: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1601: OpenBSD).
1602: <p>
1603:
1.247 jufi 1604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1605: <a
1.247 jufi 1606: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1607: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1608: </strong></font><br>
1609:
1610: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1611: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1612: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1613: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1614: and hindsight.
1615: <p>
1616:
1.247 jufi 1617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1618: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1619: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1620: </strong></font><br>
1621:
1622: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1623: <p>
1624:
1.247 jufi 1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1626: <a
1.168 provos 1627: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1628: December 7, 2000
1629: </strong></font><br>
1630:
1631: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1632: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1633: us explain.
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1637: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1638: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1639: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1640: December 6, 2000
1641: </strong></font><br>
1642:
1643: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1644: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1645: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1646: <p>
1647:
1.247 jufi 1648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1649: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1650: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1651: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1652: </strong></font><br>
1653:
1654: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1655: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1656: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1657: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1658: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1659: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1660: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1661: <p>
1662:
1663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1664: <a
1.226 horacio 1665: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1666: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1667: </strong></font><br>
1668:
1669: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1670: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1671: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1672: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1673: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1674: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1675: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1676: <p>
1.162 millert 1677:
1.247 jufi 1678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1679: <a
1.161 louis 1680: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1681: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1682: </strong></font><br>
1683:
1684: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1685: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1686: <p>
1687:
1.247 jufi 1688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1689: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1690: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1691: </strong></font><br>
1692:
1693: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1694: <p>
1695:
1696:
1.247 jufi 1697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1698: <a
1.226 horacio 1699: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1700: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1701: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1702: </strong></font><br>
1703:
1704: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1705: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1706: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1707: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1708: <p>
1.247 jufi 1709: </ul>
1.169 louis 1710:
1.158 louis 1711: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1712: <ul>
1.147 louis 1713:
1.247 jufi 1714: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1715: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1716: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1717: </strong></font><br>
1718:
1719: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1720: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1721: <p>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1724: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1725: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1726: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1727: </strong></font><br>
1728: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1729: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1730: <p>
1731:
1.247 jufi 1732: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1733: <a
1734: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1735: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1736: </strong></font><br>
1737:
1738: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1739: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1740: <p>
1741:
1.247 jufi 1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1743: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1744: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1745: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1746:
1.213 horacio 1747: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1748: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1749: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1750: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1751: <p>
1.215 horacio 1752:
1.247 jufi 1753: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1754: <a
1755: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1756: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1757: </strong></font><br>
1758:
1759: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1760: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1761: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1762: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1763: much of the attitude too).
1764: <p>
1.161 louis 1765:
1.247 jufi 1766: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1767: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1768: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1769: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1770:
1.157 louis 1771: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1772: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1773: <p>
1.247 jufi 1774: </ul>
1.157 louis 1775:
1776: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1777: <ul>
1.157 louis 1778:
1.247 jufi 1779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1780: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1781: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1782: </strong></font><br>
1783:
1784: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1785: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1786: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1787: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1788: <p>
1789:
1.247 jufi 1790: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1791: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1792: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1793: </strong></font><br>
1794:
1795: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1796: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1797: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1798: it because they love coding...
1799: <p>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1802: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1803: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1804: </strong></font><br>
1805:
1806: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1807: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1808: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1809: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1810: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1811: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1812: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1813: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1814: <p>
1815:
1.247 jufi 1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1817: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1818: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1819: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1820: </strong></font><br>
1821:
1822: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1823: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1824: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1825: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1826: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1827: the pizza.
1828: <p>
1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1831: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1832: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1833: </strong></font><br>
1834:
1835: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1836: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1837: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1838: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1839: problems.
1840: <p>
1841:
1.247 jufi 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1843: <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 1844: </strong></font><br>
1845:
1.222 miod 1846: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1847: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1848: - whether they like it or not.
1849: <p>
1850:
1.247 jufi 1851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1852: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1853: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1854: </strong></font><br>
1855:
1856: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1857: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1858: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1859: <p>
1.148 aaron 1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1862: <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 1863: </strong></font><br>
1864:
1865: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1866: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1867: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1868: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1869: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1870: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1871: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1872: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1873: <p>
1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1876: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1877: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1878: </strong></font><br>
1879:
1880: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1881: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1882: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1883: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1884: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1885: <p>
1.247 jufi 1886: </ul>
1.147 louis 1887:
1.138 louis 1888: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1889: <ul>
1.138 louis 1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1892: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1893: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1894: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1895: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1896: </strong></font><br>
1897:
1.227 horacio 1898: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1899: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1900: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1901: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1902: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1903: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1904: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1905: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1906: <p>
1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1909: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1910: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1911: </strong></font><br>
1912:
1913: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1914: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1915: groups, and even Linux.
1916: <p>
1917:
1.247 jufi 1918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1919: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1920: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1921: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1922: </strong></font><br>
1923:
1924: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1925: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1926: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1927: library after installing the OS.
1928: <p>
1929:
1.247 jufi 1930: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1931: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1932: Sys Admin, September 2000
1933: </strong></font><br>
1934:
1935: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1936: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1937: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1938: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1939: (<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>,
1940: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1941: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1942: <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 1943: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1944: out of the system.
1945: <p>
1946:
1.247 jufi 1947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1948: <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
1949: </strong></font><br>
1950:
1951: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1952: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1953: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1954: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1955: the IP filtering and address translation.
1956: <p>
1.301 jose 1957:
1958: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1959: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1960: </strong></font><br>
1961:
1962: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1963: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1964: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1965: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1966: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1967: <p>
1.247 jufi 1968: </ul>
1.200 niklas 1969:
1.131 louis 1970: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1971: <ul>
1.131 louis 1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1974: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
1975: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
1976: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 1977: </strong></font><br>
1978:
1979: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
1980: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
1981: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
1982: <p>
1983:
1.247 jufi 1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 1985: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
1986: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
1987: </strong></font><br>
1988:
1989: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
1990: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
1991: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
1992: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
1993: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
1994: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
1995: note of"</i>.
1996: <p>
1997:
1.247 jufi 1998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 1999: <a
1.247 jufi 2000: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2001: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2002: </strong></font><br>
2003:
2004: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2005: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2006: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2007: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2008: <p>
2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2011: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2012: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2013: </strong></font><br>
2014:
2015: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2016: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2017: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2018: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2019: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2020: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2021: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2022: <p>
2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2025: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2026: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2027: 2000
2028: </strong></font><br>
2029:
2030: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2031: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2032: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2033: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2034: against current industry practices.
2035: <p>
2036:
1.247 jufi 2037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2038: <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
2039: </strong></font><br>
2040:
2041: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2042: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2043: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2044: <p>
2045:
1.247 jufi 2046: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2047: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2048: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2049: </strong></font><br>
2050:
2051: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2052: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2053: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2054: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2055: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2056: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2057: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2058: <p>
2059:
1.247 jufi 2060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2061: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2062: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2063: </strong></font><br>
2064:
2065: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2066: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2067: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2068: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2069: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2070: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2071: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2072: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2073: <p>
1.247 jufi 2074: </ul>
1.131 louis 2075:
1.118 louis 2076: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2077: <ul>
1.118 louis 2078:
1.247 jufi 2079: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2080: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2081: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2082: </strong></font><br>
2083:
2084: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2085: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2086: about time. The article mentions that
2087: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2088: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2089: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2090: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2091: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2092: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2093: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2094: <p>
2095:
1.247 jufi 2096: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2097: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2098: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2099: </strong></font><br>
2100:
2101: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2102: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2103: of OpenSSH.
2104: <p>
2105:
1.247 jufi 2106: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2107: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2108: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2109: </strong></font><br>
2110:
2111: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2112: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2113: bridging.
2114: <p>
2115:
1.247 jufi 2116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2117: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2118: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2119: </strong></font><br>
2120:
1.121 deraadt 2121: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2122: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2123: <p>
2124:
1.247 jufi 2125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2126: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2127: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2128: </strong></font><br>
2129:
2130: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2131: <p>
2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2134: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2135: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2136: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
1.120 deraadt 2139: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2140: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2141: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2142: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2143: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2144: <p>
2145:
1.247 jufi 2146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2147: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2148: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2149: </strong></font><br>
2150:
1.222 miod 2151: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2152: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2153: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2154: protocols and their quirks.
2155: <p>
2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2158: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2159: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2160: </strong></font><br>
2161:
2162: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2163: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2164: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2165: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2166: <p>
2167:
1.247 jufi 2168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2169: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2170: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2171: </strong></font><br>
2172:
2173: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2174: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2175: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2176: <p>
2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2179: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2180: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2181: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2182: </strong></font><br>
2183:
2184: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2185: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2186: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2187: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2188: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2189: <p>
1.247 jufi 2190: </ul>
1.118 louis 2191:
1.104 louis 2192: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2193: <ul>
1.104 louis 2194:
1.247 jufi 2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2196: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2197: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2198: </strong></font><br>
2199:
2200: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2201: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2202: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2203: be a bit dry.
2204: <p>
2205:
1.247 jufi 2206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2207: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2208: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2209: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2210: </strong></font><br>
2211: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2212: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2213: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2214: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2215: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2216: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2217: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2218: <p>
2219:
1.247 jufi 2220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2221: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2222: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2223: 2000
1.128 louis 2224: </strong></font><br>
2225:
2226: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2227: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2228: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2229: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2230: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2231: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2232: <p>
2233:
1.247 jufi 2234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2235: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2236: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2237: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2238:
2239: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2240: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2241: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2242: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2243: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2244: <p>
1.110 louis 2245:
1.247 jufi 2246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2247: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2248: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2249: </strong></font><br>
2250:
2251: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2252: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2253: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2254: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2255: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2256: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2257: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2258: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2259: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2260: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2261: <p>
2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2264: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2265: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2266:
2267: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2268: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2269: <p>
1.108 louis 2270:
1.247 jufi 2271: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2272: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2273: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2274: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2275:
2276: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2277: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2278: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2279: <p>
1.106 louis 2280:
1.247 jufi 2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2282: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2283: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2284: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2285:
2286: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2287: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2288: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2289: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2290: <p>
1.107 louis 2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2293: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2294: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2295: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2296:
2297: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2298: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2299: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2300: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2301: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2302: <p>
1.105 louis 2303:
1.247 jufi 2304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2305: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2306: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2307: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2308:
1.113 naddy 2309: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2310: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2311: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2312: <p>
1.104 louis 2313:
1.247 jufi 2314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2315: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2316: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2317: </strong></font><br>
2318:
2319: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2320: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2321: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2322: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2323: <p>
1.301 jose 2324:
2325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2326: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2327: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2328: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2329:
2330: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2331: hardware-supported cryptography.
2332: <p>
1.247 jufi 2333: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2334:
1.85 louis 2335: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2336: <ul>
1.85 louis 2337:
1.247 jufi 2338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2339: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2340: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2341: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2342:
2343: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2344: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2345: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2346: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2347: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2348: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2349: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2350: <p>
1.99 louis 2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2353: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2354: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2355: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2356:
2357: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2358: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2359: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2360: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2361: <p>
1.100 louis 2362:
1.247 jufi 2363: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2364: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2365: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2366: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2367:
2368: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2369: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2370: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2371: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2372: <p>
1.95 louis 2373:
1.247 jufi 2374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2375: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2376: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2377: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2378:
2379: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2380: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2381: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2382: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2383: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2384: <p>
1.92 louis 2385:
1.247 jufi 2386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2387: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2388: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2389: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2390:
2391: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2392: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2393: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2394: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2395: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2396: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2397: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2398: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2399: <p>
1.91 louis 2400:
1.247 jufi 2401: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2402: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2403: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2404: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2405:
2406: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2407: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2408: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2409: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2410: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2411: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2412: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2413: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2414: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2415: <p>
1.90 louis 2416:
1.247 jufi 2417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2418: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2419: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2420: </strong></font><br>
2421: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2422: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2423: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2424: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2425: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2426: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2427: <p>
2428:
1.247 jufi 2429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2430: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2431: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2432: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2433:
1.113 naddy 2434: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2435: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2436: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2437: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2438: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2439: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2440: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2441: <p>
1.87 louis 2442:
1.247 jufi 2443: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2444: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2445: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2446: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2447:
2448: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2449: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2450: <p>
1.85 louis 2451:
1.247 jufi 2452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2453: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2454: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2455: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2456:
2457: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2458: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2459: <p>
2460:
2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2462: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2463: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2464: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2465:
2466: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2467: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2468: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2469: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2470: <p>
1.89 louis 2471:
1.247 jufi 2472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2473: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2474: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2475: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2476:
2477: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2478: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2479: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2480: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2481: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2482: </ul>
1.85 louis 2483:
1.78 deraadt 2484: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2485: <ul>
1.74 louis 2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2488: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2489: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2490: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2491: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2492:
2493: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2494: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2495: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2496: <p>
1.83 louis 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2499: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2500: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2501: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2502:
2503: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2504: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2505: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2506: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2507: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2508: <p>
1.93 louis 2509:
1.247 jufi 2510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2511: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2512: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2513: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2514: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2515:
1.83 louis 2516: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2517: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2518: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2519: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2520: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2521: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2522: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2523: <p>
1.82 aaron 2524:
1.247 jufi 2525: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2526: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2527: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2528: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2529:
1.83 louis 2530: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2531: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2532: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2533: <p>
1.80 louis 2534:
1.247 jufi 2535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2536: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2537: Bad Press</a>,
2538: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2540:
2541: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2542: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2543: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2544: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2545: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2546: <p>
1.247 jufi 2547: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2548:
2549: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2550: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2553: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2554: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2555: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2556: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2557:
2558: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2559: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2560: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2561: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2562: <p>
1.74 louis 2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2565: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2566: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2568:
1.219 horacio 2569: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2570: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2571: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2572: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2573: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2574: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2575: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2576: <p>
1.88 louis 2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2579: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2580: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2581: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2582:
2583: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2584: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2585: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2586: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2587: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2588: <p>
1.81 louis 2589:
1.247 jufi 2590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2591: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2592: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2593: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2594:
2595: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2596: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2597: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2598: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2599: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2600: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2601: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2602: <p>
1.90 louis 2603:
1.247 jufi 2604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2605: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2606: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2607: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2608:
2609: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2610: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2611: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2612: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2613: <p>
1.247 jufi 2614: </ul>
1.71 louis 2615:
1.69 deraadt 2616: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2617: <ul>
1.70 louis 2618:
1.247 jufi 2619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2620: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2621: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2622: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2623:
2624: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2625: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2626: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2627: <p>
1.70 louis 2628:
1.247 jufi 2629: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2630: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2631: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2632: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2633:
2634: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2635: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2636: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2637: <p>
1.68 louis 2638:
1.247 jufi 2639: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2640: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2641: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2642: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2643: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2644:
1.111 jufi 2645: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2646: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2647: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2648: "secure by default" installation.
2649: <p>
1.64 louis 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2652: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2653: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2654: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2655:
1.113 naddy 2656: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2657: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2658: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2659: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2660: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2661: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2662: <p>
1.66 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2665: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2666: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2668:
2669: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2670: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2671: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2672: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2673: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2674: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2675: <p>
1.83 louis 2676:
1.247 jufi 2677: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2678: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2679: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2680: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2681:
2682: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2683: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2684: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2685: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2686: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2687: <p>
1.64 louis 2688:
1.247 jufi 2689: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2690: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2691: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2692: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2693:
2694: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2695: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2696: <p>
1.301 jose 2697:
2698: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2699: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2700: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2701: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2702: </strong></font><br>
2703:
2704: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2705: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2706: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2707: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2708: Giving way to
2709: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2710: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2711: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2712: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2713: <p>
1.247 jufi 2714: </ul>
1.65 louis 2715:
1.69 deraadt 2716: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2717: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2720: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2721: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2722: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2723:
2724: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2725: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2726: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2727: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2728: <p>
1.88 louis 2729:
1.247 jufi 2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2731: <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 2732: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2733:
2734: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2735: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2736: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2737: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2738: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2739: <p>
1.60 louis 2740:
1.247 jufi 2741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2742: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2743: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2744: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2745: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2746:
2747: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2748: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2749: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2750: <p>
1.58 louis 2751:
1.247 jufi 2752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2753: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2754: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2755:
2756: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2757: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2758: <p>
1.53 louis 2759:
1.247 jufi 2760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2761: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2762: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2763: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2764:
2765: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2766: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2767: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2768: <p>
1.99 louis 2769:
1.247 jufi 2770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2771: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2772: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2773:
2774: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2775: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2776: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2777: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2778: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2779:
1.247 jufi 2780: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2781: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2782: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2783: </strong></font><br>
2784:
2785: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2786: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2787: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2788: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2789: <p>
2790:
1.247 jufi 2791: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2792: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2793: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2794: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2795:
2796: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2797: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2798: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2799:
1.247 jufi 2800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2801: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2802: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2803:
2804: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2805: in
1.247 jufi 2806: <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 2807: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2808: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2809: <p>
1.53 louis 2810:
1.247 jufi 2811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2812: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2813: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2814: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2816:
1.58 louis 2817: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2818: <p>
1.301 jose 2819:
2820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2821: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2822: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2823: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2824: Informacyjny, January 2000
2825: </strong></font><br>
2826:
2827: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2828: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2829: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2830: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2831: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2832: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2833: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2834: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2835: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2836: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2837: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2838: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2839: <p>
2840:
2841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2842: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2843: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2844: </strong></font><br>
2845:
2846: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2847: <p>
2848: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2849:
1.69 deraadt 2850: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2851: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2852:
1.247 jufi 2853: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2854: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2855: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2856: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2857: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2858:
1.58 louis 2859: Kurt Seifried
2860: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2861: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2862: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2863: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2866: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2867: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2868: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2869:
2870: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2871: <p>
1.96 louis 2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2874: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2875: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2876: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2877: </strong></font><br>
2878:
2879: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2880: <p>
2881:
2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2883: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2884: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2885: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2886:
2887: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2888: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2889: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2890: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2891: <p>
1.247 jufi 2892: </ul>
1.86 louis 2893:
1.69 deraadt 2894: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2895: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2898: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2899: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2900: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2901:
2902: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2903: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2904: <p>
1.61 louis 2905:
1.247 jufi 2906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2907: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2908: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2909: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2910: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2911:
2912: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2913: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2914: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2915: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2916: right -- or at least strives to".
2917: <p>
1.48 louis 2918:
1.247 jufi 2919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2920: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2921: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2922: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2923: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2924: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2925: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2926: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2927: <p>
1.61 louis 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <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 2930: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2931: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2932:
2933: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2934: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2935: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2936: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2937: <p>
1.46 louis 2938:
1.247 jufi 2939: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2940: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2941: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2942: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2943:
2944: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2945: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2946: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2947:
1.247 jufi 2948: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2949: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2950: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2951: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2952:
2953: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2954: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2955: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2956: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2957: <p>
1.247 jufi 2958: </ul>
1.70 louis 2959:
1.69 deraadt 2960: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2961: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2962:
1.247 jufi 2963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2964: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2965: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2966: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2967: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 2968:
2969: Kurt Seifried
2970: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2971: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
2972: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 2973: <p>
1.44 philen 2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <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 2976: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 2977: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 2978:
2979: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 2980: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 2981:
1.247 jufi 2982: <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 2983: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 2984: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 2985:
2986: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 2987: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 2988:
1.247 jufi 2989: <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 2990: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 2991: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 2992:
2993: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
2994: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
2995: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
2996: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 2997: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 2998:
1.247 jufi 2999: <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 3000: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3001: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3002:
1.36 louis 3003: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3004: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3005:
1.247 jufi 3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3007: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3008: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3009: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3010:
3011: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3012: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3013: </ul>
1.38 louis 3014:
1.69 deraadt 3015: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3016: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <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 3019: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3020: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3021:
3022: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3023: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3024: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3025:
1.113 naddy 3026: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3027: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3028: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3029: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3030:
3031: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3032: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3033: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3034: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3035: <blockquote>
3036: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3037: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3038: <br>
3039: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3040: </code>
3041: </blockquote>
3042: <p>
3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3045: <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>
3046: <p>
3047:
3048: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3049: <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 3050: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3051:
3052: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3053: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3054: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3055: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3058: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3059: Sept. 28, 1999
3060: </strong></font><br>
3061:
3062: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3063: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3064: translating and reprinting articles from
3065: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3066: <p>
3067:
3068: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3069: <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 3070: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3071:
3072: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3073: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3074: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3075: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3076: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3077: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3078: <p>
1.19 louis 3079:
1.113 naddy 3080: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3081: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3082: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3083:
3084: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3085: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3086: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3087: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3088: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3089: <p>
1.16 louis 3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3092: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3093: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3095:
1.57 louis 3096: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3097: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3098: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3099: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3102: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3103: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3105:
1.113 naddy 3106: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3107:
1.247 jufi 3108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3109: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3110: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3111: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3112:
1.23 louis 3113: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3114: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3115: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3116: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3117: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3118: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3119:
1.247 jufi 3120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3121: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3122: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3123: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3124:
1.199 pvalchev 3125: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3126: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3127: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3128: installation.
1.113 naddy 3129: <p>
1.47 louis 3130:
1.247 jufi 3131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3132: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3133: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3134: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3135:
1.301 jose 3136: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3137: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3138: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3139: </ul>
1.57 louis 3140:
1.69 deraadt 3141: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3142: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3143:
1.247 jufi 3144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3145: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3146: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3147: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3148:
3149: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3150: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3151: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3152: <p>
1.12 louis 3153:
1.247 jufi 3154: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3155: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3156: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3157: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3158:
3159: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3160: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3161: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3162: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3163: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3164: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3165: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3166: <p>
1.247 jufi 3167: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3168:
1.69 deraadt 3169: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3170: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3171:
1.247 jufi 3172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3173: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3174: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3175:
3176: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3177: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3178: available."
1.113 naddy 3179: <p>
1.301 jose 3180:
3181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3182: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3183: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3184: </strong></font><br>
3185:
3186: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3187: <p>
1.247 jufi 3188: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3189:
1.69 deraadt 3190: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3191: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3194: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3195: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3196:
3197: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3198: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3199: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3200: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3201: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3202: <p>
1.33 louis 3203:
1.247 jufi 3204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3205: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3206: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3207: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3208:
1.113 naddy 3209: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3210: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3211: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3212: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3213: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3214: <p>
1.247 jufi 3215: </ul>
1.57 louis 3216:
1.69 deraadt 3217: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3218: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3219:
1.247 jufi 3220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3221: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3222: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3223: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3224:
3225: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3226: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3227: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3228:
1.247 jufi 3229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3230: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3231: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3232: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3233: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3234:
3235: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3236: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3239: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3240:
1.113 naddy 3241: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3242:
1.247 jufi 3243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3244: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3245: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3246: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3247:
3248: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3249: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3250: </ul>
1.23 louis 3251:
1.69 deraadt 3252: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3253: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3256: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3257: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3258:
3259: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3260: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3261: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3262:
1.247 jufi 3263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3264: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3265: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3266: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3267:
3268: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3269: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3270: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3271: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3272: </ul>
1.57 louis 3273:
1.69 deraadt 3274: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3275: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3276:
1.247 jufi 3277: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3278: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3279: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3280: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3281:
3282: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3283: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3284: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3285: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3286: <p>
1.15 louis 3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3289: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3290: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3291: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3292:
3293: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3294: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3295: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3296: columns."
1.113 naddy 3297: <p>
1.247 jufi 3298: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3299:
1.69 deraadt 3300: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3301: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3302:
1.247 jufi 3303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3304: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3305: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3306: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3307:
3308: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3309: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3310:
1.113 naddy 3311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3312: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3313: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3314:
3315: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3316: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3317: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3318: </ul>
1.57 louis 3319:
1.69 deraadt 3320: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3321: <ul>
1.301 jose 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3323: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3324: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3325: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3326:
3327: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3328: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3329: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3330: <p>
3331:
3332: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3333: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3334: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3335: Nov 13, 1998 and
3336: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3337: Datateknik</a>,
3338: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3339:
3340: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3341: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3342: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3343: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3344: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3345:
1.113 naddy 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3347: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3348: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3349: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3350:
1.222 miod 3351: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3352: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3353: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3354: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3355: <p>
1.247 jufi 3356: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3357:
1.69 deraadt 3358: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3359: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3360:
1.247 jufi 3361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3362: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3363: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3364:
1.69 deraadt 3365: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3366: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3367: <p>
1.247 jufi 3368: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3369:
1.69 deraadt 3370: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3371: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3374: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3375: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3376: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3377:
3378: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3379: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3380: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3383: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3384: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3385: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3386: <p>
1.247 jufi 3387: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3388:
1.69 deraadt 3389: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3390: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3391:
1.247 jufi 3392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3393: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3394: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3395: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3396: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3397: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3398:
3399: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3400: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3401: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3402: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3403: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3404: <p>
1.247 jufi 3405: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3406:
3407: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3408: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3409:
1.247 jufi 3410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3411: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3412: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3413:
1.69 deraadt 3414: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3415: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3416: <p>
1.112 naddy 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3419: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3420:
1.292 camield 3421: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3422: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3423: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.329 ! ian 3424: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.328 2003/04/25 16:58:58 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3425:
3426: </body>
3427: </html>
![[BACK]](/icons/back.gif){kind=icon}
Return to press.html CVS log ![[TXT]](/icons/text.gif){kind=icon}
![[DIR]](/icons/dir.gif){kind=icon}
Up to [local] / www