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1.253 ian 19: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
1.255 ian 21:
1.260 ian 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 ! deraadt 23: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 24: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
25: TechRepublic,
26: April 28, 2003.
27: </strong></font><br>
28: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
29: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 ! deraadt 30: work.<br>
! 31: Can also be found online at:
! 32: <ul>
! 33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 34: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
! 35: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
! 36: ZDNet UK.
! 37: </strong></font>
! 38: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 39: <p>
40:
41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 42: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
43: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
44: IDG,
45: April 24, 2003.
46: </strong></font><br>
47: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
48: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
49: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
50: Can also be found online at:
51: <ul>
52: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
53: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
54: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
55: Infoworld.
56: </strong></font>
57: </ul>
58: <p>
59:
60: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
61: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 62: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 63: Slate,
64: April 24, 2003.
65: </strong></font><br>
66: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
67: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
68: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
69: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
70: <p>
71:
72: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 73: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
74: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
75: April 24, 2003.
76: </strong></font><br>
77: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
78: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
79: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
80: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
81: <p>
82:
83: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 84: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
85: April 24, 2003.
86: </strong></font><br>
87: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
88: the free software community".
89: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
90: other articles.
91: <p>
92:
93: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
94: <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>,
95: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
96: </strong></font><br>
97: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
98: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
99: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
100: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
101: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
102: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
103: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
104: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
105: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
106: <br/>
107: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
108: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
109: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
110: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 111: <br>
112: Can also be found online at:
113: <ul>
114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
115: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
116: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
117: Common Dreams NewsCenter
118: </strong></font>
119: </ul>
1.324 ian 120: <p>
121:
122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
123: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
124: Wired, April 24, 2003.
125: </strong></font><br>
126: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
127: article above.
128: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
129: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
130: wasting them."
131: <p>
132:
133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 134: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
135: </strong></font><br>
136: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
137: <p>
138:
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 140: <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.
141: </strong></font><br>
142: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
143: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 147: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
148: April 23, 2003.
149: </strong></font><br>
150: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 154: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 155: April 22, 2003.
156: </strong></font><br>
157: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 161: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
162: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
163: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 164: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 165: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
166: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
167: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
168: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
169: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
170: Can also be found online at:
171: <ul>
172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
173: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 174: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
175: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 176: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
178: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 179: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
180: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 181: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 182: </ul>
183: <p>
184:
185: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 186: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
187: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 188: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 189: </strong></font><br>
190: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 191: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
192: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
193: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
194: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
195: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
196: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 197: <p>
198:
199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 200: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
201: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 202: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
203: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 204: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
205: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
206: at UPenn and DARPA.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 210: [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
211: April 18, 2003.
212: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 213: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 217: [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 218: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 219: </strong></font><br>
220: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 224: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
225: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
226: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 227: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 228: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
229: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
230: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
231: <p>
232:
233: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 234: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
235: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 236: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 237: </strong></font><br>
238: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
239: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
240: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 241: American century.
1.267 deraadt 242: <p>
243:
244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 245: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
246: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 247: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 248: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 249: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
250: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
251: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
252: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
253: Can also be found online at:
254: <ul>
255: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
256: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 257: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 258: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 259: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 263: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 264: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 265: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 266: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 267: </strong></font><br>
268: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 269: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
270: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
271: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
272: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 273:
274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
275: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
276: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
277: New York Times.
278: </strong></font>(free registration required)
279:
1.273 deraadt 280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
281: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 282: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 283: ABC News.
284: </strong></font>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 287: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 288: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 289: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 290: </strong></font>
291:
292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 293: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 294: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 295: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 296: </strong></font>
297:
298: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 299: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
300: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 301: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 302: </strong></font>
303:
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 305: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 306: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 307: Times Daily, AL.
308: </strong></font>
309:
310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
311: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
312: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
313: Boston.com, MA.
314: </strong></font>
315:
316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 317: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 318: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 319: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
320: </strong></font>
321:
322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 323: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
324: [Article was pulled]</a>
325: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 326: </strong></font>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
329: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
330: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
331: Infoshop News.
332: </strong></font>
333:
334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
335: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
336: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
337: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
338: </strong></font>
339:
340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 341: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
342: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
343: Raleigh News, NC.
344: </strong></font>
345:
346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 347: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
348: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
349: Napa News, CA.
350: </strong></font>
351:
352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 353: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 354: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
355: NEPA News, PA.
356: </strong></font>
357:
358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
359: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
360: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
361: Wired News.
362: </strong></font>
363:
1.271 deraadt 364: </ul>
365: <p>
1.272 deraadt 366: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
367: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 368: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
369: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
370: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
371: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
372: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
373: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 374: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 375: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
376: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
377: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 378: <p>
379: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 380:
381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 382: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 383: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
384: Indianapolis Star, IN.
385: </strong></font>
386:
387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 388: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
389: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
390: Miami Herald, FL.
391: </strong></font>
392:
393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 394: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 395: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
396: </strong></font>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
399: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 400: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 401: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 402: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 403:
404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
405: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
406: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
407: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
408: ABC News.
409: </strong></font>
410:
1.276 deraadt 411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
412: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 413: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 414: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 415: </strong></font>
416:
1.286 dhartmei 417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 418: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 419: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
420: Wilmington Star, NC.
421: </strong></font>
422:
1.300 jose 423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
424: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
425: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
426: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
427: </strong></font>
428:
1.309 jose 429: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
430: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
431: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
432: Globe Technology.
433: </strong></font>
434:
1.263 deraadt 435: </ul>
1.262 beck 436: <p>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 439: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
440: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 441: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 442: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 443: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 444: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
445: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
446: <p>
447:
448: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 449: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
450: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
451: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 452: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 453: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
454: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
455: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
456: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
457: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
458: and simply restates other press reports.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 462: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
463: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
464: OS News, April 18, 2003.
465: </strong></font><br>
466: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
467: <p>
468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 470: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
471: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 472: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 473: </strong></font><br>
474: Another report on the DARPA funding.
475: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
476: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
477: <p>
478:
479: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 480: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
481: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
482: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
483: April 17, 2003.
484: </strong></font><br>
485: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
486: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
487: Tech Anthems</a>
488: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
489: 4 so far.
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 493: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
494: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 495: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 496: </strong></font><br>
497: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
498: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
499: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
500: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
501: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
502: Goes on to say:
503: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
504: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
505: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
506: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 507: This article is also found online at:
508: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
510: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
511: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
512: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 513: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
515: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
516: ZDnet</a>,
517: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 518: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
520: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
521: ZDnet Australia</a>,
522: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 523: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 524: </ul>
1.260 ian 525: <p>
1.279 deraadt 526:
1.260 ian 527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 528: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 529: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 530: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 531: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 532: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 533: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
534: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
535: without notice or justification.
536: <p>
537:
538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 539: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 540: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 541: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 542: </strong></font><br>
543: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
544: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 545: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 546: effective today, without any warning..."
547: <p>
1.257 ian 548:
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 550: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
551: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 552: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 553: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 554: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
555: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
556: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
557: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
558: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 559: <p>
560:
561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 562: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
563: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 564: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 565: </strong></font><br>
566: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
567: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
568: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
569: quoting two of them:
570: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
571: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
572: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
573: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
574: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
575: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
576: <p>
577:
1.255 ian 578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 579: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
580: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 581: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 582: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 583: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 584: <p>
585:
586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 587: [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 588: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 589: </strong></font><br>
590: New security concepts in OpenBSD
591: <p>
592:
593: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 594: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
595: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 596: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 597: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 598: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 599: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
600: security experts for more than three decades."
601: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
602: <p>
1.261 ian 603:
1.254 drahn 604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 605: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 606: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 607: </strong></font><br>
608: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 612: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
613: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
614: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
615: </strong></font><br>
616: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
617: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
618: discussion OpenBSD's path.
619: <p>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 622: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
623: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 624: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 625: </strong></font><br>
626: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
627: from US DARPA.
628: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
629: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
630: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
631: the BSD license.
632: <p>
633: </ul>
634:
1.251 ian 635: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
636: <ul>
637:
638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 639: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
640: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
641: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
642: </strong></font><br>
643:
644: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
645: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
646: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
647: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
648: <p>
649:
650: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 651: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
652: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 653: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 654: </strong></font><br>
655: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
656: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
657: Mentions
658: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
659: and
660: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
661: programs.
662: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 663: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 664: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
665: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
666: <p>
1.325 ian 667: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
668: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 669:
670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
671: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
672: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
673: </strong></font><br>
674: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
675: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
676: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
677: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
678: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
679: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
680: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
681: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
682: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
683: put into service."
684: <p>
685: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
686: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
687: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
688: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
689: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
690: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
691: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
692: computers with security features."
693: <p>
1.329 ian 694:
695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
696: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
697: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
698: Slate,
699: March 3, 2003.
700: </strong></font><br>
701: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
702: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
703: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
704: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
705: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
706: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
707: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
708: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
709: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
710: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
711: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
712: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
713: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
714: of more secure open-source solutions like
715: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
716: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
717: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
718: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
719: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
720: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
721: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
722: the Beltway."
723: <p>
1.251 ian 724: </ul>
725:
1.249 jufi 726: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
727: <ul>
728: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
729: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
730: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 731: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 732: </strong></font><br>
733: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
734: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 735: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 736: <p>
737: </ul>
738:
1.246 jufi 739: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 740: <ul>
1.246 jufi 741:
1.247 jufi 742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 743: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 744: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
745: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 746: </strong></font><br>
747: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
748: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
749: <p>
750:
1.247 jufi 751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 752: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
753: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
754: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
755: </strong></font><br>
756: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
757: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
758: <p>
759:
760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 761: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 762: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
763: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 764: </strong></font><br>
765: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
766: in their annual OpenHack security test.
767: <p>
1.247 jufi 768: </ul>
1.246 jufi 769:
1.244 jufi 770: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 771: <ul>
1.246 jufi 772:
1.247 jufi 773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 774: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
775: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
776: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 777: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 778: </strong></font><br>
779: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
780: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
781: md5 digests.
782: <p>
783:
1.247 jufi 784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 785: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 786: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
787: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 788: </strong></font><br>
789: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
790: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
791: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
792: right the first time."
793: <p>
1.247 jufi 794: </ul>
1.244 jufi 795:
796:
797: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 798: <ul>
1.244 jufi 799:
1.247 jufi 800: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 801: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 802: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
803: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 804: </strong></font><br>
805: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
806: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
807: part 6</a>.
808: <p>
809:
1.247 jufi 810: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 811: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 812: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
813: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 814: </strong></font><br>
815: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
816: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
817: <p>
1.301 jose 818:
819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
820: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
821: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
822: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
823: </strong></font><br>
824:
825: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
826: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
827: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
828: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
829: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
830: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
831: <i>Here's the
832: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
833: <p>
1.247 jufi 834: </ul>
1.242 jufi 835:
836: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 837: <ul>
1.242 jufi 838:
1.247 jufi 839: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 840: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 841: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
842: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 843: </strong></font><br>
844: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
845: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
846: <p>
847:
1.247 jufi 848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 849: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 850: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
851: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 852: </strong></font><br>
853: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
854: this time using pf.
855: <p>
1.247 jufi 856: </ul>
1.242 jufi 857:
858: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 859: <ul>
1.242 jufi 860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 862: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 863: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
864: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 865: </strong></font><br>
866: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
867: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
868: their rotation.
869: <p>
870:
1.247 jufi 871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 872: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 873: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
874: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 875: </strong></font><br>
876: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
877: <p>
1.247 jufi 878: </ul>
1.242 jufi 879:
1.239 jufi 880: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 881: <ul>
1.239 jufi 882:
1.247 jufi 883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 884: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 885: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
886: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 887: </strong></font><br>
888: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
889: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
890: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
891: <p>
892:
1.247 jufi 893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 894: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 895: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
896: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 897: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 898: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
899: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
900: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 901: <p>
1.247 jufi 902: </ul>
1.239 jufi 903:
1.235 lebel 904: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 905: <ul>
1.235 lebel 906:
1.239 jufi 907:
1.247 jufi 908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 909: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 910: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
911: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 912: </strong></font><br>
913: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
914: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
915: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
916: <p>
1.301 jose 917:
1.247 jufi 918: </ul>
1.235 lebel 919:
1.228 horacio 920: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 921: <ul>
1.228 horacio 922:
1.247 jufi 923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 924: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 925: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
926: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 927: </strong></font><br>
928: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
929: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
930: <p>
931:
1.247 jufi 932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 933: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 934: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
935: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 936: </strong></font><br>
937: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
938: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
939: <p>
940:
1.247 jufi 941: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 942: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 943: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
944: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 945: </strong></font><br>
946: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
947: on the desktop of his parents.
948: <p>
949:
1.247 jufi 950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 951: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 952: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
953: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 954: </strong></font><br>
955: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
956: using IPFilter.
957:
958: <p>
959:
1.247 jufi 960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 961: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 962: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
963: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 964: </strong></font><br>
965: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
966: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
967: perspectives of the four OS.
968: <br>
969: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 970: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 971: <p>
972:
1.247 jufi 973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 974: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
975: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 976: software and security</a>,
977: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 978: </strong></font><br>
979:
980: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
981: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
982: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
983: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
984: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
985: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
986: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
987: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
988: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
989: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
990: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
991: security conscious team beyond doubt.
992: <p>
1.247 jufi 993: </ul>
1.228 horacio 994:
1.225 horacio 995: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 996: <ul>
1.225 horacio 997:
1.247 jufi 998: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 999: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1000: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1001: Interview</a>,
1002: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1003: </strong></font><br>
1004:
1005: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1006: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1007: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1008: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1009: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1010: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1011: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1012: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1013: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1014: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1015: of choice.
1016: <p>
1.247 jufi 1017: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1018:
1019: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1020: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1021:
1.247 jufi 1022: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1023: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1024: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1025: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1026: </strong></font><br>
1027:
1028: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1029: <p>
1030:
1.247 jufi 1031: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1032: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1033: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1034: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1035: </strong></font><br>
1036:
1037: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1038: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1039: <p>
1.247 jufi 1040: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1041:
1.218 horacio 1042: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1043: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1046: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1047: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1048: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1049: </strong></font><br>
1050:
1051: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1052: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1053: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1054: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1055: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1056: subjects. Worth a read.
1057: <p>
1058:
1059:
1.247 jufi 1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1061: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1062: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1063: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1064: </strong></font><br>
1065:
1066: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1067: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1068: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1069: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1070: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1071: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1072: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1073: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1074: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1075: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1076: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1077: on other operating systems.<br>
1078: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1079: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1080: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1081: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1082: <p>
1083:
1.247 jufi 1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1085: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1086: Operating System 2010</a>,
1087: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1088: </strong></font><br>
1089:
1090: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1091: covering the level of software integration into the core
1092: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1093: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1094: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1095: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1096: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1097: <p>
1098:
1.247 jufi 1099: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1100: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1101: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1102: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1103: </strong></font><br>
1104:
1105: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1106: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1107: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1108: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1109: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1110: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1111: <p>
1.247 jufi 1112: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1113:
1.210 jufi 1114: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1115: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1116:
1.247 jufi 1117: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1118: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1119: Already a Contender</a>,
1120: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1121: </strong></font><br>
1122:
1123: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1124: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1125: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1126: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1127: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1128: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1129: <p>
1130:
1.247 jufi 1131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1132: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1133: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1134: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1135: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1136:
1.224 horacio 1137: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1138: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1139: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1140: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1141: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1142: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1143: <p>
1.247 jufi 1144: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1145:
1146: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1147: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1148:
1.247 jufi 1149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1150: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1151: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1152: Division</a>,
1153: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1154: </strong></font><br>
1155:
1156: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1157: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1158: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1159: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1160: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1161: investment</em>.<br>
1162: The implementation details can be seen on their
1163: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1164: <p>
1165:
1.247 jufi 1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1167: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1168: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1169: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1170: </strong></font><br>
1171:
1172: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1173: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1174: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1175: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1176: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1177: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1178: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1179: <p>
1180:
1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1182: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1183: Thinking about Security</a>,
1184: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1185: </strong></font><br>
1186:
1187: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1188: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1189: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1190: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1191: to time.<br>
1192: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1193: system and just the most secure system.
1194: <p>
1195:
1.247 jufi 1196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1197: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1198: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1199: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1200: </strong></font><br>
1201:
1202: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1203: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1204: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1205: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1206: choice:<br>
1207: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1208: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1209: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1210: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1211: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1212: network security devices and as such must be well
1213: armored."</em><br>
1214: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1215: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1216: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1217: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1218: <br>
1219: Bravo!
1220: <p>
1.247 jufi 1221: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1222:
1.207 ian 1223: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1224: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1225:
1.247 jufi 1226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1227: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1228: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1229: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1230:
1.207 ian 1231: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1232: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1233: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1234: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1235: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1236: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1237: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1238: <p>
1.247 jufi 1239: </ul>
1.207 ian 1240:
1.194 jufi 1241: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1242: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1243:
1.247 jufi 1244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1245: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1246: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1247: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1248: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1249:
1.240 miod 1250: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1251: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1252: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1253: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1254: <p>
1255:
1.247 jufi 1256: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1257: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1258: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1259: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1260:
1261: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1262: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1263: <p>
1264:
1265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1266: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1267: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1268: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1269:
1270: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1271: <p>
1272:
1273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1274: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1275: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1276: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1277: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1278:
1.240 miod 1279: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1280: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1281: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1282: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1283: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1284: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1285: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1286: <br>
1287: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1288: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1289: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1290: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1291: <p>
1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1294: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1295: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1296: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1297: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1298:
1.194 jufi 1299: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1300: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1301: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1302: <br>
1303: The new
1304: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1305: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1306: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1307: <p>
1.247 jufi 1308: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1309:
1.190 horacio 1310: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1311: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1312:
1.247 jufi 1313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1314:
1315: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1316: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1317:
1.301 jose 1318:
1.191 jufi 1319: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1320: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1321:
1322: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1323: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1324:
1.212 horacio 1325: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1326: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1327: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1328:
1.211 horacio 1329: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1330: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1331: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1332:
1.247 jufi 1333: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1334: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1335:
1.247 jufi 1336: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1337: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1338:
1.212 horacio 1339: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1340: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1341: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1342:
1343: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1344: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1345:
1346: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1347: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1348:
1.301 jose 1349: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1350: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1351:
1.191 jufi 1352: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1353: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1354:
1355: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1356: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1357:
1.192 jufi 1358: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1359: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1360: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1361:
1.193 deraadt 1362: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1363: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1364: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1365:
1.247 jufi 1366: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1367: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1368:
1.247 jufi 1369: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1370: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1371: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1372:
1.213 horacio 1373: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1374: 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 1375: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1376:
1.190 horacio 1377: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1378: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1379: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1380: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1381: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1382: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1383: <p>
1.190 horacio 1384:
1.247 jufi 1385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1386: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1387: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1388: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1389: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1390:
1.195 jufi 1391: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1392: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1393: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1394: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1395: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1396: <p>
1397:
1.247 jufi 1398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1399: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1400: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1401: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1402: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1403:
1.191 jufi 1404: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1405: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1406: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1407: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1408: <p>
1409:
1410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1411: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1412: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1413: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1414:
1415: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1416: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1417: <p>
1.247 jufi 1418: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1419:
1.191 jufi 1420:
1.186 jufi 1421: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1422: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1423:
1.247 jufi 1424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1425: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1426: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1427: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1428: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1429:
1.188 jufi 1430: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1431: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1432: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1433: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1434: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1435: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1436: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1437: <p>
1438:
1.301 jose 1439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1440: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1441: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1442: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1443:
1444: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1445: <p>
1.191 jufi 1446:
1.247 jufi 1447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1448: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1449: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1450: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1451: </strong></font><br>
1452:
1453: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1454: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1455: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1456: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1457: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1458: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1459: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1460: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1461: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1462: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1463: familiar?
1464: <p>
1.247 jufi 1465: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1466:
1.178 louis 1467: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1468: <ul>
1.178 louis 1469:
1.247 jufi 1470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1471: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1472: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1473: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1474: </strong></font><br>
1475:
1476: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1477: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1478: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1479: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1480: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1481: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1482: <p>
1483:
1.247 jufi 1484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1485: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1486: Open source under the hood</a>,
1487: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1488: </strong></font><br>
1489:
1490: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1491: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1492: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1493: <p>
1494:
1.247 jufi 1495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1496: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1497: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1498: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1499: </strong></font><br>
1500:
1501: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1502: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1503: <p>
1.247 jufi 1504: </ul>
1.179 louis 1505:
1.174 louis 1506:
1.175 louis 1507: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1508: <ul>
1.175 louis 1509:
1.247 jufi 1510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1511: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1512: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1513: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1514: </strong></font><br>
1515:
1516: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1517: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1518: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1519: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1520: <p>
1521:
1.247 jufi 1522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1523: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1524: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1525: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1526: </strong></font><br>
1527:
1528: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1529: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1530: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1531: <p>
1.247 jufi 1532: </ul>
1.175 louis 1533:
1.176 louis 1534:
1.172 mickey 1535: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1536: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1537:
1.247 jufi 1538: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1539: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1540: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1541: </strong></font><br>
1542:
1543: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1544: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1545: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1546: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1547: <p>
1548:
1.247 jufi 1549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1550: <a
1.269 deraadt 1551: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1552: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1553: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555:
1556: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1557: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1558: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1559: <p>
1560:
1.247 jufi 1561: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1562: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1563: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1564: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1565: </strong></font><br>
1566:
1567: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1568: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1569: <p>
1570:
1.247 jufi 1571: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1572: <a
1.269 deraadt 1573: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1574: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1575: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1576: </strong></font><br>
1577:
1578: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1579: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1580: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1581: our own Theo de Raadt.
1582: <p>
1583:
1.247 jufi 1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1585: <a
1.269 deraadt 1586: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1587: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1588: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1589: </strong></font><br>
1590:
1591: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1592: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1593: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1594: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1595: shut down.]
1596: <p>
1597:
1.247 jufi 1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1599: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1600: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1601: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1602: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1603: </strong></font><br>
1604:
1605: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1606: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1607: <p>
1.247 jufi 1608: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1609:
1.161 louis 1610: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1611: <ul>
1.161 louis 1612:
1.247 jufi 1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1614: <a
1.269 deraadt 1615: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1616: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1617: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1618: </strong></font><br>
1619:
1620: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1621: by John Wolley
1622: <p>
1623:
1.247 jufi 1624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1625: <a
1.269 deraadt 1626: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1627: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1628: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1629: </strong></font><br>
1630:
1631: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1632: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1633: OpenBSD).
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1637: <a
1.247 jufi 1638: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1639: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1640: </strong></font><br>
1641:
1642: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1643: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1644: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1645: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1646: and hindsight.
1647: <p>
1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1650: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1651: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1652: </strong></font><br>
1653:
1654: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1655: <p>
1656:
1.247 jufi 1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1658: <a
1.168 provos 1659: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1660: December 7, 2000
1661: </strong></font><br>
1662:
1663: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1664: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1665: us explain.
1666: <p>
1667:
1.247 jufi 1668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1669: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1670: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1671: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1672: December 6, 2000
1673: </strong></font><br>
1674:
1675: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1676: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1677: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1678: <p>
1679:
1.247 jufi 1680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1681: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1682: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1683: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1684: </strong></font><br>
1685:
1686: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1687: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1688: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1689: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1690: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1691: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1692: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1693: <p>
1694:
1695: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1696: <a
1.226 horacio 1697: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1698: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1699: </strong></font><br>
1700:
1701: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1702: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1703: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1704: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1705: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1706: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1707: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1708: <p>
1.162 millert 1709:
1.247 jufi 1710: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1711: <a
1.161 louis 1712: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1713: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1714: </strong></font><br>
1715:
1716: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1717: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1718: <p>
1719:
1.247 jufi 1720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1721: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1722: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1723: </strong></font><br>
1724:
1725: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1726: <p>
1727:
1728:
1.247 jufi 1729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1730: <a
1.226 horacio 1731: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1732: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1733: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1734: </strong></font><br>
1735:
1736: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1737: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1738: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1739: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1740: <p>
1.247 jufi 1741: </ul>
1.169 louis 1742:
1.158 louis 1743: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1744: <ul>
1.147 louis 1745:
1.247 jufi 1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1747: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1748: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1749: </strong></font><br>
1750:
1751: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1752: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1753: <p>
1754:
1.247 jufi 1755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1756: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1757: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1758: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1759: </strong></font><br>
1760: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1761: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1762: <p>
1763:
1.247 jufi 1764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1765: <a
1766: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1767: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1768: </strong></font><br>
1769:
1770: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1771: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1772: <p>
1773:
1.247 jufi 1774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1775: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1776: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1777: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1778:
1.213 horacio 1779: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1780: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1781: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1782: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1783: <p>
1.215 horacio 1784:
1.247 jufi 1785: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1786: <a
1787: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1788: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1789: </strong></font><br>
1790:
1791: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1792: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1793: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1794: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1795: much of the attitude too).
1796: <p>
1.161 louis 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1799: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1800: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1801: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1802:
1.157 louis 1803: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1804: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1805: <p>
1.247 jufi 1806: </ul>
1.157 louis 1807:
1808: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1809: <ul>
1.157 louis 1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1812: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1813: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1817: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1818: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1819: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1820: <p>
1821:
1.247 jufi 1822: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1823: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1824: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826:
1827: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1828: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1829: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1830: it because they love coding...
1831: <p>
1832:
1.247 jufi 1833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1834: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1835: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1836: </strong></font><br>
1837:
1838: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1839: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1840: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1841: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1842: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1843: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1844: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1845: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1846: <p>
1847:
1.247 jufi 1848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1849: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1850: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1851: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1855: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1856: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1857: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1858: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1859: the pizza.
1860: <p>
1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1863: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1864: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1865: </strong></font><br>
1866:
1867: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1868: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1869: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1870: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1871: problems.
1872: <p>
1873:
1.247 jufi 1874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1875: <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 1876: </strong></font><br>
1877:
1.222 miod 1878: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1879: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1880: - whether they like it or not.
1881: <p>
1882:
1.247 jufi 1883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1884: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1885: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1886: </strong></font><br>
1887:
1888: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1889: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1890: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1891: <p>
1.148 aaron 1892:
1.247 jufi 1893: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1894: <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 1895: </strong></font><br>
1896:
1897: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1898: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1899: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1900: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1901: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1902: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1903: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1904: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1905: <p>
1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1908: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1909: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1910: </strong></font><br>
1911:
1912: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1913: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1914: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1915: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1916: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1917: <p>
1.247 jufi 1918: </ul>
1.147 louis 1919:
1.138 louis 1920: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1921: <ul>
1.138 louis 1922:
1.247 jufi 1923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1924: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1925: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1926: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1927: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1928: </strong></font><br>
1929:
1.227 horacio 1930: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1931: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1932: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1933: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1934: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1935: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1936: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1937: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1938: <p>
1939:
1.247 jufi 1940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1941: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1942: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1943: </strong></font><br>
1944:
1945: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1946: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1947: groups, and even Linux.
1948: <p>
1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1951: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1952: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1953: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1954: </strong></font><br>
1955:
1956: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1957: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1958: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1959: library after installing the OS.
1960: <p>
1961:
1.247 jufi 1962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1963: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1964: Sys Admin, September 2000
1965: </strong></font><br>
1966:
1967: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1968: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1969: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1970: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1971: (<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>,
1972: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1973: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1974: <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 1975: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1976: out of the system.
1977: <p>
1978:
1.247 jufi 1979: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1980: <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
1981: </strong></font><br>
1982:
1983: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1984: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1985: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1986: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
1987: the IP filtering and address translation.
1988: <p>
1.301 jose 1989:
1990: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1991: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
1992: </strong></font><br>
1993:
1994: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
1995: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
1996: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
1997: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
1998: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
1999: <p>
1.247 jufi 2000: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2001:
1.131 louis 2002: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2003: <ul>
1.131 louis 2004:
1.247 jufi 2005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2006: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2007: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2008: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2009: </strong></font><br>
2010:
2011: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2012: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2013: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2014: <p>
2015:
1.247 jufi 2016: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2017: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2018: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2019: </strong></font><br>
2020:
2021: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2022: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2023: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2024: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2025: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2026: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2027: note of"</i>.
2028: <p>
2029:
1.247 jufi 2030: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2031: <a
1.247 jufi 2032: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2033: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2034: </strong></font><br>
2035:
2036: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2037: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2038: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2039: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2040: <p>
2041:
1.247 jufi 2042: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2043: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2044: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2045: </strong></font><br>
2046:
2047: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2048: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2049: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2050: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2051: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2052: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2053: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2054: <p>
2055:
1.247 jufi 2056: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2057: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2058: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2059: 2000
2060: </strong></font><br>
2061:
2062: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2063: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2064: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2065: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2066: against current industry practices.
2067: <p>
2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2070: <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
2071: </strong></font><br>
2072:
2073: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2074: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2075: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2076: <p>
2077:
1.247 jufi 2078: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2079: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2080: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2081: </strong></font><br>
2082:
2083: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2084: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2085: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2086: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2087: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2088: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2089: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2090: <p>
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2093: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2094: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2095: </strong></font><br>
2096:
2097: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2098: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2099: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2100: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2101: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2102: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2103: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2104: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2105: <p>
1.247 jufi 2106: </ul>
1.131 louis 2107:
1.118 louis 2108: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2109: <ul>
1.118 louis 2110:
1.247 jufi 2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2112: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2113: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2114: </strong></font><br>
2115:
2116: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2117: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2118: about time. The article mentions that
2119: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2120: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2121: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2122: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2123: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2124: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2125: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2126: <p>
2127:
1.247 jufi 2128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2129: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2130: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2131: </strong></font><br>
2132:
2133: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2134: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2135: of OpenSSH.
2136: <p>
2137:
1.247 jufi 2138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2139: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2140: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2141: </strong></font><br>
2142:
2143: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2144: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2145: bridging.
2146: <p>
2147:
1.247 jufi 2148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2149: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2150: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2151: </strong></font><br>
2152:
1.121 deraadt 2153: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2154: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2155: <p>
2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2158: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2159: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2160: </strong></font><br>
2161:
2162: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2163: <p>
2164:
1.247 jufi 2165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2166: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2167: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2168: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2169: </strong></font><br>
2170:
1.120 deraadt 2171: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2172: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2173: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2174: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2175: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2176: <p>
2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2179: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2180: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
1.222 miod 2183: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2184: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2185: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2186: protocols and their quirks.
2187: <p>
2188:
1.247 jufi 2189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2190: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2191: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2192: </strong></font><br>
2193:
2194: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2195: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2196: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2197: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2198: <p>
2199:
1.247 jufi 2200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2201: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2202: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2203: </strong></font><br>
2204:
2205: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2206: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2207: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2208: <p>
2209:
1.247 jufi 2210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2211: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2212: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2213: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2214: </strong></font><br>
2215:
2216: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2217: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2218: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2219: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2220: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2221: <p>
1.247 jufi 2222: </ul>
1.118 louis 2223:
1.104 louis 2224: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2225: <ul>
1.104 louis 2226:
1.247 jufi 2227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2228: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2229: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2230: </strong></font><br>
2231:
2232: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2233: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2234: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2235: be a bit dry.
2236: <p>
2237:
1.247 jufi 2238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2239: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2240: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2241: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2242: </strong></font><br>
2243: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2244: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2245: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2246: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2247: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2248: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2249: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2250: <p>
2251:
1.247 jufi 2252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2253: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2254: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2255: 2000
1.128 louis 2256: </strong></font><br>
2257:
2258: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2259: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2260: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2261: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2262: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2263: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2264: <p>
2265:
1.247 jufi 2266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2267: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2268: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2269: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2270:
2271: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2272: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2273: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2274: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2275: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2276: <p>
1.110 louis 2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2279: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2280: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2284: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2285: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2286: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2287: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2288: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2289: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2290: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2291: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2292: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2293: <p>
2294:
1.247 jufi 2295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2296: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2297: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2298:
2299: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2300: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2301: <p>
1.108 louis 2302:
1.247 jufi 2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2304: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2305: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2306: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2307:
2308: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2309: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2310: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2311: <p>
1.106 louis 2312:
1.247 jufi 2313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2314: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2315: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2316: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2317:
2318: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2319: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2320: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2321: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2322: <p>
1.107 louis 2323:
1.247 jufi 2324: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2325: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2326: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2327: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2328:
2329: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2330: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2331: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2332: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2333: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2334: <p>
1.105 louis 2335:
1.247 jufi 2336: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2337: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2338: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2339: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2340:
1.113 naddy 2341: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2342: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2343: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2344: <p>
1.104 louis 2345:
1.247 jufi 2346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2347: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2348: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2349: </strong></font><br>
2350:
2351: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2352: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2353: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2354: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2355: <p>
1.301 jose 2356:
2357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2358: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2359: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2360: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2361:
2362: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2363: hardware-supported cryptography.
2364: <p>
1.247 jufi 2365: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2366:
1.85 louis 2367: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2368: <ul>
1.85 louis 2369:
1.247 jufi 2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2371: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2372: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2373: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2374:
2375: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2376: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2377: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2378: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2379: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2380: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2381: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2382: <p>
1.99 louis 2383:
1.247 jufi 2384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2385: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2386: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2387: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2388:
2389: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2390: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2391: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2392: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2393: <p>
1.100 louis 2394:
1.247 jufi 2395: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2396: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2397: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2398: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2399:
2400: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2401: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2402: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2403: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2404: <p>
1.95 louis 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2407: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2408: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2409: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2410:
2411: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2412: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2413: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2414: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2415: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2416: <p>
1.92 louis 2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2419: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2420: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2422:
2423: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2424: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2425: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2426: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2427: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2428: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2429: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2430: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2431: <p>
1.91 louis 2432:
1.247 jufi 2433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2434: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2435: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2436: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2437:
2438: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2439: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2440: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2441: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2442: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2443: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2444: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2445: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2446: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2447: <p>
1.90 louis 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2450: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2451: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2452: </strong></font><br>
2453: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2454: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2455: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2456: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2457: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2458: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2459: <p>
2460:
1.247 jufi 2461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2462: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2463: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2464: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2465:
1.113 naddy 2466: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2467: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2468: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2469: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2470: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2471: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2472: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2473: <p>
1.87 louis 2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2476: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2477: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2478: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2479:
2480: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2481: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2482: <p>
1.85 louis 2483:
1.247 jufi 2484: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2485: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2486: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2487: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2488:
2489: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2490: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2491: <p>
2492:
2493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2494: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2495: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2496: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2497:
2498: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2499: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2500: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2501: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2502: <p>
1.89 louis 2503:
1.247 jufi 2504: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2505: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2506: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2507: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2508:
2509: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2510: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2511: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2512: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2513: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2514: </ul>
1.85 louis 2515:
1.78 deraadt 2516: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2517: <ul>
1.74 louis 2518:
1.247 jufi 2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2520: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2521: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2522: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2523: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2524:
2525: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2526: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2527: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2528: <p>
1.83 louis 2529:
1.247 jufi 2530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2531: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2532: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2533: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2534:
2535: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2536: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2537: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2538: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2539: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2540: <p>
1.93 louis 2541:
1.247 jufi 2542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2543: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2544: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2545: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2546: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2547:
1.83 louis 2548: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2549: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2550: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2551: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2552: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2553: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2554: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2555: <p>
1.82 aaron 2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2558: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2559: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2560: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2561:
1.83 louis 2562: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2563: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2564: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2565: <p>
1.80 louis 2566:
1.247 jufi 2567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2568: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2569: Bad Press</a>,
2570: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2571: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2572:
2573: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2574: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2575: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2576: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2577: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2578: <p>
1.247 jufi 2579: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2580:
2581: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2582: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2583:
1.247 jufi 2584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2585: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2586: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2587: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2589:
2590: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2591: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2592: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2593: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2594: <p>
1.74 louis 2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2597: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2598: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2600:
1.219 horacio 2601: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2602: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2603: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2604: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2605: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2606: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2607: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2608: <p>
1.88 louis 2609:
1.247 jufi 2610: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2611: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2612: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2613: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2614:
2615: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2616: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2617: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2618: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2619: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2620: <p>
1.81 louis 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2623: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2624: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2625: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2626:
2627: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2628: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2629: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2630: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2631: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2632: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2633: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2634: <p>
1.90 louis 2635:
1.247 jufi 2636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2637: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2638: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2639: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2640:
2641: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2642: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2643: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2644: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2645: <p>
1.247 jufi 2646: </ul>
1.71 louis 2647:
1.69 deraadt 2648: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2649: <ul>
1.70 louis 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2652: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2653: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2654: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2655:
2656: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2657: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2658: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2659: <p>
1.70 louis 2660:
1.247 jufi 2661: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2662: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2663: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2664: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2665:
2666: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2667: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2668: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2669: <p>
1.68 louis 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2672: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2673: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2674: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2676:
1.111 jufi 2677: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2678: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2679: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2680: "secure by default" installation.
2681: <p>
1.64 louis 2682:
1.247 jufi 2683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2684: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2685: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2686: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2687:
1.113 naddy 2688: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2689: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2690: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2691: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2692: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2693: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2694: <p>
1.66 louis 2695:
1.247 jufi 2696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2697: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2698: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2699: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2700:
2701: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2702: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2703: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2704: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2705: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2706: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2707: <p>
1.83 louis 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2710: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2711: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2713:
2714: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2715: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2716: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2717: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2718: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2719: <p>
1.64 louis 2720:
1.247 jufi 2721: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2722: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2723: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2724: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2725:
2726: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2727: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2728: <p>
1.301 jose 2729:
2730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2731: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2732: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2733: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2734: </strong></font><br>
2735:
2736: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2737: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2738: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2739: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2740: Giving way to
2741: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2742: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2743: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2744: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2745: <p>
1.247 jufi 2746: </ul>
1.65 louis 2747:
1.69 deraadt 2748: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2749: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2750:
1.247 jufi 2751: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2752: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2753: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2754: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2755:
2756: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2757: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2758: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2759: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2760: <p>
1.88 louis 2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2763: <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 2764: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2765:
2766: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2767: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2768: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2769: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2770: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2771: <p>
1.60 louis 2772:
1.247 jufi 2773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2774: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2775: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2776: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2777: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2778:
2779: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2780: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2781: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2782: <p>
1.58 louis 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2785: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2786: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2787:
2788: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2789: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2790: <p>
1.53 louis 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2793: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2794: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2795: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2796:
2797: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2798: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2799: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2800: <p>
1.99 louis 2801:
1.247 jufi 2802: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2803: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2804: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2805:
2806: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2807: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2808: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2809: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2810: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2813: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2814: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2815: </strong></font><br>
2816:
2817: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2818: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2819: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2820: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2821: <p>
2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2824: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2825: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2826: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2827:
2828: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2829: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2830: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2831:
1.247 jufi 2832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2833: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2834: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2835:
2836: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2837: in
1.247 jufi 2838: <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 2839: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2840: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2841: <p>
1.53 louis 2842:
1.247 jufi 2843: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2844: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2845: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2846: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2848:
1.58 louis 2849: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2850: <p>
1.301 jose 2851:
2852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2853: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2854: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2855: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2856: Informacyjny, January 2000
2857: </strong></font><br>
2858:
2859: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2860: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2861: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2862: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2863: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2864: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2865: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2866: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2867: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2868: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2869: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2870: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2871: <p>
2872:
2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2874: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2875: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2876: </strong></font><br>
2877:
2878: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2879: <p>
2880: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2881:
1.69 deraadt 2882: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2883: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2884:
1.247 jufi 2885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2886: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2887: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2888: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2889: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2890:
1.58 louis 2891: Kurt Seifried
2892: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2893: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2894: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2895: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2896:
1.247 jufi 2897: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2898: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2899: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2900: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2901:
2902: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.96 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2906: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2907: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2908: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2909: </strong></font><br>
2910:
2911: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2912: <p>
2913:
2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2915: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2916: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2917: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2918:
2919: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2920: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2921: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2922: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2923: <p>
1.247 jufi 2924: </ul>
1.86 louis 2925:
1.69 deraadt 2926: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2927: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2928:
1.247 jufi 2929: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2930: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2931: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2932: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2933:
2934: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2935: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2936: <p>
1.61 louis 2937:
1.247 jufi 2938: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2939: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2940: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2941: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2942: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2943:
2944: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2945: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2946: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2947: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2948: right -- or at least strives to".
2949: <p>
1.48 louis 2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2952: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2953: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2954: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2955: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2956: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2957: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2958: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2959: <p>
1.61 louis 2960:
1.247 jufi 2961: <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 2962: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2963: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2964:
2965: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2966: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2967: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2968: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2969: <p>
1.46 louis 2970:
1.247 jufi 2971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2972: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2973: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2974: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2975:
2976: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2977: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2978: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2979:
1.247 jufi 2980: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2981: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2982: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2983: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2984:
2985: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2986: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
2987: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
2988: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 2989: <p>
1.247 jufi 2990: </ul>
1.70 louis 2991:
1.69 deraadt 2992: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2993: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2996: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
2997: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 2998: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 2999: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3000:
3001: Kurt Seifried
3002: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3003: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3004: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3005: <p>
1.44 philen 3006:
1.247 jufi 3007: <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 3008: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3009: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3010:
3011: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3012: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3013:
1.247 jufi 3014: <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 3015: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3016: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3017:
3018: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3019: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3020:
1.247 jufi 3021: <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 3022: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3023: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3024:
3025: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3026: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3027: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3028: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3029: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3030:
1.247 jufi 3031: <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 3032: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3033: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3034:
1.36 louis 3035: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3036: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3037:
1.247 jufi 3038: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3039: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3040: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3041: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3042:
3043: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3044: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3045: </ul>
1.38 louis 3046:
1.69 deraadt 3047: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3048: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <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 3051: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3052: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3053:
3054: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3055: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3056: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3057:
1.113 naddy 3058: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3059: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3060: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3061: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3062:
3063: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3064: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3065: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3066: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3067: <blockquote>
3068: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3069: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3070: <br>
3071: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3072: </code>
3073: </blockquote>
3074: <p>
3075:
1.247 jufi 3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3077: <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>
3078: <p>
3079:
3080: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3081: <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 3082: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3083:
3084: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3085: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3086: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3087: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3088:
1.247 jufi 3089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3090: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3091: Sept. 28, 1999
3092: </strong></font><br>
3093:
3094: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3095: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3096: translating and reprinting articles from
3097: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3098: <p>
3099:
3100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3101: <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 3102: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3103:
3104: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3105: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3106: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3107: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3108: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3109: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3110: <p>
1.19 louis 3111:
1.113 naddy 3112: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3113: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3114: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3115:
3116: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3117: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3118: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3119: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3120: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3121: <p>
1.16 louis 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3124: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3125: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3127:
1.57 louis 3128: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3129: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3130: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3131: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3134: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3135: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3136: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3137:
1.113 naddy 3138: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3139:
1.247 jufi 3140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3141: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3142: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3143: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3144:
1.23 louis 3145: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3146: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3147: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3148: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3149: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3150: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3153: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3154: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3155: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3156:
1.199 pvalchev 3157: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3158: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3159: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3160: installation.
1.113 naddy 3161: <p>
1.47 louis 3162:
1.247 jufi 3163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3164: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3165: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3166: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3167:
1.301 jose 3168: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3169: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3170: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3171: </ul>
1.57 louis 3172:
1.69 deraadt 3173: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3174: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3177: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3178: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3179: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3180:
3181: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3182: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3183: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3184: <p>
1.12 louis 3185:
1.247 jufi 3186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3187: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3188: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3189: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3190:
3191: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3192: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3193: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3194: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3195: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3196: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3197: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3198: <p>
1.247 jufi 3199: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3200:
1.69 deraadt 3201: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3202: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3203:
1.247 jufi 3204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3205: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3206: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3207:
3208: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3209: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3210: available."
1.113 naddy 3211: <p>
1.301 jose 3212:
3213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3214: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3215: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3216: </strong></font><br>
3217:
3218: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3219: <p>
1.247 jufi 3220: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3221:
1.69 deraadt 3222: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3223: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3224:
1.247 jufi 3225: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3226: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3227: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3228:
3229: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3230: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3231: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3232: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3233: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3234: <p>
1.33 louis 3235:
1.247 jufi 3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3237: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3238: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3239: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3240:
1.113 naddy 3241: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3242: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3243: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3244: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3245: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3246: <p>
1.247 jufi 3247: </ul>
1.57 louis 3248:
1.69 deraadt 3249: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3250: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3251:
1.247 jufi 3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3253: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3254: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3255: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3256:
3257: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3258: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3259: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3262: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3263: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3264: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3265: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3266:
3267: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3268: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3269:
1.247 jufi 3270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3271: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3272:
1.113 naddy 3273: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3274:
1.247 jufi 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3276: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3277: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3278: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3279:
3280: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3281: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3282: </ul>
1.23 louis 3283:
1.69 deraadt 3284: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3285: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3286:
1.247 jufi 3287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3288: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3289: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3290:
3291: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3292: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3293: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3294:
1.247 jufi 3295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3296: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3297: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3298: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3299:
3300: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3301: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3302: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3303: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3304: </ul>
1.57 louis 3305:
1.69 deraadt 3306: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3307: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3308:
1.247 jufi 3309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3310: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3311: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3312: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3313:
3314: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3315: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3316: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3317: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3318: <p>
1.15 louis 3319:
1.247 jufi 3320: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3321: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3322: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3323: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3324:
3325: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3326: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3327: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3328: columns."
1.113 naddy 3329: <p>
1.247 jufi 3330: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3331:
1.69 deraadt 3332: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3333: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3334:
1.247 jufi 3335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3336: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3337: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3338: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3339:
3340: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3341: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3342:
1.113 naddy 3343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3344: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3345: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3346:
3347: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3348: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3349: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3350: </ul>
1.57 louis 3351:
1.69 deraadt 3352: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3353: <ul>
1.301 jose 3354: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3355: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3356: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3357: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3358:
3359: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3360: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3361: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3362: <p>
3363:
3364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3365: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3366: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3367: Nov 13, 1998 and
3368: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3369: Datateknik</a>,
3370: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3371:
3372: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3373: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3374: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3375: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3376: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3377:
1.113 naddy 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3379: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3380: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3381: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3382:
1.222 miod 3383: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3384: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3385: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3386: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3387: <p>
1.247 jufi 3388: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3389:
1.69 deraadt 3390: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3391: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3392:
1.247 jufi 3393: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3394: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3395: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3396:
1.69 deraadt 3397: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3398: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3399: <p>
1.247 jufi 3400: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3401:
1.69 deraadt 3402: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3403: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3404:
1.247 jufi 3405: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3406: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3407: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3408: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3409:
3410: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3411: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3412: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3415: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3416: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3417: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3418: <p>
1.247 jufi 3419: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3420:
1.69 deraadt 3421: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3422: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3423:
1.247 jufi 3424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3425: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3426: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3427: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3428: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3429: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3430:
3431: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3432: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3433: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3434: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3435: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3436: <p>
1.247 jufi 3437: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3438:
3439: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3440: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3441:
1.247 jufi 3442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3443: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3444: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3445:
1.69 deraadt 3446: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3447: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3448: <p>
1.112 naddy 3449:
1.247 jufi 3450: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3451: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3452:
1.292 camield 3453: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3454: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3455: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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