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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.253 ian 19: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
1.255 ian 21:
1.260 ian 22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 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."
1.332 ! ian 131: <br>
! 132: Can also be found online at:
! 133: <ul>
! 134: <li>
! 135: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
! 136: </strong></font>
! 137: </ul>
1.324 ian 138: <p>
139:
140: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 141: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
142: </strong></font><br>
143: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 147: <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.
148: </strong></font><br>
149: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
150: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
151: <p>
152:
153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 154: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
155: April 23, 2003.
156: </strong></font><br>
157: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
158: <p>
159:
160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 161: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 162: April 22, 2003.
163: </strong></font><br>
164: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
165: <p>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 168: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
169: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
170: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 171: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 172: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
173: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
174: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
175: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
176: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
177: Can also be found online at:
178: <ul>
179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
180: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 181: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
182: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 183: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
185: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 186: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
187: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 188: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 189: </ul>
190: <p>
191:
192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 193: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
194: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 195: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 196: </strong></font><br>
197: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 198: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
199: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
200: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
201: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
202: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
203: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 204: <p>
205:
206: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 207: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
208: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 209: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
210: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 211: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
212: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
213: at UPenn and DARPA.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 217: [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
218: April 18, 2003.
219: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 220: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 224: [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 225: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 226: </strong></font><br>
227: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
228: <p>
229:
230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 231: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
232: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
233: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 234: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 235: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
236: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
237: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
238: <p>
239:
240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 241: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
242: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 243: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 244: </strong></font><br>
245: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
246: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
247: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 248: American century.
1.267 deraadt 249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 252: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
253: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 254: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 255: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 256: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
257: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
258: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
259: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
260: Can also be found online at:
261: <ul>
262: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
263: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 264: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 265: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 266: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 267: <p>
268:
269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 270: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 271: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 272: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 273: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 274: </strong></font><br>
275: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 276: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
277: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
278: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
279: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 280:
281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
282: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
283: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
284: New York Times.
285: </strong></font>(free registration required)
286:
1.273 deraadt 287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
288: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 289: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 290: ABC News.
291: </strong></font>
292:
293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 294: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 295: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 296: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 297: </strong></font>
298:
299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 300: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 301: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 302: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 303: </strong></font>
304:
305: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 306: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
307: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 308: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 309: </strong></font>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 312: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 313: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 314: Times Daily, AL.
315: </strong></font>
316:
317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
318: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
319: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
320: Boston.com, MA.
321: </strong></font>
322:
323: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 324: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 325: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 326: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
327: </strong></font>
328:
329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 330: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
331: [Article was pulled]</a>
332: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 333: </strong></font>
334:
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
336: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
337: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
338: Infoshop News.
339: </strong></font>
340:
341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
342: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
343: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
344: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
345: </strong></font>
346:
347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 348: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
349: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
350: Raleigh News, NC.
351: </strong></font>
352:
353: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 354: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
355: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
356: Napa News, CA.
357: </strong></font>
358:
359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 360: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 361: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
362: NEPA News, PA.
363: </strong></font>
364:
365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
366: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
367: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
368: Wired News.
369: </strong></font>
1.332 ! ian 370: <br>
! 371: Can also be found online at:
! 372: <ul>
! 373: <li>
! 374: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">Wired News Japan</a></strong></font>
! 375: </ul>
1.273 deraadt 376:
1.271 deraadt 377: </ul>
378: <p>
1.272 deraadt 379: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
380: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 381: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
382: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
383: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
384: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
385: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
386: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 387: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 388: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
389: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
390: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 391: <p>
392: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 393:
394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 395: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 396: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
397: Indianapolis Star, IN.
398: </strong></font>
399:
400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 401: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
402: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
403: Miami Herald, FL.
404: </strong></font>
405:
406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 407: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 408: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
409: </strong></font>
410:
411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
412: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 413: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 414: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 415: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 416:
417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
418: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
419: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
420: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
421: ABC News.
422: </strong></font>
423:
1.276 deraadt 424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
425: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 426: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 427: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 428: </strong></font>
429:
1.286 dhartmei 430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 431: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 432: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
433: Wilmington Star, NC.
434: </strong></font>
435:
1.300 jose 436: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
437: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
438: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
439: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
440: </strong></font>
441:
1.309 jose 442: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
443: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
444: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
445: Globe Technology.
446: </strong></font>
447:
1.263 deraadt 448: </ul>
1.262 beck 449: <p>
450:
451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 452: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
453: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 454: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 455: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 456: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 457: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
458: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
459: <p>
460:
461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 462: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
463: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
464: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 465: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 466: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
467: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
468: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
469: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
470: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
471: and simply restates other press reports.
472: <p>
473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 475: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
476: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
477: OS News, April 18, 2003.
478: </strong></font><br>
479: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
480: <p>
481:
482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 483: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
484: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 485: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 486: </strong></font><br>
487: Another report on the DARPA funding.
488: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
489: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
490: <p>
491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 493: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
494: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
495: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
496: April 17, 2003.
497: </strong></font><br>
498: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
499: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
500: Tech Anthems</a>
501: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
502: 4 so far.
503: <p>
504:
505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 506: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
507: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 508: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 509: </strong></font><br>
510: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
511: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
512: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
513: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
514: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
515: Goes on to say:
516: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
517: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
518: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
519: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 520: This article is also found online at:
521: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
523: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
524: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
525: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 526: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
528: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
529: ZDnet</a>,
530: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 531: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
533: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
534: ZDnet Australia</a>,
535: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 536: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 537: </ul>
1.260 ian 538: <p>
1.279 deraadt 539:
1.260 ian 540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 541: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 542: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 543: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 544: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 545: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 546: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
547: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
548: without notice or justification.
549: <p>
550:
551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 552: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 553: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 554: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 555: </strong></font><br>
556: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
557: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 558: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 559: effective today, without any warning..."
560: <p>
1.257 ian 561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 563: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
564: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 565: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 566: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 567: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
568: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
569: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
570: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
571: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 572: <p>
573:
574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 575: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
576: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 577: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 578: </strong></font><br>
579: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
580: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
581: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
582: quoting two of them:
583: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
584: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
585: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
586: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
587: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
588: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
589: <p>
590:
1.255 ian 591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 592: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
593: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 594: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 595: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 596: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 597: <p>
598:
599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 600: [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 601: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 602: </strong></font><br>
603: New security concepts in OpenBSD
604: <p>
605:
606: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 607: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
608: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 609: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 610: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 611: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 612: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
613: security experts for more than three decades."
614: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
615: <p>
1.261 ian 616:
1.254 drahn 617: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 618: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 619: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 620: </strong></font><br>
621: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
622: <p>
623:
624: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 625: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
626: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
627: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
628: </strong></font><br>
629: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
630: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
631: discussion OpenBSD's path.
632: <p>
633:
634: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 635: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
636: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 637: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 638: </strong></font><br>
639: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
640: from US DARPA.
641: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
642: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
643: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
644: the BSD license.
645: <p>
646: </ul>
647:
1.251 ian 648: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
649: <ul>
650:
651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 652: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
653: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
654: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
655: </strong></font><br>
656:
657: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
658: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
659: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
660: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 664: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
665: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 666: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 667: </strong></font><br>
668: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
669: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
670: Mentions
671: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
672: and
673: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
674: programs.
675: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 676: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 677: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
678: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
679: <p>
1.325 ian 680: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
681: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 682:
683: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
684: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
685: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
686: </strong></font><br>
687: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
688: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
689: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
690: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
691: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
692: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
693: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
694: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
695: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
696: put into service."
697: <p>
698: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
699: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
700: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
701: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
702: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
703: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
704: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
705: computers with security features."
706: <p>
1.329 ian 707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
709: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
710: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
711: Slate,
712: March 3, 2003.
713: </strong></font><br>
714: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
715: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
716: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
717: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
718: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
719: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
720: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
721: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
722: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
723: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
724: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
725: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
726: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
727: of more secure open-source solutions like
728: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
729: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
730: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
731: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
732: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
733: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
734: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
735: the Beltway."
736: <p>
1.251 ian 737: </ul>
738:
1.249 jufi 739: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
740: <ul>
741: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
742: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
743: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 744: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 745: </strong></font><br>
746: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
747: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 748: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 749: <p>
750: </ul>
751:
1.246 jufi 752: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 753: <ul>
1.246 jufi 754:
1.247 jufi 755: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 756: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 757: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
758: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 759: </strong></font><br>
760: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
761: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
762: <p>
763:
1.247 jufi 764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 765: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
766: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
767: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
768: </strong></font><br>
769: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
770: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
771: <p>
772:
773: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 774: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 775: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
776: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 777: </strong></font><br>
778: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
779: in their annual OpenHack security test.
780: <p>
1.247 jufi 781: </ul>
1.246 jufi 782:
1.244 jufi 783: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 784: <ul>
1.246 jufi 785:
1.247 jufi 786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 787: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
788: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
789: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 790: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 791: </strong></font><br>
792: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
793: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
794: md5 digests.
795: <p>
796:
1.247 jufi 797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 798: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 799: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
800: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 801: </strong></font><br>
802: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
803: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
804: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
805: right the first time."
806: <p>
1.247 jufi 807: </ul>
1.244 jufi 808:
809:
810: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 811: <ul>
1.244 jufi 812:
1.247 jufi 813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 814: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 815: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
816: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 817: </strong></font><br>
818: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
819: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
820: part 6</a>.
821: <p>
822:
1.247 jufi 823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 824: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 825: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
826: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 827: </strong></font><br>
828: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
829: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
830: <p>
1.301 jose 831:
832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
833: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
834: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
835: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
836: </strong></font><br>
837:
838: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
839: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
840: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
841: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
842: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
843: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
844: <i>Here's the
845: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
846: <p>
1.247 jufi 847: </ul>
1.242 jufi 848:
849: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 850: <ul>
1.242 jufi 851:
1.247 jufi 852: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 853: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 854: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
855: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 856: </strong></font><br>
857: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
858: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
859: <p>
860:
1.247 jufi 861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 862: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 863: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
864: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 865: </strong></font><br>
866: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
867: this time using pf.
868: <p>
1.247 jufi 869: </ul>
1.242 jufi 870:
871: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 872: <ul>
1.242 jufi 873:
1.247 jufi 874: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 875: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 876: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
877: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 878: </strong></font><br>
879: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
880: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
881: their rotation.
882: <p>
883:
1.247 jufi 884: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 885: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 886: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
887: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 888: </strong></font><br>
889: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
890: <p>
1.247 jufi 891: </ul>
1.242 jufi 892:
1.239 jufi 893: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 894: <ul>
1.239 jufi 895:
1.247 jufi 896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 897: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 898: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
899: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 900: </strong></font><br>
901: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
902: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
903: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
904: <p>
905:
1.247 jufi 906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 907: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 908: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
909: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 910: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 911: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
912: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
913: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 914: <p>
1.247 jufi 915: </ul>
1.239 jufi 916:
1.235 lebel 917: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 918: <ul>
1.235 lebel 919:
1.239 jufi 920:
1.247 jufi 921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 922: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 923: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
924: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 925: </strong></font><br>
926: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
927: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
928: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
929: <p>
1.301 jose 930:
1.247 jufi 931: </ul>
1.235 lebel 932:
1.228 horacio 933: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 934: <ul>
1.228 horacio 935:
1.247 jufi 936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 937: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 938: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
939: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 940: </strong></font><br>
941: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
942: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
943: <p>
944:
1.247 jufi 945: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 946: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 947: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
948: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 949: </strong></font><br>
950: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
951: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
952: <p>
953:
1.247 jufi 954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 955: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 956: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
957: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 958: </strong></font><br>
959: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
960: on the desktop of his parents.
961: <p>
962:
1.247 jufi 963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 964: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 965: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
966: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 967: </strong></font><br>
968: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
969: using IPFilter.
970:
971: <p>
972:
1.247 jufi 973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 974: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 975: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
976: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 977: </strong></font><br>
978: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
979: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
980: perspectives of the four OS.
981: <br>
982: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 983: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 984: <p>
985:
1.247 jufi 986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 987: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
988: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 989: software and security</a>,
990: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 991: </strong></font><br>
992:
993: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
994: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
995: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
996: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
997: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
998: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
999: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1000: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1001: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1002: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1003: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1004: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1005: <p>
1.247 jufi 1006: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1007:
1.225 horacio 1008: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1009: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1012: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1013: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1014: Interview</a>,
1015: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1016: </strong></font><br>
1017:
1018: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1019: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1020: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1021: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1022: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1023: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1024: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1025: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1026: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1027: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1028: of choice.
1029: <p>
1.247 jufi 1030: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1031:
1032: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1033: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1036: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1037: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1038: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1039: </strong></font><br>
1040:
1041: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1042: <p>
1043:
1.247 jufi 1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1045: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1046: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1047: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1048: </strong></font><br>
1049:
1050: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1051: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1052: <p>
1.247 jufi 1053: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1054:
1.218 horacio 1055: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1056: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1057:
1.247 jufi 1058: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1059: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1060: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1061: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1062: </strong></font><br>
1063:
1064: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1065: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1066: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1067: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1068: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1069: subjects. Worth a read.
1070: <p>
1071:
1072:
1.247 jufi 1073: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1074: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1075: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1076: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1077: </strong></font><br>
1078:
1079: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1080: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1081: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1082: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1083: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1084: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1085: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1086: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1087: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1088: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1089: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1090: on other operating systems.<br>
1091: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1092: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1093: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1094: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1095: <p>
1096:
1.247 jufi 1097: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1098: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1099: Operating System 2010</a>,
1100: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1101: </strong></font><br>
1102:
1103: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1104: covering the level of software integration into the core
1105: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1106: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1107: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1108: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1109: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1110: <p>
1111:
1.247 jufi 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1113: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1114: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1115: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1116: </strong></font><br>
1117:
1118: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1119: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1120: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1121: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1122: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1123: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1124: <p>
1.247 jufi 1125: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1126:
1.210 jufi 1127: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1128: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1129:
1.247 jufi 1130: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1131: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1132: Already a Contender</a>,
1133: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1134: </strong></font><br>
1135:
1136: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1137: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1138: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1139: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1140: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1141: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1142: <p>
1143:
1.247 jufi 1144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1145: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1146: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1147: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1148: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1149:
1.224 horacio 1150: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1151: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1152: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1153: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1154: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1155: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1156: <p>
1.247 jufi 1157: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1158:
1159: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1160: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1161:
1.247 jufi 1162: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1163: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1164: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1165: Division</a>,
1166: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1167: </strong></font><br>
1168:
1169: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1170: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1171: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1172: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1173: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1174: investment</em>.<br>
1175: The implementation details can be seen on their
1176: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1177: <p>
1178:
1.247 jufi 1179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1180: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1181: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1182: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1183: </strong></font><br>
1184:
1185: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1186: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1187: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1188: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1189: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1190: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1191: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1192: <p>
1193:
1194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1195: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1196: Thinking about Security</a>,
1197: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1198: </strong></font><br>
1199:
1200: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1201: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1202: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1203: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1204: to time.<br>
1205: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1206: system and just the most secure system.
1207: <p>
1208:
1.247 jufi 1209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1210: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1211: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1212: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1213: </strong></font><br>
1214:
1215: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1216: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1217: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1218: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1219: choice:<br>
1220: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1221: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1222: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1223: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1224: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1225: network security devices and as such must be well
1226: armored."</em><br>
1227: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1228: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1229: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1230: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1231: <br>
1232: Bravo!
1233: <p>
1.247 jufi 1234: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1235:
1.207 ian 1236: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1237: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1238:
1.247 jufi 1239: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1240: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1241: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1242: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1243:
1.207 ian 1244: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1245: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1246: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1247: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1248: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1249: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1250: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1251: <p>
1.247 jufi 1252: </ul>
1.207 ian 1253:
1.194 jufi 1254: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1255: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1256:
1.247 jufi 1257: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1258: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1259: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1260: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1261: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1262:
1.240 miod 1263: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1264: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1265: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1266: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1270: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1271: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1272: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1273:
1274: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1275: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1276: <p>
1277:
1278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1279: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1280: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1281: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1282:
1283: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1284: <p>
1285:
1286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1287: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1288: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1289: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1290: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1291:
1.240 miod 1292: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1293: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1294: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1295: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1296: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1297: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1298: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1299: <br>
1300: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1301: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1302: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1303: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1304: <p>
1305:
1.247 jufi 1306: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1307: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1308: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1309: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1310: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1311:
1.194 jufi 1312: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1313: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1314: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1315: <br>
1316: The new
1317: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1318: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1319: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1320: <p>
1.247 jufi 1321: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1322:
1.190 horacio 1323: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1324: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1325:
1.247 jufi 1326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1327:
1328: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1329: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1330:
1.301 jose 1331:
1.191 jufi 1332: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1333: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1334:
1335: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1336: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1337:
1.212 horacio 1338: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1339: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1340: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1341:
1.211 horacio 1342: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1343: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1344: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1345:
1.247 jufi 1346: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1347: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1348:
1.247 jufi 1349: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1350: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1351:
1.212 horacio 1352: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1353: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1354: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1355:
1356: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1357: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1358:
1359: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1360: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1361:
1.301 jose 1362: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1363: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1364:
1.191 jufi 1365: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1366: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1367:
1368: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1369: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1370:
1.192 jufi 1371: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1372: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1373: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1374:
1.193 deraadt 1375: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1376: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1377: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1378:
1.247 jufi 1379: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1380: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1381:
1.247 jufi 1382: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1383: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1384: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1385:
1.213 horacio 1386: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1387: 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 1388: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1389:
1.190 horacio 1390: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1391: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1392: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1393: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1394: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1395: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1396: <p>
1.190 horacio 1397:
1.247 jufi 1398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1399: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1400: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1401: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1402: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1403:
1.195 jufi 1404: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1405: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1406: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1407: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1408: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1409: <p>
1410:
1.247 jufi 1411: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1412: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1413: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1414: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1415: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1416:
1.191 jufi 1417: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1418: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1419: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1420: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1421: <p>
1422:
1423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1424: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1425: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1426: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1427:
1428: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1429: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1430: <p>
1.247 jufi 1431: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1432:
1.191 jufi 1433:
1.186 jufi 1434: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1435: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1436:
1.247 jufi 1437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1438: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1439: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1440: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1441: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1442:
1.188 jufi 1443: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1444: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1445: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1446: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1447: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1448: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1449: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1450: <p>
1451:
1.301 jose 1452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1453: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1454: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1455: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1456:
1457: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1458: <p>
1.191 jufi 1459:
1.247 jufi 1460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1461: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1462: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1463: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1464: </strong></font><br>
1465:
1466: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1467: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1468: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1469: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1470: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1471: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1472: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1473: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1474: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1475: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1476: familiar?
1477: <p>
1.247 jufi 1478: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1479:
1.178 louis 1480: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1481: <ul>
1.178 louis 1482:
1.247 jufi 1483: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1484: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1485: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1486: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1487: </strong></font><br>
1488:
1489: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1490: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1491: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1492: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1493: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1494: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1495: <p>
1496:
1.247 jufi 1497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1498: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1499: Open source under the hood</a>,
1500: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1501: </strong></font><br>
1502:
1503: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1504: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1505: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1506: <p>
1507:
1.247 jufi 1508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1509: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1510: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1511: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1512: </strong></font><br>
1513:
1514: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1515: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1516: <p>
1.247 jufi 1517: </ul>
1.179 louis 1518:
1.174 louis 1519:
1.175 louis 1520: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1521: <ul>
1.175 louis 1522:
1.247 jufi 1523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1524: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1525: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1526: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1527: </strong></font><br>
1528:
1529: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1530: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1531: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1532: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1533: <p>
1534:
1.247 jufi 1535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1536: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1537: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1538: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1539: </strong></font><br>
1540:
1541: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1542: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1543: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1544: <p>
1.247 jufi 1545: </ul>
1.175 louis 1546:
1.176 louis 1547:
1.172 mickey 1548: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1549: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1550:
1.247 jufi 1551: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1552: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1553: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555:
1556: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1557: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1558: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1559: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1560: <p>
1561:
1.247 jufi 1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1563: <a
1.269 deraadt 1564: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1565: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1566: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1567: </strong></font><br>
1568:
1569: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1570: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1571: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1572: <p>
1573:
1.247 jufi 1574: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1575: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1576: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1577: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1578: </strong></font><br>
1579:
1580: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1581: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1582: <p>
1583:
1.247 jufi 1584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1585: <a
1.269 deraadt 1586: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1587: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1588: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1589: </strong></font><br>
1590:
1591: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1592: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1593: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1594: our own Theo de Raadt.
1595: <p>
1596:
1.247 jufi 1597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1598: <a
1.269 deraadt 1599: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1600: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1601: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1602: </strong></font><br>
1603:
1604: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1605: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1606: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1607: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1608: shut down.]
1609: <p>
1610:
1.247 jufi 1611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1612: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1613: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1614: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1615: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1616: </strong></font><br>
1617:
1618: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1619: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1620: <p>
1.247 jufi 1621: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1622:
1.161 louis 1623: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1624: <ul>
1.161 louis 1625:
1.247 jufi 1626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1627: <a
1.269 deraadt 1628: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1629: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1630: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1631: </strong></font><br>
1632:
1633: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1634: by John Wolley
1635: <p>
1636:
1.247 jufi 1637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1638: <a
1.269 deraadt 1639: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1640: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1641: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1642: </strong></font><br>
1643:
1644: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1645: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1646: OpenBSD).
1647: <p>
1648:
1.247 jufi 1649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1650: <a
1.247 jufi 1651: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1652: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1653: </strong></font><br>
1654:
1655: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1656: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1657: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1658: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1659: and hindsight.
1660: <p>
1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1663: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1664: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1665: </strong></font><br>
1666:
1667: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1668: <p>
1669:
1.247 jufi 1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1671: <a
1.168 provos 1672: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1673: December 7, 2000
1674: </strong></font><br>
1675:
1676: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1677: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1678: us explain.
1679: <p>
1680:
1.247 jufi 1681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1682: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1683: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1684: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1685: December 6, 2000
1686: </strong></font><br>
1687:
1688: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1689: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1690: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1691: <p>
1692:
1.247 jufi 1693: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1694: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1695: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1696: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698:
1699: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1700: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1701: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1702: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1703: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1704: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1705: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1706: <p>
1707:
1708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1709: <a
1.226 horacio 1710: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1711: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1712: </strong></font><br>
1713:
1714: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1715: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1716: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1717: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1718: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1719: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1720: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1721: <p>
1.162 millert 1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1724: <a
1.161 louis 1725: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1726: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1730: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1731: <p>
1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1734: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1735: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1736: </strong></font><br>
1737:
1738: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1739: <p>
1740:
1741:
1.247 jufi 1742: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1743: <a
1.226 horacio 1744: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1745: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1746: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1747: </strong></font><br>
1748:
1749: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1750: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1751: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1752: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1753: <p>
1.247 jufi 1754: </ul>
1.169 louis 1755:
1.158 louis 1756: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1757: <ul>
1.147 louis 1758:
1.247 jufi 1759: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1760: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1761: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1762: </strong></font><br>
1763:
1764: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1765: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1766: <p>
1767:
1.247 jufi 1768: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1769: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1770: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1771: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1772: </strong></font><br>
1773: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1774: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1775: <p>
1776:
1.247 jufi 1777: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1778: <a
1779: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1780: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1784: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1785: <p>
1786:
1.247 jufi 1787: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1788: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1789: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1790: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1791:
1.213 horacio 1792: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1793: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1794: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1795: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1796: <p>
1.215 horacio 1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1799: <a
1800: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1801: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1802: </strong></font><br>
1803:
1804: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1805: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1806: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1807: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1808: much of the attitude too).
1809: <p>
1.161 louis 1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1812: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1813: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1814: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1815:
1.157 louis 1816: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1817: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1818: <p>
1.247 jufi 1819: </ul>
1.157 louis 1820:
1821: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1822: <ul>
1.157 louis 1823:
1.247 jufi 1824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1825: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1826: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1827: </strong></font><br>
1828:
1829: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1830: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1831: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1832: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1833: <p>
1834:
1.247 jufi 1835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1836: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1837: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1838: </strong></font><br>
1839:
1840: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1841: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1842: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1843: it because they love coding...
1844: <p>
1845:
1.247 jufi 1846: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1847: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1848: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1849: </strong></font><br>
1850:
1851: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1852: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1853: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1854: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1855: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1856: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1857: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1858: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1859: <p>
1860:
1.247 jufi 1861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1862: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1863: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1864: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1865: </strong></font><br>
1866:
1867: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1868: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1869: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1870: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1871: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1872: the pizza.
1873: <p>
1874:
1.247 jufi 1875: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1876: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1877: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1878: </strong></font><br>
1879:
1880: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1881: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1882: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1883: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1884: problems.
1885: <p>
1886:
1.247 jufi 1887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1888: <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 1889: </strong></font><br>
1890:
1.222 miod 1891: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1892: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1893: - whether they like it or not.
1894: <p>
1895:
1.247 jufi 1896: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1897: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1898: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1899: </strong></font><br>
1900:
1901: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1902: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1903: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1904: <p>
1.148 aaron 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1907: <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 1908: </strong></font><br>
1909:
1910: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
1911: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
1912: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
1913: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
1914: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
1915: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
1916: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
1917: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
1918: <p>
1919:
1.247 jufi 1920: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1921: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
1922: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 1923: </strong></font><br>
1924:
1925: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
1926: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
1927: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
1928: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
1929: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
1930: <p>
1.247 jufi 1931: </ul>
1.147 louis 1932:
1.138 louis 1933: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1934: <ul>
1.138 louis 1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1937: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1938: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
1939: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
1940: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 1941: </strong></font><br>
1942:
1.227 horacio 1943: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 1944: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
1945: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
1946: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
1947: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
1948: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
1949: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
1950: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 1951: <p>
1952:
1.247 jufi 1953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 1954: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 1955: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 1956: </strong></font><br>
1957:
1958: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
1959: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
1960: groups, and even Linux.
1961: <p>
1962:
1.247 jufi 1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1964: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
1965: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 1966: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
1967: </strong></font><br>
1968:
1969: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
1970: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
1971: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
1972: library after installing the OS.
1973: <p>
1974:
1.247 jufi 1975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1976: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 1977: Sys Admin, September 2000
1978: </strong></font><br>
1979:
1980: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
1981: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
1982: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
1983: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 1984: (<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>,
1985: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
1986: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
1987: <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 1988: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 1989: out of the system.
1990: <p>
1991:
1.247 jufi 1992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 1993: <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
1994: </strong></font><br>
1995:
1996: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 1997: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
1998: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
1999: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2000: the IP filtering and address translation.
2001: <p>
1.301 jose 2002:
2003: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2004: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2005: </strong></font><br>
2006:
2007: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2008: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2009: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2010: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2011: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2012: <p>
1.247 jufi 2013: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2014:
1.131 louis 2015: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2016: <ul>
1.131 louis 2017:
1.247 jufi 2018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2019: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2020: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2021: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2022: </strong></font><br>
2023:
2024: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2025: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2026: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2027: <p>
2028:
1.247 jufi 2029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2030: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2031: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2032: </strong></font><br>
2033:
2034: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2035: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2036: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2037: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2038: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2039: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2040: note of"</i>.
2041: <p>
2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2044: <a
1.247 jufi 2045: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2046: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2047: </strong></font><br>
2048:
2049: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2050: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2051: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2052: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2053: <p>
2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2056: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2057: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2058: </strong></font><br>
2059:
2060: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2061: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2062: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2063: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2064: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2065: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2066: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2067: <p>
2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2070: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2071: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2072: 2000
2073: </strong></font><br>
2074:
2075: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2076: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2077: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2078: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2079: against current industry practices.
2080: <p>
2081:
1.247 jufi 2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2083: <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
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085:
2086: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2087: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2088: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2089: <p>
2090:
1.247 jufi 2091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2092: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2093: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2094: </strong></font><br>
2095:
2096: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2097: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2098: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2099: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2100: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2101: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2102: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2103: <p>
2104:
1.247 jufi 2105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2106: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2107: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2108: </strong></font><br>
2109:
2110: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2111: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2112: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2113: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2114: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2115: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2116: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2117: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2118: <p>
1.247 jufi 2119: </ul>
1.131 louis 2120:
1.118 louis 2121: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2122: <ul>
1.118 louis 2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2125: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2126: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128:
2129: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2130: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2131: about time. The article mentions that
2132: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2133: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2134: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2135: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2136: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2137: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2138: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2142: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2143: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2144: </strong></font><br>
2145:
2146: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2147: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2148: of OpenSSH.
2149: <p>
2150:
1.247 jufi 2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2152: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2153: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2154: </strong></font><br>
2155:
2156: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2157: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2158: bridging.
2159: <p>
2160:
1.247 jufi 2161: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2162: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2163: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2164: </strong></font><br>
2165:
1.121 deraadt 2166: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2167: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2168: <p>
2169:
1.247 jufi 2170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2171: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2172: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2173: </strong></font><br>
2174:
2175: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2176: <p>
2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2179: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2180: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2181: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2182: </strong></font><br>
2183:
1.120 deraadt 2184: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2185: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2186: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2187: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2188: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2189: <p>
2190:
1.247 jufi 2191: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2192: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2193: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2194: </strong></font><br>
2195:
1.222 miod 2196: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2197: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2198: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2199: protocols and their quirks.
2200: <p>
2201:
1.247 jufi 2202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2203: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2204: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2205: </strong></font><br>
2206:
2207: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2208: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2209: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2210: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2211: <p>
2212:
1.247 jufi 2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2214: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2215: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2216: </strong></font><br>
2217:
2218: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2219: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2220: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2221: <p>
2222:
1.247 jufi 2223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2224: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2225: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2226: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2227: </strong></font><br>
2228:
2229: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2230: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2231: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2232: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2233: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2234: <p>
1.247 jufi 2235: </ul>
1.118 louis 2236:
1.104 louis 2237: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2238: <ul>
1.104 louis 2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2241: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2242: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2246: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2247: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2248: be a bit dry.
2249: <p>
2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2252: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2253: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2254: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2255: </strong></font><br>
2256: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2257: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2258: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2259: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2260: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2261: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2262: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2263: <p>
2264:
1.247 jufi 2265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2266: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2267: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2268: 2000
1.128 louis 2269: </strong></font><br>
2270:
2271: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2272: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2273: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2274: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2275: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2276: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2277: <p>
2278:
1.247 jufi 2279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2280: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2281: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2282: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2283:
2284: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2285: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2286: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2287: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2288: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2289: <p>
1.110 louis 2290:
1.247 jufi 2291: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2292: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2293: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2294: </strong></font><br>
2295:
2296: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2297: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2298: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2299: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2300: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2301: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2302: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2303: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2304: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2305: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2306: <p>
2307:
1.247 jufi 2308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2309: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2310: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2311:
2312: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2313: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2314: <p>
1.108 louis 2315:
1.247 jufi 2316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2317: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2318: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2319: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2320:
2321: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2322: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2323: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2324: <p>
1.106 louis 2325:
1.247 jufi 2326: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2327: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2328: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2329: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2330:
2331: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2332: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2333: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2334: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2335: <p>
1.107 louis 2336:
1.247 jufi 2337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2338: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2339: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2340: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2341:
2342: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2343: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2344: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2345: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2346: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2347: <p>
1.105 louis 2348:
1.247 jufi 2349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2350: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2351: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2352: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2353:
1.113 naddy 2354: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2355: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2356: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2357: <p>
1.104 louis 2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2360: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2361: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2362: </strong></font><br>
2363:
2364: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2365: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2366: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2367: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2368: <p>
1.301 jose 2369:
2370: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2371: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2372: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2373: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2374:
2375: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2376: hardware-supported cryptography.
2377: <p>
1.247 jufi 2378: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2379:
1.85 louis 2380: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2381: <ul>
1.85 louis 2382:
1.247 jufi 2383: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2384: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2385: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2386: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2387:
2388: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2389: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2390: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2391: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2392: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2393: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2394: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2395: <p>
1.99 louis 2396:
1.247 jufi 2397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2398: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2399: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2401:
2402: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2403: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2404: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2405: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2406: <p>
1.100 louis 2407:
1.247 jufi 2408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2409: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2410: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2411: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2412:
2413: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2414: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2415: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2416: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2417: <p>
1.95 louis 2418:
1.247 jufi 2419: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2420: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2421: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2422: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2423:
2424: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2425: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2426: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2427: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2428: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2429: <p>
1.92 louis 2430:
1.247 jufi 2431: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2432: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2433: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2434: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2435:
2436: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2437: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2438: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2439: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2440: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2441: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2442: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2443: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2444: <p>
1.91 louis 2445:
1.247 jufi 2446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2447: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2448: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2450:
2451: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2452: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2453: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2454: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2455: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2456: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2457: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2458: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2459: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2460: <p>
1.90 louis 2461:
1.247 jufi 2462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2463: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2464: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2465: </strong></font><br>
2466: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2467: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2468: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2469: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2470: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2471: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2472: <p>
2473:
1.247 jufi 2474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2475: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2476: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2477: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2478:
1.113 naddy 2479: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2480: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2481: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2482: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2483: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2484: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2485: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2486: <p>
1.87 louis 2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2489: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2490: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2491: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2492:
2493: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2494: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2495: <p>
1.85 louis 2496:
1.247 jufi 2497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2498: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2499: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2500: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2501:
2502: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2503: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2504: <p>
2505:
2506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2507: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2508: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2509: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2510:
2511: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2512: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2513: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2514: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2515: <p>
1.89 louis 2516:
1.247 jufi 2517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2518: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2519: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2520: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2521:
2522: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2523: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2524: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2525: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2526: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2527: </ul>
1.85 louis 2528:
1.78 deraadt 2529: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2530: <ul>
1.74 louis 2531:
1.247 jufi 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2533: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2534: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2535: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2536: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2537:
2538: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2539: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2540: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2541: <p>
1.83 louis 2542:
1.247 jufi 2543: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2544: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2545: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2546: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2547:
2548: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2549: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2550: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2551: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2552: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2553: <p>
1.93 louis 2554:
1.247 jufi 2555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2556: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2557: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2558: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2559: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2560:
1.83 louis 2561: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2562: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2563: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2564: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2565: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2566: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2567: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2568: <p>
1.82 aaron 2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2571: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2572: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2573: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2574:
1.83 louis 2575: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2576: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2577: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2578: <p>
1.80 louis 2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2581: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2582: Bad Press</a>,
2583: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2584: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2585:
2586: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2587: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2588: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2589: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2590: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2591: <p>
1.247 jufi 2592: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2593:
2594: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2595: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2596:
1.247 jufi 2597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2598: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2599: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2600: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2601: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2602:
2603: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2604: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2605: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2606: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2607: <p>
1.74 louis 2608:
1.247 jufi 2609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2610: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2611: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2612: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2613:
1.219 horacio 2614: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2615: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2616: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2617: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2618: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2619: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2620: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2621: <p>
1.88 louis 2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2624: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2625: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2626: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2627:
2628: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2629: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2630: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2631: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2632: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2633: <p>
1.81 louis 2634:
1.247 jufi 2635: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2636: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2637: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2638: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2639:
2640: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2641: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2642: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2643: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2644: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2645: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2646: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2647: <p>
1.90 louis 2648:
1.247 jufi 2649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2650: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2651: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2652: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2653:
2654: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2655: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2656: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2657: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2658: <p>
1.247 jufi 2659: </ul>
1.71 louis 2660:
1.69 deraadt 2661: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2662: <ul>
1.70 louis 2663:
1.247 jufi 2664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2665: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2666: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2668:
2669: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2670: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2671: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2672: <p>
1.70 louis 2673:
1.247 jufi 2674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2675: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2676: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2677: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2678:
2679: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2680: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2681: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2682: <p>
1.68 louis 2683:
1.247 jufi 2684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2685: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2686: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2687: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2688: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2689:
1.111 jufi 2690: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2691: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2692: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2693: "secure by default" installation.
2694: <p>
1.64 louis 2695:
1.247 jufi 2696: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2697: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2698: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2699: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2700:
1.113 naddy 2701: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2702: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2703: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2704: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2705: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2706: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2707: <p>
1.66 louis 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2710: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2711: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2713:
2714: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2715: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2716: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2717: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2718: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2719: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2720: <p>
1.83 louis 2721:
1.247 jufi 2722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2723: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2724: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2725: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2726:
2727: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2728: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2729: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2730: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2731: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2732: <p>
1.64 louis 2733:
1.247 jufi 2734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2735: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2736: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2737: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2738:
2739: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2740: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2741: <p>
1.301 jose 2742:
2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2744: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2745: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2746: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2747: </strong></font><br>
2748:
2749: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2750: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2751: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2752: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2753: Giving way to
2754: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2755: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2756: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2757: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2758: <p>
1.247 jufi 2759: </ul>
1.65 louis 2760:
1.69 deraadt 2761: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2762: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2765: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2766: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2767: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2768:
2769: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2770: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2771: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2772: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2773: <p>
1.88 louis 2774:
1.247 jufi 2775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2776: <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 2777: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2778:
2779: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2780: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2781: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2782: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2783: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2784: <p>
1.60 louis 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2787: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2788: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2789: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2790: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2791:
2792: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2793: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2794: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2795: <p>
1.58 louis 2796:
1.247 jufi 2797: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2798: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2799: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2800:
2801: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2802: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2803: <p>
1.53 louis 2804:
1.247 jufi 2805: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2806: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2807: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2808: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2809:
2810: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2811: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2812: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2813: <p>
1.99 louis 2814:
1.247 jufi 2815: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2816: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2817: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2818:
2819: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2820: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2821: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2822: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2823: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2824:
1.247 jufi 2825: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2826: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2827: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2828: </strong></font><br>
2829:
2830: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2831: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2832: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2833: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2834: <p>
2835:
1.247 jufi 2836: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2837: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2838: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2839: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2840:
2841: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2842: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2843: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2846: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2847: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2848:
2849: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2850: in
1.247 jufi 2851: <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 2852: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2853: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2854: <p>
1.53 louis 2855:
1.247 jufi 2856: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2857: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2858: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2859: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2860: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2861:
1.58 louis 2862: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2863: <p>
1.301 jose 2864:
2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2866: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2867: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2868: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2869: Informacyjny, January 2000
2870: </strong></font><br>
2871:
2872: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2873: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2874: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2875: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2876: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2877: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2878: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2879: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2880: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2881: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2882: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2883: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2884: <p>
2885:
2886: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2887: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2888: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2889: </strong></font><br>
2890:
2891: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2892: <p>
2893: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2894:
1.69 deraadt 2895: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2896: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2897:
1.247 jufi 2898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2899: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2900: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2901: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2902: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2903:
1.58 louis 2904: Kurt Seifried
2905: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2906: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2907: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2908: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2909:
1.247 jufi 2910: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2911: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 2912: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2913: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 2914:
2915: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 2916: <p>
1.96 louis 2917:
1.247 jufi 2918: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2919: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
2920: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
2921: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
2922: </strong></font><br>
2923:
2924: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
2925: <p>
2926:
2927: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2928: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 2929: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 2930: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 2931:
2932: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
2933: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
2934: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
2935: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 2936: <p>
1.247 jufi 2937: </ul>
1.86 louis 2938:
1.69 deraadt 2939: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2940: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2941:
1.247 jufi 2942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2943: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
2944: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 2945: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2946:
2947: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
2948: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 2949: <p>
1.61 louis 2950:
1.247 jufi 2951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2952: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 2953: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
2954: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2955: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 2956:
2957: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 2958: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 2959: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
2960: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 2961: right -- or at least strives to".
2962: <p>
1.48 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 2965: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
2966: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 2967: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 2968: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
2969: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
2970: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
2971: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 2972: <p>
1.61 louis 2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <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 2975: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 2976: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 2977:
2978: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
2979: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
2980: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
2981: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 2982: <p>
1.46 louis 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 2985: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
2986: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 2987: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2988:
2989: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
2990: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 2991: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 2992:
1.247 jufi 2993: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 2994: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
2995: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 2996: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2997:
2998: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
2999: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3000: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3001: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3002: <p>
1.247 jufi 3003: </ul>
1.70 louis 3004:
1.69 deraadt 3005: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3006: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3009: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3010: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3011: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3012: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3013:
3014: Kurt Seifried
3015: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3016: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3017: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3018: <p>
1.44 philen 3019:
1.247 jufi 3020: <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 3021: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3022: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3023:
3024: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3025: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3026:
1.247 jufi 3027: <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 3028: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3029: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3030:
3031: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3032: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3033:
1.247 jufi 3034: <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 3035: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3036: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3037:
3038: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3039: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3040: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3041: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3042: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3043:
1.247 jufi 3044: <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 3045: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3046: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3047:
1.36 louis 3048: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3049: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3050:
1.247 jufi 3051: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3052: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3053: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3054: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3055:
3056: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3057: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3058: </ul>
1.38 louis 3059:
1.69 deraadt 3060: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3061: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3062:
1.247 jufi 3063: <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 3064: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3065: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3066:
3067: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3068: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3069: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3070:
1.113 naddy 3071: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3072: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3073: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3074: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3075:
3076: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3077: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3078: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3079: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3080: <blockquote>
3081: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3082: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3083: <br>
3084: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3085: </code>
3086: </blockquote>
3087: <p>
3088:
1.247 jufi 3089: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3090: <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>
3091: <p>
3092:
3093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3094: <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 3095: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3096:
3097: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3098: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3099: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3100: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3101:
1.247 jufi 3102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3103: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3104: Sept. 28, 1999
3105: </strong></font><br>
3106:
3107: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3108: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3109: translating and reprinting articles from
3110: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3111: <p>
3112:
3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3114: <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 3115: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3116:
3117: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3118: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3119: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3120: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3121: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3122: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3123: <p>
1.19 louis 3124:
1.113 naddy 3125: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3126: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3127: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3128:
3129: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3130: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3131: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3132: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3133: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3134: <p>
1.16 louis 3135:
1.247 jufi 3136: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3137: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3138: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3139: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3140:
1.57 louis 3141: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3142: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3143: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3144: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3145:
1.247 jufi 3146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3147: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3148: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3149: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3150:
1.113 naddy 3151: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3154: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3155: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3156: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3157:
1.23 louis 3158: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3159: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3160: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3161: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3162: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3163: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3164:
1.247 jufi 3165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3166: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3167: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3168: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3169:
1.199 pvalchev 3170: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3171: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3172: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3173: installation.
1.113 naddy 3174: <p>
1.47 louis 3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3177: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3178: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3179: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3180:
1.301 jose 3181: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3182: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3183: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3184: </ul>
1.57 louis 3185:
1.69 deraadt 3186: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3187: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3188:
1.247 jufi 3189: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3190: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3191: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3192: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3193:
3194: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3195: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3196: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3197: <p>
1.12 louis 3198:
1.247 jufi 3199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3200: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3201: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3202: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3203:
3204: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3205: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3206: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3207: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3208: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3209: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3210: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3211: <p>
1.247 jufi 3212: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3213:
1.69 deraadt 3214: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3215: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3216:
1.247 jufi 3217: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3218: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3219: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3220:
3221: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3222: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3223: available."
1.113 naddy 3224: <p>
1.301 jose 3225:
3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3227: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3228: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3229: </strong></font><br>
3230:
3231: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3232: <p>
1.247 jufi 3233: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3234:
1.69 deraadt 3235: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3236: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3239: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3240: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3241:
3242: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3243: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3244: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3245: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3246: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3247: <p>
1.33 louis 3248:
1.247 jufi 3249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3250: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3251: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3252: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3253:
1.113 naddy 3254: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3255: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3256: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3257: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3258: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3259: <p>
1.247 jufi 3260: </ul>
1.57 louis 3261:
1.69 deraadt 3262: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3263: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3264:
1.247 jufi 3265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3266: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3267: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3268: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3269:
3270: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3271: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3272: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3273:
1.247 jufi 3274: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3275: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3276: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3277: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3278: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3279:
3280: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3281: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3282:
1.247 jufi 3283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3284: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3285:
1.113 naddy 3286: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3287:
1.247 jufi 3288: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3289: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3290: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3291: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3292:
3293: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3294: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3295: </ul>
1.23 louis 3296:
1.69 deraadt 3297: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3298: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3299:
1.247 jufi 3300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3301: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3302: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3303:
3304: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3305: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3306: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3307:
1.247 jufi 3308: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3309: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.57 louis 3310: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, Infoworld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3311: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3312:
3313: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3314: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3315: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3316: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3317: </ul>
1.57 louis 3318:
1.69 deraadt 3319: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3320: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3321:
1.247 jufi 3322: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3323: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3324: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3325: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3326:
3327: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3328: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3329: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3330: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3331: <p>
1.15 louis 3332:
1.247 jufi 3333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3334: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3335: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3336: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3337:
3338: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3339: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3340: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3341: columns."
1.113 naddy 3342: <p>
1.247 jufi 3343: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3344:
1.69 deraadt 3345: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3346: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3349: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3350: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3351: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3352:
3353: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3354: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3355:
1.113 naddy 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3357: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3358: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3359:
3360: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3361: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3362: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3363: </ul>
1.57 louis 3364:
1.69 deraadt 3365: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3366: <ul>
1.301 jose 3367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3368: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3369: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3370: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3371:
3372: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3373: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3374: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3375: <p>
3376:
3377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3378: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3379: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3380: Nov 13, 1998 and
3381: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3382: Datateknik</a>,
3383: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3384:
3385: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3386: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3387: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3388: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3389: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3390:
1.113 naddy 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3392: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3393: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3394: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3395:
1.222 miod 3396: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3397: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3398: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3399: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3400: <p>
1.247 jufi 3401: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3402:
1.69 deraadt 3403: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3404: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3405:
1.247 jufi 3406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3407: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3408: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3409:
1.69 deraadt 3410: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3411: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3412: <p>
1.247 jufi 3413: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3414:
1.69 deraadt 3415: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3416: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3417:
1.247 jufi 3418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3419: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3420: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3421: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3422:
3423: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3424: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3425: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3428: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3429: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3430: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3431: <p>
1.247 jufi 3432: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3433:
1.69 deraadt 3434: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3435: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3436:
1.247 jufi 3437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3438: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3439: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3440: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3441: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3442: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3443:
3444: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3445: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3446: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3447: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3448: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3449: <p>
1.247 jufi 3450: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3451:
3452: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3453: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3454:
1.247 jufi 3455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3456: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3457: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3458:
1.69 deraadt 3459: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3460: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3461: <p>
1.112 naddy 3462:
1.247 jufi 3463: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3464: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3465:
1.292 camield 3466: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3467: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3468: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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