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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.338 ian 19: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
23: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
24: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
25: Todd Miller in openbsd-announce,
26: May 1, 2003
27: </strong></font><br>
28: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
29: that have been added
30: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
31: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
32: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
33: third-party "ports", spamd, many upgrades to included software, and more.
34: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
35: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
1.339 jose 36: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.<br>
37: This has been covered in a number of popular press venues:
38: <ul>
39: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
40: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
41: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
42: ZDNet.
43: </strong></font>
44: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
45: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
46: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
47: CNET News.com.
48: </strong></font>
49: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
50: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
51: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
52: BusinessWeek.com.
53: </strong></font>
54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
55: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
56: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
57: ZDNet UK.
58: </strong></font>
59: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
60: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
61: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
62: Help Net Security, Croatia.
63: </strong></font>
1.340 ! jose 64: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 65: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
! 66: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
! 67: InfoWorld.
! 68: </strong></font>
1.339 jose 69: </ul>
70:
1.338 ian 71: <p>
72:
73: </ul>
74:
1.253 ian 75: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
76: <ul>
1.255 ian 77:
1.260 ian 78: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 79: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 80: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
81: TechRepublic,
82: April 28, 2003.
83: </strong></font><br>
84: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
85: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 86: work.<br>
87: Can also be found online at:
88: <ul>
89: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
90: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
91: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
92: ZDNet UK.
93: </strong></font>
94: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 95: <p>
96:
97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 98: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
99: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
100: IDG,
101: April 24, 2003.
102: </strong></font><br>
103: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
104: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
105: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
106: Can also be found online at:
107: <ul>
108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
109: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
110: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 ! jose 111: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 112: </strong></font>
113: </ul>
114: <p>
115:
116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
117: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 118: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 119: Slate,
120: April 24, 2003.
121: </strong></font><br>
122: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
123: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
124: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
125: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
126: <p>
127:
128: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 129: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
130: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
131: April 24, 2003.
132: </strong></font><br>
133: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
134: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
135: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
136: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
137: <p>
138:
139: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 140: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
141: April 24, 2003.
142: </strong></font><br>
143: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
144: the free software community".
145: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
146: other articles.
147: <p>
148:
149: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
150: <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>,
151: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
152: </strong></font><br>
153: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
154: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
155: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
156: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
157: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
158: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
159: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
160: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
161: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
162: <br/>
163: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
164: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
165: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
166: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 167: <br>
168: Can also be found online at:
169: <ul>
170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
171: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
172: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
173: Common Dreams NewsCenter
174: </strong></font>
175: </ul>
1.324 ian 176: <p>
177:
178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
179: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
180: Wired, April 24, 2003.
181: </strong></font><br>
182: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
183: article above.
184: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
185: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
186: wasting them."
1.332 ian 187: <br>
188: Can also be found online at:
189: <ul>
190: <li>
191: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
192: </strong></font>
193: </ul>
1.324 ian 194: <p>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 197: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
198: </strong></font><br>
199: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
200: <p>
201:
202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 203: <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.
204: </strong></font><br>
205: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
206: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
207: <p>
208:
209: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 210: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
211: April 23, 2003.
212: </strong></font><br>
213: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
214: <p>
215:
216: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 217: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 218: April 22, 2003.
219: </strong></font><br>
220: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
221: <p>
222:
223: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 224: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
225: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
226: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 227: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 228: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
229: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
230: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
231: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
232: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
233: Can also be found online at:
234: <ul>
235: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
236: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 237: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
238: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 239: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
241: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 242: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
243: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 244: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 245: </ul>
246: <p>
247:
248: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 249: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
250: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 251: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 252: </strong></font><br>
253: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 254: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
255: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
256: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
257: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
258: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
259: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 260: <p>
261:
262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 263: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
264: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 265: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
266: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 267: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
268: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
269: at UPenn and DARPA.
270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 273: [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
274: April 18, 2003.
275: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 276: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 277: <p>
278:
279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 280: [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 281: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 282: </strong></font><br>
283: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
284: <p>
285:
286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 287: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
288: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
289: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 290: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 291: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
292: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
293: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
294: <p>
295:
296: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 297: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
298: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 299: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 300: </strong></font><br>
301: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
302: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
303: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 304: American century.
1.267 deraadt 305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 308: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
309: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 310: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 311: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 312: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
313: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
314: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
315: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
316: Can also be found online at:
317: <ul>
318: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
319: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 320: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 321: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 322: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 326: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 327: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 328: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 329: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 330: </strong></font><br>
331: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 332: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
333: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
334: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
335: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 336:
337: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
338: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
339: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
340: New York Times.
341: </strong></font>(free registration required)
342:
1.273 deraadt 343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
344: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 345: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 346: ABC News.
347: </strong></font>
348:
349: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 350: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 351: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 352: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 353: </strong></font>
354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 356: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 357: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 358: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 359: </strong></font>
360:
361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 362: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
363: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 364: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 365: </strong></font>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 368: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 369: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 370: Times Daily, AL.
371: </strong></font>
372:
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
374: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
375: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
376: Boston.com, MA.
377: </strong></font>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 380: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 381: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 382: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
383: </strong></font>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 386: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
387: [Article was pulled]</a>
388: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 389: </strong></font>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
392: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
393: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
394: Infoshop News.
395: </strong></font>
396:
397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
398: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
399: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
400: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
401: </strong></font>
402:
403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 404: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
405: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
406: Raleigh News, NC.
407: </strong></font>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 410: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
411: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
412: Napa News, CA.
413: </strong></font>
414:
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 416: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 417: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
418: NEPA News, PA.
419: </strong></font>
420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
422: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
423: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
424: Wired News.
425: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 426: <br>
427: <li>
1.333 deraadt 428: <font color="#009000"><strong>
429: [JAPANESE]
430: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
431: Wired News Japan</a>
432: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 433:
1.271 deraadt 434: </ul>
435: <p>
1.272 deraadt 436: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
437: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 438: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
439: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
440: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
441: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
442: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
443: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 444: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 445: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
446: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
447: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 448: <p>
449: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 450:
451: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 452: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 453: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
454: Indianapolis Star, IN.
455: </strong></font>
456:
457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 458: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
459: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
460: Miami Herald, FL.
461: </strong></font>
462:
463: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 464: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 465: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
466: </strong></font>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
469: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 470: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 471: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 472: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
475: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
476: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
477: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
478: ABC News.
479: </strong></font>
480:
1.276 deraadt 481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
482: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 483: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 484: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 485: </strong></font>
486:
1.286 dhartmei 487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 488: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 489: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
490: Wilmington Star, NC.
491: </strong></font>
492:
1.300 jose 493: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
494: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
495: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
496: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
497: </strong></font>
498:
1.309 jose 499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
500: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
501: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
502: Globe Technology.
503: </strong></font>
504:
1.263 deraadt 505: </ul>
1.262 beck 506: <p>
507:
508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 509: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
510: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 511: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 512: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 513: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 514: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
515: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
516: <p>
517:
518: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 519: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
520: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
521: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 522: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 523: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
524: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
525: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
526: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
527: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
528: and simply restates other press reports.
529: <p>
530:
531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 532: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
533: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
534: OS News, April 18, 2003.
535: </strong></font><br>
536: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
537: <p>
538:
539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 540: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
541: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 542: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 543: </strong></font><br>
544: Another report on the DARPA funding.
545: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
546: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
547: <p>
548:
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 550: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
551: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
552: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
553: April 17, 2003.
554: </strong></font><br>
555: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
556: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
557: Tech Anthems</a>
558: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
559: 4 so far.
560: <p>
561:
562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 563: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
564: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 565: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 566: </strong></font><br>
567: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
568: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
569: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
570: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
571: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
572: Goes on to say:
573: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
574: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
575: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
576: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 577: This article is also found online at:
578: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 579: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
580: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
581: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
582: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 583: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 584: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
585: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
586: ZDnet</a>,
587: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 588: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 589: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
590: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
591: ZDnet Australia</a>,
592: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 593: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 594: </ul>
1.260 ian 595: <p>
1.279 deraadt 596:
1.260 ian 597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 598: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 599: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 600: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 601: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 602: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 603: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
604: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
605: without notice or justification.
606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 609: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 610: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 611: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 612: </strong></font><br>
613: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
614: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 615: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 616: effective today, without any warning..."
617: <p>
1.257 ian 618:
619: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 620: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
621: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 622: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 623: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 624: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
625: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
626: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
627: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
628: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 629: <p>
630:
631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 632: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
633: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 634: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 635: </strong></font><br>
636: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
637: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
638: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
639: quoting two of them:
640: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
641: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
642: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
643: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
644: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
645: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
646: <p>
647:
1.255 ian 648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 649: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
650: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 651: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 652: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 653: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 654: <p>
655:
656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 657: [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 658: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 659: </strong></font><br>
660: New security concepts in OpenBSD
661: <p>
662:
663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 664: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
665: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 666: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 667: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 668: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 669: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
670: security experts for more than three decades."
671: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
672: <p>
1.261 ian 673:
1.254 drahn 674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 675: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 676: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 677: </strong></font><br>
678: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
679: <p>
680:
681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 682: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
683: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
684: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
685: </strong></font><br>
686: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
687: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
688: discussion OpenBSD's path.
689: <p>
690:
691: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 692: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
693: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 694: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 695: </strong></font><br>
696: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
697: from US DARPA.
698: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
699: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
700: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
701: the BSD license.
702: <p>
703: </ul>
704:
1.251 ian 705: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
706: <ul>
707:
708: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 709: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
710: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
711: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
712: </strong></font><br>
713:
714: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
715: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
716: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
717: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
718: <p>
719:
720: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 721: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
722: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 723: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 724: </strong></font><br>
725: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
726: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
727: Mentions
728: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
729: and
730: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
731: programs.
732: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 733: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 734: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
735: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
736: <p>
1.325 ian 737: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
738: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
741: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
742: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
743: </strong></font><br>
744: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
745: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
746: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
747: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
748: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
749: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
750: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
751: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
752: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
753: put into service."
754: <p>
755: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
756: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
757: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
758: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
759: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
760: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
761: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
762: computers with security features."
763: <p>
1.329 ian 764:
765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
766: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
767: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
768: Slate,
769: March 3, 2003.
770: </strong></font><br>
771: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
772: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
773: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
774: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
775: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
776: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
777: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
778: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
779: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
780: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
781: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
782: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
783: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
784: of more secure open-source solutions like
785: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
786: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
787: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
788: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
789: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
790: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
791: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
792: the Beltway."
793: <p>
1.251 ian 794: </ul>
795:
1.249 jufi 796: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
797: <ul>
798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
799: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
800: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 801: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 802: </strong></font><br>
803: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
804: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 805: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 806: <p>
1.334 ian 807:
808: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
809: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
810: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
811: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
812: </strong></font><br>
813: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
814: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
815: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
816: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
817: "... the hypothetical question ...
818: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
819: <br>
820: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
821: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
822: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
823: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
824: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
825: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 826: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 827: support network security.
828: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
829: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
830: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
831: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
832: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
833: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
834: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
835: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
836: <br>
837: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
838: <p>
839:
1.249 jufi 840: </ul>
841:
1.246 jufi 842: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 843: <ul>
1.246 jufi 844:
1.247 jufi 845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 846: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 847: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
848: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 849: </strong></font><br>
850: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
851: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
852: <p>
853:
1.247 jufi 854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 855: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
856: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
857: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
858: </strong></font><br>
859: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
860: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
861: <p>
862:
863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 864: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 865: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
866: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 867: </strong></font><br>
868: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
869: in their annual OpenHack security test.
870: <p>
1.247 jufi 871: </ul>
1.246 jufi 872:
1.244 jufi 873: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 874: <ul>
1.246 jufi 875:
1.247 jufi 876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 877: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
878: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
879: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 880: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 881: </strong></font><br>
882: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
883: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
884: md5 digests.
885: <p>
886:
1.247 jufi 887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 888: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 889: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
890: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 891: </strong></font><br>
892: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
893: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
894: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
895: right the first time."
896: <p>
1.247 jufi 897: </ul>
1.244 jufi 898:
899:
900: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 901: <ul>
1.244 jufi 902:
1.247 jufi 903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 904: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 905: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
906: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 907: </strong></font><br>
908: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
909: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
910: part 6</a>.
911: <p>
912:
1.247 jufi 913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 914: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 915: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
916: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 917: </strong></font><br>
918: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
919: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
920: <p>
1.301 jose 921:
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
923: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
924: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
925: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
926: </strong></font><br>
927:
928: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
929: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
930: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
931: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
932: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
933: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
934: <i>Here's the
935: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
936: <p>
1.247 jufi 937: </ul>
1.242 jufi 938:
939: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 940: <ul>
1.242 jufi 941:
1.247 jufi 942: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 943: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 944: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
945: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 946: </strong></font><br>
947: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
948: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
949: <p>
950:
1.247 jufi 951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 952: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 953: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
954: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 955: </strong></font><br>
956: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
957: this time using pf.
958: <p>
1.247 jufi 959: </ul>
1.242 jufi 960:
961: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 962: <ul>
1.242 jufi 963:
1.247 jufi 964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 965: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 966: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
967: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 968: </strong></font><br>
969: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
970: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
971: their rotation.
972: <p>
973:
1.247 jufi 974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 975: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 976: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
977: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 978: </strong></font><br>
979: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
980: <p>
1.247 jufi 981: </ul>
1.242 jufi 982:
1.239 jufi 983: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 984: <ul>
1.239 jufi 985:
1.247 jufi 986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 987: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 988: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
989: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 990: </strong></font><br>
991: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
992: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
993: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
994: <p>
995:
1.247 jufi 996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 997: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 998: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
999: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1000: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1001: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1002: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1003: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1004: <p>
1.247 jufi 1005: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1006:
1.235 lebel 1007: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1008: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1009:
1.239 jufi 1010:
1.247 jufi 1011: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1012: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1013: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1014: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1015: </strong></font><br>
1016: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1017: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1018: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1019: <p>
1.301 jose 1020:
1.247 jufi 1021: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1022:
1.228 horacio 1023: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1024: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1025:
1.247 jufi 1026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1027: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1028: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1029: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1030: </strong></font><br>
1031: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1032: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1033: <p>
1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1036: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1037: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1038: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1039: </strong></font><br>
1040: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1041: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1042: <p>
1043:
1.247 jufi 1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1045: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1046: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1047: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1048: </strong></font><br>
1049: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1050: on the desktop of his parents.
1051: <p>
1052:
1.247 jufi 1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1054: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1055: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1056: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1059: using IPFilter.
1060:
1061: <p>
1062:
1.247 jufi 1063: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1064: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1065: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1066: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1067: </strong></font><br>
1068: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1069: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1070: perspectives of the four OS.
1071: <br>
1072: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1073: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1074: <p>
1075:
1.247 jufi 1076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1077: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1078: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1079: software and security</a>,
1080: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1081: </strong></font><br>
1082:
1083: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1084: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1085: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1086: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1087: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1088: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1089: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1090: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1091: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1092: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1093: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1094: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1095: <p>
1.247 jufi 1096: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1097:
1.225 horacio 1098: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1099: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1100:
1.247 jufi 1101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1102: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1103: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1104: Interview</a>,
1105: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1106: </strong></font><br>
1107:
1108: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1109: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1110: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1111: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1112: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1113: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1114: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1115: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1116: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1117: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1118: of choice.
1119: <p>
1.247 jufi 1120: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1121:
1122: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1123: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1124:
1.247 jufi 1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1126: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1127: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1128: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1129: </strong></font><br>
1130:
1131: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1132: <p>
1133:
1.247 jufi 1134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1135: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1136: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1137: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1138: </strong></font><br>
1139:
1140: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1141: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1142: <p>
1.247 jufi 1143: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1144:
1.218 horacio 1145: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1146: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1147:
1.247 jufi 1148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1149: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1150: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1151: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1152: </strong></font><br>
1153:
1154: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1155: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1156: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1157: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1158: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1159: subjects. Worth a read.
1160: <p>
1161:
1162:
1.247 jufi 1163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1164: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1165: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1166: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1167: </strong></font><br>
1168:
1169: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1170: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1171: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1172: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1173: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1174: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1175: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1176: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1177: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1178: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1179: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1180: on other operating systems.<br>
1181: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1182: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1183: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1184: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1185: <p>
1186:
1.247 jufi 1187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1188: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1189: Operating System 2010</a>,
1190: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1191: </strong></font><br>
1192:
1193: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1194: covering the level of software integration into the core
1195: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1196: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1197: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1198: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1199: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1200: <p>
1201:
1.247 jufi 1202: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1203: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1204: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1205: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1206: </strong></font><br>
1207:
1208: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1209: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1210: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1211: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1212: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1213: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1214: <p>
1.247 jufi 1215: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1216:
1.210 jufi 1217: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1218: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1219:
1.247 jufi 1220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1221: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1222: Already a Contender</a>,
1223: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1224: </strong></font><br>
1225:
1226: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1227: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1228: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1229: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1230: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1231: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1232: <p>
1233:
1.247 jufi 1234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1235: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1236: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1237: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1238: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1239:
1.224 horacio 1240: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1241: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1242: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1243: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1244: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1245: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1246: <p>
1.247 jufi 1247: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1248:
1249: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1250: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1251:
1.247 jufi 1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1253: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1254: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1255: Division</a>,
1256: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1257: </strong></font><br>
1258:
1259: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1260: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1261: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1262: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1263: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1264: investment</em>.<br>
1265: The implementation details can be seen on their
1266: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1267: <p>
1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1270: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1271: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1272: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1276: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1277: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1278: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1279: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1280: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1281: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1282: <p>
1283:
1284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1285: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1286: Thinking about Security</a>,
1287: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1288: </strong></font><br>
1289:
1290: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1291: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1292: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1293: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1294: to time.<br>
1295: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1296: system and just the most secure system.
1297: <p>
1298:
1.247 jufi 1299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1300: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1301: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1302: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1303: </strong></font><br>
1304:
1305: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1306: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1307: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1308: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1309: choice:<br>
1310: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1311: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1312: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1313: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1314: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1315: network security devices and as such must be well
1316: armored."</em><br>
1317: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1318: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1319: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1320: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1321: <br>
1322: Bravo!
1323: <p>
1.247 jufi 1324: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1325:
1.207 ian 1326: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1327: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1328:
1.247 jufi 1329: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1330: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1331: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1332: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1333:
1.207 ian 1334: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1335: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1336: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1337: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1338: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1339: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1340: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1341: <p>
1.247 jufi 1342: </ul>
1.207 ian 1343:
1.194 jufi 1344: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1345: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1346:
1.247 jufi 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1348: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1349: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1350: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1351: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1352:
1.240 miod 1353: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1354: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1355: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1356: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1357: <p>
1358:
1.247 jufi 1359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1360: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1361: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1362: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1363:
1364: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1365: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1366: <p>
1367:
1368: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1369: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1370: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1371: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1372:
1373: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1374: <p>
1375:
1376: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1377: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1378: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1379: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1380: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1381:
1.240 miod 1382: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1383: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1384: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1385: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1386: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1387: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1388: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1389: <br>
1390: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1391: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1392: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1393: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1394: <p>
1395:
1.247 jufi 1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1397: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1398: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1399: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1400: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1401:
1.194 jufi 1402: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1403: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1404: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1405: <br>
1406: The new
1407: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1408: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1409: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1410: <p>
1.247 jufi 1411: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1412:
1.190 horacio 1413: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1414: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1415:
1.247 jufi 1416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1417:
1418: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1419: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1420:
1.301 jose 1421:
1.191 jufi 1422: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1423: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1424:
1425: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1426: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1427:
1.212 horacio 1428: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1429: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1430: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1431:
1.211 horacio 1432: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1433: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1434: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1435:
1.247 jufi 1436: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1437: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1438:
1.247 jufi 1439: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1440: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1441:
1.212 horacio 1442: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1443: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1444: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1445:
1446: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1447: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1448:
1449: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1450: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1451:
1.301 jose 1452: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1453: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1454:
1.191 jufi 1455: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1456: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1457:
1458: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1459: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1460:
1.192 jufi 1461: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1462: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1463: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1464:
1.193 deraadt 1465: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1466: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1467: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1468:
1.247 jufi 1469: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1470: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1471:
1.247 jufi 1472: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1473: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1474: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1475:
1.213 horacio 1476: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1477: 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 1478: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1479:
1.190 horacio 1480: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1481: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1482: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1483: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1484: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1485: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1486: <p>
1.190 horacio 1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1489: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1490: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1491: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1492: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1493:
1.195 jufi 1494: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1495: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1496: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1497: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1498: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1499: <p>
1500:
1.247 jufi 1501: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1502: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1503: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1504: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1505: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1506:
1.191 jufi 1507: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1508: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1509: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1510: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1511: <p>
1512:
1513: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1514: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1515: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1516: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1517:
1518: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1519: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1520: <p>
1.247 jufi 1521: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1522:
1.191 jufi 1523:
1.186 jufi 1524: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1525: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1526:
1.247 jufi 1527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1528: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1529: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1530: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1531: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1532:
1.188 jufi 1533: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1534: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1535: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1536: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1537: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1538: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1539: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1540: <p>
1541:
1.301 jose 1542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1543: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1544: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1545: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1546:
1547: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1548: <p>
1.191 jufi 1549:
1.247 jufi 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1551: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1552: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1553: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1554: </strong></font><br>
1555:
1556: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1557: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1558: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1559: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1560: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1561: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1562: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1563: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1564: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1565: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1566: familiar?
1567: <p>
1.247 jufi 1568: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1569:
1.178 louis 1570: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1571: <ul>
1.178 louis 1572:
1.247 jufi 1573: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1574: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1575: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1576: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1577: </strong></font><br>
1578:
1579: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1580: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1581: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1582: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1583: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1584: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1585: <p>
1586:
1.247 jufi 1587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1588: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1589: Open source under the hood</a>,
1590: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1591: </strong></font><br>
1592:
1593: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1594: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1595: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1596: <p>
1597:
1.247 jufi 1598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1599: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1600: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1601: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1602: </strong></font><br>
1603:
1604: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1605: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1606: <p>
1.247 jufi 1607: </ul>
1.179 louis 1608:
1.174 louis 1609:
1.175 louis 1610: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1611: <ul>
1.175 louis 1612:
1.247 jufi 1613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1614: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1615: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1616: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1617: </strong></font><br>
1618:
1619: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1620: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1621: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1622: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1623: <p>
1624:
1.247 jufi 1625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1626: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1627: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1628: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1629: </strong></font><br>
1630:
1631: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1632: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1633: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1634: <p>
1.247 jufi 1635: </ul>
1.175 louis 1636:
1.176 louis 1637:
1.172 mickey 1638: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1639: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1640:
1.247 jufi 1641: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1642: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1643: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1644: </strong></font><br>
1645:
1646: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1647: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1648: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1649: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1650: <p>
1651:
1.247 jufi 1652: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1653: <a
1.269 deraadt 1654: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1655: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1656: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1657: </strong></font><br>
1658:
1659: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1660: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1661: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1662: <p>
1663:
1.247 jufi 1664: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1665: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1666: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1667: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1668: </strong></font><br>
1669:
1670: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1671: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1672: <p>
1673:
1.247 jufi 1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1675: <a
1.269 deraadt 1676: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1677: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1678: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1679: </strong></font><br>
1680:
1681: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1682: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1683: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1684: our own Theo de Raadt.
1685: <p>
1686:
1.247 jufi 1687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1688: <a
1.269 deraadt 1689: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1690: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1691: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1692: </strong></font><br>
1693:
1694: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1695: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1696: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1697: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1698: shut down.]
1699: <p>
1700:
1.247 jufi 1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1702: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1703: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1704: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1705: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1709: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1710: <p>
1.247 jufi 1711: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1712:
1.161 louis 1713: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1714: <ul>
1.161 louis 1715:
1.247 jufi 1716: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1717: <a
1.269 deraadt 1718: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1719: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1720: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1721: </strong></font><br>
1722:
1723: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1724: by John Wolley
1725: <p>
1726:
1.247 jufi 1727: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1728: <a
1.269 deraadt 1729: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1730: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1731: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1732: </strong></font><br>
1733:
1734: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1735: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1736: OpenBSD).
1737: <p>
1738:
1.247 jufi 1739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1740: <a
1.247 jufi 1741: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1742: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1743: </strong></font><br>
1744:
1745: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1746: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1747: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1748: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1749: and hindsight.
1750: <p>
1751:
1.247 jufi 1752: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1753: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1754: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1758: <p>
1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1761: <a
1.168 provos 1762: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1763: December 7, 2000
1764: </strong></font><br>
1765:
1766: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1767: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1768: us explain.
1769: <p>
1770:
1.247 jufi 1771: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1772: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1773: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1774: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1775: December 6, 2000
1776: </strong></font><br>
1777:
1778: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1779: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1780: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1781: <p>
1782:
1.247 jufi 1783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1784: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1785: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1786: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1787: </strong></font><br>
1788:
1789: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1790: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1791: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1792: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1793: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1794: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1795: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1796: <p>
1797:
1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1799: <a
1.226 horacio 1800: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1801: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1802: </strong></font><br>
1803:
1804: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1805: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1806: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1807: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1808: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1809: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1810: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1811: <p>
1.162 millert 1812:
1.247 jufi 1813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1814: <a
1.161 louis 1815: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1816: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1817: </strong></font><br>
1818:
1819: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1820: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1821: <p>
1822:
1.247 jufi 1823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1824: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1825: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1826: </strong></font><br>
1827:
1828: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1829: <p>
1830:
1831:
1.247 jufi 1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1833: <a
1.226 horacio 1834: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1835: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1836: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1837: </strong></font><br>
1838:
1839: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1840: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1841: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1842: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1843: <p>
1.247 jufi 1844: </ul>
1.169 louis 1845:
1.158 louis 1846: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1847: <ul>
1.147 louis 1848:
1.247 jufi 1849: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1850: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1851: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1852: </strong></font><br>
1853:
1854: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1855: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1856: <p>
1857:
1.247 jufi 1858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1859: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1860: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1861: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1862: </strong></font><br>
1863: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1864: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1865: <p>
1866:
1.247 jufi 1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1868: <a
1869: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1870: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1871: </strong></font><br>
1872:
1873: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1874: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1875: <p>
1876:
1.247 jufi 1877: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1878: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1879: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1880: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1881:
1.213 horacio 1882: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1883: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1884: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1885: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1886: <p>
1.215 horacio 1887:
1.247 jufi 1888: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1889: <a
1890: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1891: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1892: </strong></font><br>
1893:
1894: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1895: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1896: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1897: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1898: much of the attitude too).
1899: <p>
1.161 louis 1900:
1.247 jufi 1901: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1902: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1903: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1904: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1905:
1.157 louis 1906: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1907: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1908: <p>
1.247 jufi 1909: </ul>
1.157 louis 1910:
1911: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1912: <ul>
1.157 louis 1913:
1.247 jufi 1914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1915: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1916: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1917: </strong></font><br>
1918:
1919: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1920: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1921: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1922: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1923: <p>
1924:
1.247 jufi 1925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1926: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1927: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1928: </strong></font><br>
1929:
1930: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1931: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1932: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1933: it because they love coding...
1934: <p>
1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1937: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1938: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1939: </strong></font><br>
1940:
1941: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1942: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1943: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1944: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1945: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1946: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1947: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1948: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1949: <p>
1950:
1.247 jufi 1951: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1952: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1953: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1954: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1955: </strong></font><br>
1956:
1957: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1958: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1959: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1960: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1961: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1962: the pizza.
1963: <p>
1964:
1.247 jufi 1965: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1966: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1967: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1968: </strong></font><br>
1969:
1970: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1971: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1972: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1973: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1974: problems.
1975: <p>
1976:
1.247 jufi 1977: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1978: <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 1979: </strong></font><br>
1980:
1.222 miod 1981: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 1982: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
1983: - whether they like it or not.
1984: <p>
1985:
1.247 jufi 1986: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1987: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
1988: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 1989: </strong></font><br>
1990:
1991: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
1992: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
1993: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 1994: <p>
1.148 aaron 1995:
1.247 jufi 1996: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1997: <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 1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2001: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2002: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2003: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2004: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2005: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2006: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2007: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2008: <p>
2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2011: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2012: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2013: </strong></font><br>
2014:
2015: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2016: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2017: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2018: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2019: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2020: <p>
1.247 jufi 2021: </ul>
1.147 louis 2022:
1.138 louis 2023: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2024: <ul>
1.138 louis 2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2027: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2028: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2029: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2030: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2031: </strong></font><br>
2032:
1.227 horacio 2033: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2034: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2035: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2036: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2037: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2038: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2039: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2040: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2041: <p>
2042:
1.247 jufi 2043: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2044: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2045: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2046: </strong></font><br>
2047:
2048: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2049: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2050: groups, and even Linux.
2051: <p>
2052:
1.247 jufi 2053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2054: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2055: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2056: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2057: </strong></font><br>
2058:
2059: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2060: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2061: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2062: library after installing the OS.
2063: <p>
2064:
1.247 jufi 2065: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2066: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2067: Sys Admin, September 2000
2068: </strong></font><br>
2069:
2070: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2071: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2072: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2073: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2074: (<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>,
2075: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2076: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2077: <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 2078: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2079: out of the system.
2080: <p>
2081:
1.247 jufi 2082: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2083: <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
2084: </strong></font><br>
2085:
2086: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2087: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2088: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2089: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2090: the IP filtering and address translation.
2091: <p>
1.301 jose 2092:
2093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2094: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2095: </strong></font><br>
2096:
2097: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2098: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2099: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2100: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2101: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2102: <p>
1.247 jufi 2103: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2104:
1.131 louis 2105: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2106: <ul>
1.131 louis 2107:
1.247 jufi 2108: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2109: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2110: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2111: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2112: </strong></font><br>
2113:
2114: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2115: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2116: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2117: <p>
2118:
1.247 jufi 2119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2120: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2121: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2122: </strong></font><br>
2123:
2124: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2125: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2126: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2127: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2128: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2129: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2130: note of"</i>.
2131: <p>
2132:
1.247 jufi 2133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2134: <a
1.247 jufi 2135: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2136: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2137: </strong></font><br>
2138:
2139: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2140: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2141: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2142: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2143: <p>
2144:
1.247 jufi 2145: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2146: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2147: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2148: </strong></font><br>
2149:
2150: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2151: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2152: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2153: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2154: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2155: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2156: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2157: <p>
2158:
1.247 jufi 2159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2160: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2161: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2162: 2000
2163: </strong></font><br>
2164:
2165: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2166: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2167: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2168: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2169: against current industry practices.
2170: <p>
2171:
1.247 jufi 2172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2173: <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
2174: </strong></font><br>
2175:
2176: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2177: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2178: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2179: <p>
2180:
1.247 jufi 2181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2182: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2183: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2184: </strong></font><br>
2185:
2186: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2187: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2188: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2189: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2190: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2191: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2192: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2193: <p>
2194:
1.247 jufi 2195: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2196: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2197: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2198: </strong></font><br>
2199:
2200: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2201: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2202: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2203: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2204: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2205: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2206: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2207: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2208: <p>
1.247 jufi 2209: </ul>
1.131 louis 2210:
1.118 louis 2211: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2212: <ul>
1.118 louis 2213:
1.247 jufi 2214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2215: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2216: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2217: </strong></font><br>
2218:
2219: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2220: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2221: about time. The article mentions that
2222: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2223: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2224: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2225: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2226: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2227: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2228: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2229: <p>
2230:
1.247 jufi 2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2232: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2233: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2234: </strong></font><br>
2235:
2236: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2237: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2238: of OpenSSH.
2239: <p>
2240:
1.247 jufi 2241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2242: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2243: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2244: </strong></font><br>
2245:
2246: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2247: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2248: bridging.
2249: <p>
2250:
1.247 jufi 2251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2252: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2253: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2254: </strong></font><br>
2255:
1.121 deraadt 2256: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2257: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2258: <p>
2259:
1.247 jufi 2260: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2261: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2262: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2263: </strong></font><br>
2264:
2265: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2266: <p>
2267:
1.247 jufi 2268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2269: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2270: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2271: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2272: </strong></font><br>
2273:
1.120 deraadt 2274: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2275: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2276: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2277: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2278: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2279: <p>
2280:
1.247 jufi 2281: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2282: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2283: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2284: </strong></font><br>
2285:
1.222 miod 2286: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2287: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2288: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2289: protocols and their quirks.
2290: <p>
2291:
1.247 jufi 2292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2293: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2294: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2295: </strong></font><br>
2296:
2297: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2298: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2299: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2300: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2301: <p>
2302:
1.247 jufi 2303: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2304: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2305: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2306: </strong></font><br>
2307:
2308: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2309: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2310: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2311: <p>
2312:
1.247 jufi 2313: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2314: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2315: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2316: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2317: </strong></font><br>
2318:
2319: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2320: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2321: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2322: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2323: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2324: <p>
1.247 jufi 2325: </ul>
1.118 louis 2326:
1.104 louis 2327: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2328: <ul>
1.104 louis 2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2331: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2332: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2333: </strong></font><br>
2334:
2335: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2336: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2337: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2338: be a bit dry.
2339: <p>
2340:
1.247 jufi 2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2342: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2343: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2344: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2345: </strong></font><br>
2346: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2347: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2348: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2349: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2350: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2351: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2352: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2353: <p>
2354:
1.247 jufi 2355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2356: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2357: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2358: 2000
1.128 louis 2359: </strong></font><br>
2360:
2361: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2362: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2363: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2364: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2365: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2366: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2367: <p>
2368:
1.247 jufi 2369: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2370: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2371: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2372: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2373:
2374: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2375: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2376: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2377: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2378: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2379: <p>
1.110 louis 2380:
1.247 jufi 2381: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2382: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2383: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2384: </strong></font><br>
2385:
2386: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2387: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2388: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2389: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2390: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2391: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2392: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2393: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2394: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2395: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2396: <p>
2397:
1.247 jufi 2398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2399: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2400: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2401:
2402: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2403: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2404: <p>
1.108 louis 2405:
1.247 jufi 2406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2407: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2408: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2409: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2410:
2411: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2412: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2413: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2414: <p>
1.106 louis 2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2417: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2418: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2419: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2420:
2421: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2422: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2423: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2424: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2425: <p>
1.107 louis 2426:
1.247 jufi 2427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2428: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2429: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2430: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2431:
2432: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2433: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2434: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2435: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2436: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2437: <p>
1.105 louis 2438:
1.247 jufi 2439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2440: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2441: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2442: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2443:
1.113 naddy 2444: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2445: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2446: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2447: <p>
1.104 louis 2448:
1.247 jufi 2449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2450: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2451: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2452: </strong></font><br>
2453:
2454: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2455: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2456: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2457: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2458: <p>
1.301 jose 2459:
2460: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2461: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2462: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2463: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2464:
2465: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2466: hardware-supported cryptography.
2467: <p>
1.247 jufi 2468: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2469:
1.85 louis 2470: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2471: <ul>
1.85 louis 2472:
1.247 jufi 2473: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2474: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2475: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2476: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2477:
2478: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2479: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2480: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2481: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2482: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2483: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2484: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2485: <p>
1.99 louis 2486:
1.247 jufi 2487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2488: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2489: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2490: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2491:
2492: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2493: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2494: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2495: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2496: <p>
1.100 louis 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2499: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2500: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2501: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2502:
2503: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2504: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2505: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2506: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2507: <p>
1.95 louis 2508:
1.247 jufi 2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2510: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2511: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2512: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2513:
2514: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2515: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2516: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2517: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2518: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2519: <p>
1.92 louis 2520:
1.247 jufi 2521: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2522: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2523: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2524: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2525:
2526: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2527: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2528: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2529: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2530: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2531: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2532: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2533: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2534: <p>
1.91 louis 2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2537: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2538: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2540:
2541: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2542: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2543: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2544: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2545: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2546: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2547: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2548: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2549: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2550: <p>
1.90 louis 2551:
1.247 jufi 2552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2553: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2554: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2555: </strong></font><br>
2556: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2557: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2558: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2559: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2560: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2561: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2562: <p>
2563:
1.247 jufi 2564: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2565: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2566: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2567: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2568:
1.113 naddy 2569: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2570: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2571: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2572: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2573: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2574: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2575: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2576: <p>
1.87 louis 2577:
1.247 jufi 2578: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2579: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2580: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2581: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2582:
2583: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2584: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2585: <p>
1.85 louis 2586:
1.247 jufi 2587: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2588: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2589: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2590: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2591:
2592: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2593: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2594: <p>
2595:
2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2597: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2598: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2600:
2601: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2602: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2603: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2604: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2605: <p>
1.89 louis 2606:
1.247 jufi 2607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2608: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2609: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2610: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2611:
2612: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2613: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2614: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2615: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2616: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2617: </ul>
1.85 louis 2618:
1.78 deraadt 2619: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2620: <ul>
1.74 louis 2621:
1.247 jufi 2622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2623: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2624: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2625: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2626: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2627:
2628: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2629: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2630: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2631: <p>
1.83 louis 2632:
1.247 jufi 2633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2634: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2635: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2636: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2637:
2638: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2639: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2640: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2641: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2642: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2643: <p>
1.93 louis 2644:
1.247 jufi 2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2646: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2647: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2648: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2649: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2650:
1.83 louis 2651: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2652: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2653: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2654: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2655: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2656: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2657: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2658: <p>
1.82 aaron 2659:
1.247 jufi 2660: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2661: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2662: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2663: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2664:
1.83 louis 2665: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2666: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2667: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2668: <p>
1.80 louis 2669:
1.247 jufi 2670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2671: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2672: Bad Press</a>,
2673: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2674: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2675:
2676: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2677: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2678: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2679: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2680: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2681: <p>
1.247 jufi 2682: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2683:
2684: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2685: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2686:
1.247 jufi 2687: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2688: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2689: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2690: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2691: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2692:
2693: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2694: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2695: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2696: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2697: <p>
1.74 louis 2698:
1.247 jufi 2699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2700: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2701: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2702: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2703:
1.219 horacio 2704: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2705: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2706: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2707: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2708: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2709: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2710: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2711: <p>
1.88 louis 2712:
1.247 jufi 2713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2714: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2715: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2716: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2717:
2718: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2719: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2720: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2721: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2722: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2723: <p>
1.81 louis 2724:
1.247 jufi 2725: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2726: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2727: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2728: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2729:
2730: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2731: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2732: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2733: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2734: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2735: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2736: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2737: <p>
1.90 louis 2738:
1.247 jufi 2739: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2740: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2741: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2742: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2743:
2744: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2745: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2746: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2747: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2748: <p>
1.247 jufi 2749: </ul>
1.71 louis 2750:
1.69 deraadt 2751: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2752: <ul>
1.70 louis 2753:
1.247 jufi 2754: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2755: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2756: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2757: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2758:
2759: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2760: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2761: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2762: <p>
1.70 louis 2763:
1.247 jufi 2764: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2765: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2766: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2767: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2768:
2769: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2770: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2771: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2772: <p>
1.68 louis 2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2775: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2776: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2777: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2778: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2779:
1.111 jufi 2780: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2781: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2782: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2783: "secure by default" installation.
2784: <p>
1.64 louis 2785:
1.247 jufi 2786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2787: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2788: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2789: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2790:
1.113 naddy 2791: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2792: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2793: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2794: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2795: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2796: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2797: <p>
1.66 louis 2798:
1.247 jufi 2799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2800: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2801: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2802: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2803:
2804: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2805: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2806: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2807: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2808: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2809: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2810: <p>
1.83 louis 2811:
1.247 jufi 2812: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2813: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2814: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2815: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2816:
2817: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2818: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2819: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2820: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2821: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2822: <p>
1.64 louis 2823:
1.247 jufi 2824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2825: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2826: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2827: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2828:
2829: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2830: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2831: <p>
1.301 jose 2832:
2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2834: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2835: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2836: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2837: </strong></font><br>
2838:
2839: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2840: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2841: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2842: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2843: Giving way to
2844: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2845: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2846: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2847: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2848: <p>
1.247 jufi 2849: </ul>
1.65 louis 2850:
1.69 deraadt 2851: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2852: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2853:
1.247 jufi 2854: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2855: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2856: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2857: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2858:
2859: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2860: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2861: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2862: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2863: <p>
1.88 louis 2864:
1.247 jufi 2865: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2866: <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 2867: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2868:
2869: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2870: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2871: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2872: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2873: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2874: <p>
1.60 louis 2875:
1.247 jufi 2876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2877: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2878: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2879: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2880: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2881:
2882: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2883: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2884: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2885: <p>
1.58 louis 2886:
1.247 jufi 2887: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2888: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2889: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2890:
2891: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2892: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2893: <p>
1.53 louis 2894:
1.247 jufi 2895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2896: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2897: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2898: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2899:
2900: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2901: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2902: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.99 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2906: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2907: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2908:
2909: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2910: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2911: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2912: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2913: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2914:
1.247 jufi 2915: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2916: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2917: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2918: </strong></font><br>
2919:
2920: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2921: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2922: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2923: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2924: <p>
2925:
1.247 jufi 2926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2927: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2928: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2929: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2930:
2931: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2932: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2933: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2936: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2937: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2938:
2939: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2940: in
1.247 jufi 2941: <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 2942: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2943: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2944: <p>
1.53 louis 2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2947: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2948: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2949: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2950: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2951:
1.58 louis 2952: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2953: <p>
1.301 jose 2954:
2955: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2956: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2957: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2958: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2959: Informacyjny, January 2000
2960: </strong></font><br>
2961:
2962: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2963: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2964: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2965: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2966: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2967: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2968: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2969: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2970: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2971: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2972: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2973: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2974: <p>
2975:
2976: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2977: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2978: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2979: </strong></font><br>
2980:
2981: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
2982: <p>
2983: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 2984:
1.69 deraadt 2985: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 2986: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2987:
1.247 jufi 2988: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2989: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
2990: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
2991: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 2992: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 2993:
1.58 louis 2994: Kurt Seifried
2995: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
2996: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
2997: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 2998: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 2999:
1.247 jufi 3000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3001: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3002: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3003: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3004:
3005: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3006: <p>
1.96 louis 3007:
1.247 jufi 3008: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3009: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3010: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3011: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3012: </strong></font><br>
3013:
3014: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3015: <p>
3016:
3017: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3018: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3019: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3020: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3021:
3022: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3023: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3024: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3025: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3026: <p>
1.247 jufi 3027: </ul>
1.86 louis 3028:
1.69 deraadt 3029: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3030: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3031:
1.247 jufi 3032: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3033: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3034: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3035: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3036:
3037: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3038: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3039: <p>
1.61 louis 3040:
1.247 jufi 3041: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3042: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3043: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3044: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3045: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3046:
3047: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3048: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3049: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3050: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3051: right -- or at least strives to".
3052: <p>
1.48 louis 3053:
1.247 jufi 3054: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3055: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3056: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3057: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3058: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3059: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3060: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3061: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3062: <p>
1.61 louis 3063:
1.247 jufi 3064: <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 3065: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3066: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3067:
3068: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3069: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3070: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3071: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3072: <p>
1.46 louis 3073:
1.247 jufi 3074: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3075: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3076: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3077: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3078:
3079: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3080: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3081: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3082:
1.247 jufi 3083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3084: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3085: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3086: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3087:
3088: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3089: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3090: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3091: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3092: <p>
1.247 jufi 3093: </ul>
1.70 louis 3094:
1.69 deraadt 3095: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3096: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3097:
1.247 jufi 3098: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3099: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3100: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3101: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3102: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3103:
3104: Kurt Seifried
3105: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3106: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3107: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3108: <p>
1.44 philen 3109:
1.247 jufi 3110: <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 3111: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3112: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3113:
3114: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3115: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3116:
1.247 jufi 3117: <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 3118: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3119: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3120:
3121: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3122: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3123:
1.247 jufi 3124: <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 3125: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3127:
3128: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3129: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3130: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3131: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3132: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3133:
1.247 jufi 3134: <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 3135: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3136: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3137:
1.36 louis 3138: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3139: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3140:
1.247 jufi 3141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3142: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3143: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3144: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3145:
3146: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3147: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3148: </ul>
1.38 louis 3149:
1.69 deraadt 3150: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3151: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3152:
1.247 jufi 3153: <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 3154: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3155: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3156:
3157: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3158: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3159: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3160:
1.113 naddy 3161: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3162: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3163: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3164: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3165:
3166: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3167: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3168: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3169: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3170: <blockquote>
3171: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3172: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3173: <br>
3174: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3175: </code>
3176: </blockquote>
3177: <p>
3178:
1.247 jufi 3179: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 ! jose 3180: <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>
1.247 jufi 3181: <p>
3182:
3183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3184: <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 3185: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3186:
3187: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3188: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3189: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3190: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3191:
1.247 jufi 3192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3193: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3194: Sept. 28, 1999
3195: </strong></font><br>
3196:
3197: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3198: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3199: translating and reprinting articles from
3200: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3201: <p>
3202:
3203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3204: <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 3205: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3206:
3207: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3208: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3209: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3210: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3211: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3212: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3213: <p>
1.19 louis 3214:
1.113 naddy 3215: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3216: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3217: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3218:
3219: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3220: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3221: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3222: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3223: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3224: <p>
1.16 louis 3225:
1.247 jufi 3226: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3227: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3228: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3229: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3230:
1.57 louis 3231: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3232: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3233: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3234: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3235:
1.247 jufi 3236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3237: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3238: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3239: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3240:
1.113 naddy 3241: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3242:
1.247 jufi 3243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3244: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3245: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3246: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3247:
1.23 louis 3248: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3249: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3250: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3251: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3252: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3253: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3254:
1.247 jufi 3255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3256: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3257: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3258: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3259:
1.199 pvalchev 3260: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3261: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3262: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3263: installation.
1.113 naddy 3264: <p>
1.47 louis 3265:
1.247 jufi 3266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3267: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3268: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3269: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3270:
1.301 jose 3271: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3272: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3273: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3274: </ul>
1.57 louis 3275:
1.69 deraadt 3276: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3277: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3278:
1.247 jufi 3279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3280: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3281: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3282: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3283:
3284: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3285: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3286: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3287: <p>
1.12 louis 3288:
1.247 jufi 3289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3290: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3291: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3292: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3293:
3294: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3295: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3296: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3297: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3298: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3299: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3300: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3301: <p>
1.247 jufi 3302: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3303:
1.69 deraadt 3304: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3305: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3308: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3309: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3310:
3311: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3312: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3313: available."
1.113 naddy 3314: <p>
1.301 jose 3315:
3316: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3317: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3318: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3319: </strong></font><br>
3320:
3321: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3322: <p>
1.247 jufi 3323: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3324:
1.69 deraadt 3325: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3326: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3327:
1.247 jufi 3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3329: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3330: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3331:
3332: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3333: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3334: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3335: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3336: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3337: <p>
1.33 louis 3338:
1.247 jufi 3339: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3340: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3341: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3342: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3343:
1.113 naddy 3344: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3345: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3346: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3347: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3348: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3349: <p>
1.247 jufi 3350: </ul>
1.57 louis 3351:
1.69 deraadt 3352: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3353: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3354:
1.247 jufi 3355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3356: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3357: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3358: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3359:
3360: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3361: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3362: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3363:
1.247 jufi 3364: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3365: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3366: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3367: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3368: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3369:
3370: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3371: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3374: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3375:
1.113 naddy 3376: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3377:
1.247 jufi 3378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3379: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3380: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3381: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3382:
3383: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3384: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3385: </ul>
1.23 louis 3386:
1.69 deraadt 3387: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3388: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3389:
1.247 jufi 3390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3391: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3392: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3393:
3394: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3395: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3396: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3399: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 ! jose 3400: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3401: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3402:
3403: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3404: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3405: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3406: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3407: </ul>
1.57 louis 3408:
1.69 deraadt 3409: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3410: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3411:
1.247 jufi 3412: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3413: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3414: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3415: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3416:
3417: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3418: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3419: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3420: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3421: <p>
1.15 louis 3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3424: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3425: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3426: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3427:
3428: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3429: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3430: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3431: columns."
1.113 naddy 3432: <p>
1.247 jufi 3433: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3434:
1.69 deraadt 3435: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3436: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3437:
1.247 jufi 3438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3439: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3440: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3441: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3442:
3443: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3444: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3445:
1.113 naddy 3446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3447: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3448: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3449:
3450: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3451: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3452: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3453: </ul>
1.57 louis 3454:
1.69 deraadt 3455: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3456: <ul>
1.301 jose 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3458: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3459: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3460: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3461:
3462: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3463: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3464: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3465: <p>
3466:
3467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3468: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3469: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3470: Nov 13, 1998 and
3471: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3472: Datateknik</a>,
3473: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3474:
3475: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3476: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3477: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3478: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3479: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3480:
1.113 naddy 3481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3482: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3483: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3484: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3485:
1.222 miod 3486: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3487: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3488: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3489: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3490: <p>
1.247 jufi 3491: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3492:
1.69 deraadt 3493: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3494: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3495:
1.247 jufi 3496: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3497: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3498: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3499:
1.69 deraadt 3500: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3501: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3502: <p>
1.247 jufi 3503: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3504:
1.69 deraadt 3505: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3506: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3507:
1.247 jufi 3508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3509: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3510: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3511: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3512:
3513: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3514: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3515: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3516:
1.247 jufi 3517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3518: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3519: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3520: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3521: <p>
1.247 jufi 3522: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3523:
1.69 deraadt 3524: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3525: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3526:
1.247 jufi 3527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3528: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3529: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3530: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3531: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3532: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3533:
3534: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3535: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3536: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3537: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3538: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3539: <p>
1.247 jufi 3540: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3541:
3542: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3543: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3546: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3547: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3548:
1.69 deraadt 3549: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3550: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3551: <p>
1.112 naddy 3552:
1.247 jufi 3553: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3554: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3555:
1.292 camield 3556: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3557: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3558: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.340 ! jose 3559: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.339 2003/05/02 00:13:14 jose Exp $</small>
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