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1.18 deraadt 14: <h2><font color=#e00000>Media Coverage</strong><hr></h2>
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1.18 deraadt 16: <h3><font color=#e00000>English press coverage</font></h3><p>
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1.16 louis 18:
1.30 deraadt 19: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href=http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/technology/stories/990930/2929913.html>Calgarian heads team ensuring OpenBSD security</a>,
1.32 louis 20: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999.
1.30 deraadt 21: </strong></font><p>
1.32 louis 22:
23: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
24: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
25: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 26:
1.29 louis 27: <li><strong>
28: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
29: America<font color=#009000>, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999.<br>
30: </strong></font><p>
31:
32: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
33: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
34: with the
35: town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his terminal:
36: <blockquote>
37: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
38: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
39: <br>
40: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
41: </code>
42: </blockquote>
43: <p>
44:
1.16 louis 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.28 deraadt 46: <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.<br>
47: <li><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.
1.24 deraadt 48: </strong></font><p>
49:
50: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
51: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 52: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.25 deraadt 53: with <a href=security.html#default>ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 54:
55: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.19 louis 56: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg183.htm">Open source has roots in the Net</a>, USA Today, Sept. 20, 1999.
57: </strong></font><p>
58:
59: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
60: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
61: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
62: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
63: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
64: operating system in the world."<p>
65: <p>
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67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.16 louis 68: <a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/259/business/Even_better_than_Linux+.shtml">Even better than Linux</a>, Boston Globe, Sept 16, 1999.
69: </strong></font><p>
70:
71: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
72: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
73: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
74: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not).<p>
75: <p>
76:
1.1 deraadt 77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.14 louis 78: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.idg.com.au%2FCWT1997.nsf%2FHome%2Bpage%2F83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41%3FOpenDocument&return=%2fidg_frames%2fenglish%2ffeatures%2ehtml">Microsoft, Linux to become duopoly?</a>,
79: ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.</strong></font><p>
80:
81: Lead developer Theo de Raadt was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User
82: Group (AUUG) meeting in Melbourne.<p>
83: <p>
84:
85: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.21 louis 86: <a href="http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml">Maintaining
87: Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999.
88: </strong></font><p>
89:
1.23 louis 90: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
91: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
92: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
93: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
94: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.22 deraadt 95: <a href=events.html#anoncvs_paper>paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 96:
97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.17 deraadt 98: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 99: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
100: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999.</strong></font><p>
101:
102: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
103: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
104: of OpenBSD.<p>
105: <p>
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107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.8 deraadt 108: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 109: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
110: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.8 deraadt 111:
112: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
113: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 114: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
115: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
116: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
117: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
118: way down the page).
1.8 deraadt 119: <p>
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121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.3 deraadt 122: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.10 deraadt 123: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
124: National Post, May 25, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.3 deraadt 125:
1.20 louis 126: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
127: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.3 deraadt 128: <p>
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130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.6 deraadt 131: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.20 louis 132: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><p>
1.6 deraadt 133:
134: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
135: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
136: available."
137: <p>
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139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.33 ! louis 140: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
! 141: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><p>
! 142:
! 143: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
! 144: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
! 145: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
! 146: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
! 147: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
! 148: <p>
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! 150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.23 louis 151: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
152:
153: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
154:
155: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
156: <a href="">Safe and friendly read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>,
157: DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><p>
158:
159: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
160: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
161:
162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.2 deraadt 163: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.10 deraadt 164: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.2 deraadt 165:
166: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
167: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
168: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.11 ericj 172: <a href="http://www.anzen.com/research/research_perform.html">
1.20 louis 173: NFR Performance Testing</a>, report written by
174: <a href="http://www.anzen.com">Anzen</a>. February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 175:
176: This report compares the network monitoring performance of the
177: <a href="http://www.nfr.net">NFR (Network Flight Recorder)</a> package at
178: handling flat-out 100Mbit ethernet monitoring, running on OpenBSD, BSDI,
179: Linux, and Solaris. OpenBSD comes out as a clear winner just for raw
180: performance; even before you consider the superior security of OpenBSD
181: which you probably would want for a network-monitoring station.
182: <p>
183:
184: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.15 louis 185: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
186: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
187: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
188:
189: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
190: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
191: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
192: over to OpenBSD.
193: <p>
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195: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
1.1 deraadt 196: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
197: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
198: February, 1999.</strong></font><p>
199:
200: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
201: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
202: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
203: columns."
204: <p>
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1.2 deraadt 206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
207: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
208: OpenBSD and IPSec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998.
209: </strong></font><p>
210:
211: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPSec Development.
212: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
213: Implementation, including a brief interview with
214: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.1 deraadt 215: <p>
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217: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
218: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.10 deraadt 219: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 220:
221: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
222: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
223: <p>
224:
225: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
226: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.10 deraadt 227: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 228:
229: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
230: OpenBSD is.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
234: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.5 ian 235: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
236: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
237: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.10 deraadt 238: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81.</strong></font><p>
1.5 ian 239:
240: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
241: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
242: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
243: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
244: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.1 deraadt 245: <p>
246:
247: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
248: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
249: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
250: July, 1998.</strong></font><p>
251:
252: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
253: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
254: <p>
255:
256: <li><font color=#009000><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
257: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96. Paper edition only.</strong></font><p>
1.18 deraadt 258: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
259: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.1 deraadt 260: <p>
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1.18 deraadt 266: <h3><font color=#e00000>Swedish press coverage (in swedish)</font></h3><p>
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1.1 deraadt 269: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
270: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
1.10 deraadt 271: Datateknik</a>, Nov 20, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 272:
273: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPSec interop</a> event
274: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
275: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
276: <p>
277:
278: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
279: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 280: Datateknik</a>, Nov 13, 1998 and
1.1 deraadt 281: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
1.10 deraadt 282: Datateknik</a>, Nov 14, 1998.</strong></font><p>
1.1 deraadt 283:
1.20 louis 284: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
285: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
1.1 deraadt 286: explains the licensing issues and points to our
287: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
288: <p>
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1.20 louis 293: <h3><font color=#e00000>Japan press coverage (in Japanese)</font></h3><p>
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297: <li><font color=#009000><strong>
298: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/books/bsd/index.html">BSD Magazine</a>,
299: Sept. 28, 1999
300: </strong></font><p>
301:
302: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
303: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
304: translating and reprinting articles from
305: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
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