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1.247 jufi 16: <h2><font color="#e00000">Media Coverage</font></h2>
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1.1 deraadt 18:
1.338 ian 19: <h2>May, 2003</h2>
20: <ul>
21:
22: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 23: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
24: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
25: InfoWorld,
26: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 27: </strong></font><br>
1.342 ! deraadt 28: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
! 29: <br>
! 30: This article can also be found online at:
! 31: <ul>
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 33: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
! 34: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
! 35: IDG Singapore.
! 36: </strong></font>
! 37: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 38: <p>
39:
1.339 jose 40: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
41: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
42: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 43: ZDNet,
44: May 1, 2003.
45: </strong></font><br>
46: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 ! deraadt 47: someone using parts from previous articles.
! 48: <br>
1.341 deraadt 49: This article can also be found online at:
50: <ul>
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
52: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
53: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
54: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 55: </strong></font>
56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
57: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
58: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
59: CNET News.com.
60: </strong></font>
61: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
62: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
63: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
64: ZDNet UK.
65: </strong></font>
66: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
67: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
68: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
69: Help Net Security, Croatia.
70: </strong></font>
71: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 72: <p>
1.339 jose 73:
1.341 deraadt 74: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
75: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
76: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
77: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
78: May 1, 2003.
79: </strong></font><br>
80: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
81: that have been added
82: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
83: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
84: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
85: third-party "ports", spamd, many upgrades to included software, and more.
86: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
87: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
88: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 89: <p>
90:
91: </ul>
92:
1.253 ian 93: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
94: <ul>
1.255 ian 95:
1.260 ian 96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 97: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 98: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
99: TechRepublic,
100: April 28, 2003.
101: </strong></font><br>
102: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
103: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 104: work.<br>
105: Can also be found online at:
106: <ul>
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
108: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
109: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
110: ZDNet UK.
111: </strong></font>
112: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 113: <p>
114:
115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 116: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
117: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
118: IDG,
119: April 24, 2003.
120: </strong></font><br>
121: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
122: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
123: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
124: Can also be found online at:
125: <ul>
126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
127: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
128: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 129: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 130: </strong></font>
131: </ul>
132: <p>
133:
134: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
135: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 136: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 137: Slate,
138: April 24, 2003.
139: </strong></font><br>
140: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
141: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
142: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
143: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 147: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
148: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
149: April 24, 2003.
150: </strong></font><br>
151: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
152: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
153: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
154: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
155: <p>
156:
157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 158: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
159: April 24, 2003.
160: </strong></font><br>
161: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
162: the free software community".
163: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
164: other articles.
165: <p>
166:
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
168: <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>,
169: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
170: </strong></font><br>
171: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
172: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
173: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
174: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
175: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
176: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
177: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
178: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
179: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
180: <br/>
181: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
182: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
183: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
184: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 185: <br>
186: Can also be found online at:
187: <ul>
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
189: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
190: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
191: Common Dreams NewsCenter
192: </strong></font>
193: </ul>
1.324 ian 194: <p>
195:
196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
197: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
198: Wired, April 24, 2003.
199: </strong></font><br>
200: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
201: article above.
202: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
203: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
204: wasting them."
1.332 ian 205: <br>
206: Can also be found online at:
207: <ul>
208: <li>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
210: </strong></font>
211: </ul>
1.324 ian 212: <p>
213:
214: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 215: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
216: </strong></font><br>
217: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
218: <p>
219:
220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 221: <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.
222: </strong></font><br>
223: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
224: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 228: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
229: April 23, 2003.
230: </strong></font><br>
231: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
232: <p>
233:
234: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 235: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 236: April 22, 2003.
237: </strong></font><br>
238: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
239: <p>
240:
241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 242: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
243: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
244: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 245: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 246: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
247: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
248: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
249: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
250: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
251: Can also be found online at:
252: <ul>
253: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
254: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 255: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
256: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 257: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
259: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 260: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
261: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 262: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 263: </ul>
264: <p>
265:
266: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 267: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
268: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 269: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 270: </strong></font><br>
271: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 272: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
273: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
274: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
275: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
276: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
277: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 278: <p>
279:
280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 281: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
282: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 283: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
284: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 285: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
286: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
287: at UPenn and DARPA.
288: <p>
289:
290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 291: [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
292: April 18, 2003.
293: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 294: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 298: [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 299: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 300: </strong></font><br>
301: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
302: <p>
303:
304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 305: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
306: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
307: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 308: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 309: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
310: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
311: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
312: <p>
313:
314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 315: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
316: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 317: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 318: </strong></font><br>
319: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
320: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
321: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 322: American century.
1.267 deraadt 323: <p>
324:
325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 326: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
327: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 328: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 329: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 330: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
331: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
332: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
333: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
334: Can also be found online at:
335: <ul>
336: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
337: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 338: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 339: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 340: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 341: <p>
342:
343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 344: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 345: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 346: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 347: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 348: </strong></font><br>
349: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 350: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
351: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
352: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
353: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
356: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
357: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
358: New York Times.
359: </strong></font>(free registration required)
360:
1.273 deraadt 361: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
362: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 363: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 364: ABC News.
365: </strong></font>
366:
367: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 368: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 369: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 370: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 371: </strong></font>
372:
373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 374: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 375: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 376: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 377: </strong></font>
378:
379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 380: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
381: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 382: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 383: </strong></font>
384:
385: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 386: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 387: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 388: Times Daily, AL.
389: </strong></font>
390:
391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
392: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
393: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
394: Boston.com, MA.
395: </strong></font>
396:
397: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 398: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 399: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 400: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
401: </strong></font>
402:
403: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 404: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
405: [Article was pulled]</a>
406: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 407: </strong></font>
408:
409: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
410: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
411: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
412: Infoshop News.
413: </strong></font>
414:
415: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
416: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
417: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
418: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
419: </strong></font>
420:
421: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 422: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
423: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
424: Raleigh News, NC.
425: </strong></font>
426:
427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 428: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
429: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
430: Napa News, CA.
431: </strong></font>
432:
433: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 434: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 435: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
436: NEPA News, PA.
437: </strong></font>
438:
439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
440: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
441: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
442: Wired News.
443: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 444: <br>
445: <li>
1.333 deraadt 446: <font color="#009000"><strong>
447: [JAPANESE]
448: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
449: Wired News Japan</a>
450: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 451:
1.271 deraadt 452: </ul>
453: <p>
1.272 deraadt 454: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
455: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 456: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
457: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
458: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
459: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
460: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
461: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 462: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 463: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
464: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
465: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 466: <p>
467: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 468:
469: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 470: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 471: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
472: Indianapolis Star, IN.
473: </strong></font>
474:
475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 476: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
477: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
478: Miami Herald, FL.
479: </strong></font>
480:
481: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 482: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 483: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
484: </strong></font>
485:
486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
487: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 488: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 489: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 490: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 491:
492: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
493: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
494: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
495: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
496: ABC News.
497: </strong></font>
498:
1.276 deraadt 499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
500: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 501: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 502: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 503: </strong></font>
504:
1.286 dhartmei 505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 506: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 507: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
508: Wilmington Star, NC.
509: </strong></font>
510:
1.300 jose 511: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
512: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
513: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
514: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
515: </strong></font>
516:
1.309 jose 517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
518: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
519: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
520: Globe Technology.
521: </strong></font>
522:
1.263 deraadt 523: </ul>
1.262 beck 524: <p>
525:
526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 527: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
528: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 529: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 530: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 531: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 532: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
533: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
534: <p>
535:
536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 537: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
538: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
539: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 540: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 541: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
542: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
543: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
544: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
545: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
546: and simply restates other press reports.
547: <p>
548:
549: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 550: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
551: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
552: OS News, April 18, 2003.
553: </strong></font><br>
554: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
555: <p>
556:
557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 558: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
559: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 560: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 561: </strong></font><br>
562: Another report on the DARPA funding.
563: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
564: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 568: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
569: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
570: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
571: April 17, 2003.
572: </strong></font><br>
573: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
574: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
575: Tech Anthems</a>
576: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
577: 4 so far.
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 581: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
582: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 583: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 584: </strong></font><br>
585: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
586: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
587: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
588: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
589: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
590: Goes on to say:
591: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
592: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
593: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
594: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 595: This article is also found online at:
596: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 597: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
598: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
599: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
600: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 601: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 602: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
603: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
604: ZDnet</a>,
605: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 606: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 607: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
608: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
609: ZDnet Australia</a>,
610: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 611: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 612: </ul>
1.260 ian 613: <p>
1.279 deraadt 614:
1.260 ian 615: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 616: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 617: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 618: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 619: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 620: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 621: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
622: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
623: without notice or justification.
624: <p>
625:
626: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 627: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 628: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 629: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 630: </strong></font><br>
631: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
632: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 633: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 634: effective today, without any warning..."
635: <p>
1.257 ian 636:
637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 638: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
639: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 640: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 641: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 642: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
643: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
644: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
645: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
646: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 647: <p>
648:
649: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 650: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
651: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 652: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 653: </strong></font><br>
654: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
655: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
656: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
657: quoting two of them:
658: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
659: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
660: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
661: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
662: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
663: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
664: <p>
665:
1.255 ian 666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 667: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
668: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 669: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 670: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 671: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 672: <p>
673:
674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 675: [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 676: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 677: </strong></font><br>
678: New security concepts in OpenBSD
679: <p>
680:
681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 682: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
683: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 684: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 685: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 686: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 687: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
688: security experts for more than three decades."
689: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
690: <p>
1.261 ian 691:
1.254 drahn 692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 693: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 694: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 695: </strong></font><br>
696: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
697: <p>
698:
699: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 700: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
701: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
702: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
703: </strong></font><br>
704: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
705: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
706: discussion OpenBSD's path.
707: <p>
708:
709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 710: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
711: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 712: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 713: </strong></font><br>
714: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
715: from US DARPA.
716: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
717: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
718: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
719: the BSD license.
720: <p>
721: </ul>
722:
1.251 ian 723: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
724: <ul>
725:
726: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 727: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
728: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
729: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
730: </strong></font><br>
731:
732: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
733: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
734: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
735: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
736: <p>
737:
738: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 739: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
740: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 741: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 742: </strong></font><br>
743: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
744: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
745: Mentions
746: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
747: and
748: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
749: programs.
750: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 751: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 752: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
753: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
754: <p>
1.325 ian 755: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
756: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 757:
758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
759: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
760: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
761: </strong></font><br>
762: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
763: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
764: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
765: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
766: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
767: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
768: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
769: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
770: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
771: put into service."
772: <p>
773: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
774: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
775: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
776: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
777: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
778: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
779: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
780: computers with security features."
781: <p>
1.329 ian 782:
783: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
784: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
785: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
786: Slate,
787: March 3, 2003.
788: </strong></font><br>
789: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
790: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
791: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
792: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
793: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
794: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
795: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
796: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
797: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
798: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
799: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
800: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
801: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
802: of more secure open-source solutions like
803: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
804: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
805: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
806: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
807: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
808: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
809: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
810: the Beltway."
811: <p>
1.251 ian 812: </ul>
813:
1.249 jufi 814: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
815: <ul>
816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
817: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
818: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 819: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 820: </strong></font><br>
821: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
822: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 823: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 824: <p>
1.334 ian 825:
826: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
827: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
828: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
829: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
830: </strong></font><br>
831: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
832: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
833: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
834: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
835: "... the hypothetical question ...
836: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
837: <br>
838: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
839: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
840: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
841: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
842: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
843: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 844: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 845: support network security.
846: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
847: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
848: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
849: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
850: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
851: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
852: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
853: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
854: <br>
855: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
856: <p>
857:
1.249 jufi 858: </ul>
859:
1.246 jufi 860: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 861: <ul>
1.246 jufi 862:
1.247 jufi 863: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 864: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 865: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
866: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 867: </strong></font><br>
868: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
869: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
870: <p>
871:
1.247 jufi 872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 873: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
874: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
875: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
876: </strong></font><br>
877: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
878: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
879: <p>
880:
881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 882: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 883: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
884: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 885: </strong></font><br>
886: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
887: in their annual OpenHack security test.
888: <p>
1.247 jufi 889: </ul>
1.246 jufi 890:
1.244 jufi 891: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 892: <ul>
1.246 jufi 893:
1.247 jufi 894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 895: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
896: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
897: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 898: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 899: </strong></font><br>
900: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
901: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
902: md5 digests.
903: <p>
904:
1.247 jufi 905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 906: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 907: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
908: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 909: </strong></font><br>
910: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
911: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
912: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
913: right the first time."
914: <p>
1.247 jufi 915: </ul>
1.244 jufi 916:
917:
918: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 919: <ul>
1.244 jufi 920:
1.247 jufi 921: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 922: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 923: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
924: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 925: </strong></font><br>
926: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
927: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
928: part 6</a>.
929: <p>
930:
1.247 jufi 931: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 932: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 933: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
934: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 935: </strong></font><br>
936: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
937: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
938: <p>
1.301 jose 939:
940: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
941: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
942: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
943: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
944: </strong></font><br>
945:
946: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
947: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
948: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
949: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
950: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
951: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
952: <i>Here's the
953: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
954: <p>
1.247 jufi 955: </ul>
1.242 jufi 956:
957: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 958: <ul>
1.242 jufi 959:
1.247 jufi 960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 961: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 962: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
963: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 964: </strong></font><br>
965: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
966: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
967: <p>
968:
1.247 jufi 969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 970: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 971: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
972: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 973: </strong></font><br>
974: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
975: this time using pf.
976: <p>
1.247 jufi 977: </ul>
1.242 jufi 978:
979: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 980: <ul>
1.242 jufi 981:
1.247 jufi 982: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 983: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 984: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
985: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 986: </strong></font><br>
987: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
988: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
989: their rotation.
990: <p>
991:
1.247 jufi 992: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 993: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 994: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
995: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 996: </strong></font><br>
997: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
998: <p>
1.247 jufi 999: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1000:
1.239 jufi 1001: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1002: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1003:
1.247 jufi 1004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1005: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1006: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1007: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1008: </strong></font><br>
1009: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1010: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1011: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1012: <p>
1013:
1.247 jufi 1014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1015: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1016: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1017: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1018: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1019: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1020: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1021: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1022: <p>
1.247 jufi 1023: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1024:
1.235 lebel 1025: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1026: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1027:
1.239 jufi 1028:
1.247 jufi 1029: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1030: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1031: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1032: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1033: </strong></font><br>
1034: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1035: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1036: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1037: <p>
1.301 jose 1038:
1.247 jufi 1039: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1040:
1.228 horacio 1041: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1042: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1043:
1.247 jufi 1044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1045: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1046: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1047: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1048: </strong></font><br>
1049: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1050: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1051: <p>
1052:
1.247 jufi 1053: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1054: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1055: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1056: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1057: </strong></font><br>
1058: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1059: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1060: <p>
1061:
1.247 jufi 1062: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1063: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1064: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1065: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1066: </strong></font><br>
1067: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1068: on the desktop of his parents.
1069: <p>
1070:
1.247 jufi 1071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1072: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1073: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1074: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1075: </strong></font><br>
1076: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1077: using IPFilter.
1078:
1079: <p>
1080:
1.247 jufi 1081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1082: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1083: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1084: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1085: </strong></font><br>
1086: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1087: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1088: perspectives of the four OS.
1089: <br>
1090: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1091: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1092: <p>
1093:
1.247 jufi 1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1095: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1096: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1097: software and security</a>,
1098: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1099: </strong></font><br>
1100:
1101: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1102: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1103: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1104: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1105: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1106: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1107: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1108: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1109: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1110: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1111: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1112: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1113: <p>
1.247 jufi 1114: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1115:
1.225 horacio 1116: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1117: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1118:
1.247 jufi 1119: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1120: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1121: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1122: Interview</a>,
1123: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1124: </strong></font><br>
1125:
1126: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1127: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1128: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1129: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1130: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1131: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1132: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1133: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1134: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1135: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1136: of choice.
1137: <p>
1.247 jufi 1138: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1139:
1140: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1141: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1142:
1.247 jufi 1143: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1144: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1145: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1146: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1147: </strong></font><br>
1148:
1149: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1150: <p>
1151:
1.247 jufi 1152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1153: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1154: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1155: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1156: </strong></font><br>
1157:
1158: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1159: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1160: <p>
1.247 jufi 1161: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1162:
1.218 horacio 1163: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1164: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1165:
1.247 jufi 1166: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1167: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1168: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1169: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1170: </strong></font><br>
1171:
1172: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1173: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1174: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1175: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1176: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1177: subjects. Worth a read.
1178: <p>
1179:
1180:
1.247 jufi 1181: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1182: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1183: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1184: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1185: </strong></font><br>
1186:
1187: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1188: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1189: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1190: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1191: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1192: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1193: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1194: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1195: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1196: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1197: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1198: on other operating systems.<br>
1199: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1200: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1201: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1202: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1203: <p>
1204:
1.247 jufi 1205: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1206: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1207: Operating System 2010</a>,
1208: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1209: </strong></font><br>
1210:
1211: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1212: covering the level of software integration into the core
1213: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1214: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1215: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1216: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1217: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1218: <p>
1219:
1.247 jufi 1220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1221: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1222: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1223: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1224: </strong></font><br>
1225:
1226: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1227: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1228: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1229: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1230: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1231: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1232: <p>
1.247 jufi 1233: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1234:
1.210 jufi 1235: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1236: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1237:
1.247 jufi 1238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1239: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1240: Already a Contender</a>,
1241: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1242: </strong></font><br>
1243:
1244: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1245: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1246: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1247: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1248: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1249: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1250: <p>
1251:
1.247 jufi 1252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1253: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1254: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1255: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1256: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1257:
1.224 horacio 1258: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1259: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1260: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1261: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1262: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1263: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1264: <p>
1.247 jufi 1265: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1266:
1267: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1268: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1269:
1.247 jufi 1270: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1271: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1272: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1273: Division</a>,
1274: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1275: </strong></font><br>
1276:
1277: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1278: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1279: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1280: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1281: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1282: investment</em>.<br>
1283: The implementation details can be seen on their
1284: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1285: <p>
1286:
1.247 jufi 1287: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1288: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1289: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1290: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1291: </strong></font><br>
1292:
1293: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1294: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1295: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1296: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1297: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1298: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1299: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1300: <p>
1301:
1302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1303: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1304: Thinking about Security</a>,
1305: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1308: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1309: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1310: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1311: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1312: to time.<br>
1313: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1314: system and just the most secure system.
1315: <p>
1316:
1.247 jufi 1317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1318: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1319: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1320: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1321: </strong></font><br>
1322:
1323: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1324: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1325: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1326: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1327: choice:<br>
1328: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1329: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1330: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1331: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1332: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1333: network security devices and as such must be well
1334: armored."</em><br>
1335: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1336: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1337: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1338: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1339: <br>
1340: Bravo!
1341: <p>
1.247 jufi 1342: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1343:
1.207 ian 1344: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1345: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1346:
1.247 jufi 1347: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1348: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1349: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1350: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1351:
1.207 ian 1352: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1353: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1354: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1355: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1356: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1357: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1358: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1359: <p>
1.247 jufi 1360: </ul>
1.207 ian 1361:
1.194 jufi 1362: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1363: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1364:
1.247 jufi 1365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1366: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1367: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1368: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1369: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1370:
1.240 miod 1371: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1372: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1373: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1374: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1375: <p>
1376:
1.247 jufi 1377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1378: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1379: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1380: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1381:
1382: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1383: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1384: <p>
1385:
1386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1387: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1388: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1389: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1390:
1391: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1392: <p>
1393:
1394: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1395: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1396: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1397: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1398: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1399:
1.240 miod 1400: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1401: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1402: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1403: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1404: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1405: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1406: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1407: <br>
1408: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1409: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1410: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1411: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1412: <p>
1413:
1.247 jufi 1414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1415: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1416: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1417: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1418: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1419:
1.194 jufi 1420: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1421: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1422: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1423: <br>
1424: The new
1425: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1426: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1427: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1428: <p>
1.247 jufi 1429: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1430:
1.190 horacio 1431: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1432: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1433:
1.247 jufi 1434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1435:
1436: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1437: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1438:
1.301 jose 1439:
1.191 jufi 1440: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1441: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1442:
1443: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1444: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1445:
1.212 horacio 1446: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1447: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1448: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1449:
1.211 horacio 1450: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1451: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1452: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1453:
1.247 jufi 1454: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1455: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1456:
1.247 jufi 1457: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1458: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1459:
1.212 horacio 1460: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1461: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1462: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1463:
1464: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1465: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1466:
1467: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1468: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1469:
1.301 jose 1470: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1471: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1472:
1.191 jufi 1473: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1474: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1475:
1476: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1477: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1478:
1.192 jufi 1479: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1480: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1481: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1482:
1.193 deraadt 1483: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1484: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1485: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1486:
1.247 jufi 1487: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1488: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1489:
1.247 jufi 1490: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1491: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1492: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1493:
1.213 horacio 1494: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1495: 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 1496: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1497:
1.190 horacio 1498: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1499: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1500: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1501: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1502: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1503: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1504: <p>
1.190 horacio 1505:
1.247 jufi 1506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1507: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1508: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1509: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1510: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1511:
1.195 jufi 1512: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1513: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1514: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1515: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1516: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1517: <p>
1518:
1.247 jufi 1519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1520: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1521: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1522: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1523: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1524:
1.191 jufi 1525: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1526: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1527: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1528: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1529: <p>
1530:
1531: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1532: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1533: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1534: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1535:
1536: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1537: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1538: <p>
1.247 jufi 1539: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1540:
1.191 jufi 1541:
1.186 jufi 1542: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1543: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1544:
1.247 jufi 1545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1546: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1547: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1548: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1549: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1550:
1.188 jufi 1551: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1552: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1553: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1554: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1555: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1556: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1557: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1558: <p>
1559:
1.301 jose 1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1561: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1562: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1563: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1564:
1565: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1566: <p>
1.191 jufi 1567:
1.247 jufi 1568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1569: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1570: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1571: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1572: </strong></font><br>
1573:
1574: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1575: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1576: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1577: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1578: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1579: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1580: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1581: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1582: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1583: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1584: familiar?
1585: <p>
1.247 jufi 1586: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1587:
1.178 louis 1588: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1589: <ul>
1.178 louis 1590:
1.247 jufi 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1592: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1593: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1594: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1595: </strong></font><br>
1596:
1597: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1598: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1599: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1600: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1601: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1602: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1603: <p>
1604:
1.247 jufi 1605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1606: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1607: Open source under the hood</a>,
1608: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1609: </strong></font><br>
1610:
1611: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1612: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1613: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1614: <p>
1615:
1.247 jufi 1616: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1617: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1618: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1619: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1620: </strong></font><br>
1621:
1622: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1623: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1624: <p>
1.247 jufi 1625: </ul>
1.179 louis 1626:
1.174 louis 1627:
1.175 louis 1628: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1629: <ul>
1.175 louis 1630:
1.247 jufi 1631: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1632: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1633: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1634: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1635: </strong></font><br>
1636:
1637: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1638: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1639: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1640: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1641: <p>
1642:
1.247 jufi 1643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1644: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1645: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1646: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1647: </strong></font><br>
1648:
1649: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1650: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1651: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1652: <p>
1.247 jufi 1653: </ul>
1.175 louis 1654:
1.176 louis 1655:
1.172 mickey 1656: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1657: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1658:
1.247 jufi 1659: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1660: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1661: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1662: </strong></font><br>
1663:
1664: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1665: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1666: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1667: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1668: <p>
1669:
1.247 jufi 1670: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1671: <a
1.269 deraadt 1672: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1673: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1674: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1675: </strong></font><br>
1676:
1677: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1678: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1679: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1680: <p>
1681:
1.247 jufi 1682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1683: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1684: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1685: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1686: </strong></font><br>
1687:
1688: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1689: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1690: <p>
1691:
1.247 jufi 1692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1693: <a
1.269 deraadt 1694: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1695: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1696: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1697: </strong></font><br>
1698:
1699: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1700: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1701: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1702: our own Theo de Raadt.
1703: <p>
1704:
1.247 jufi 1705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1706: <a
1.269 deraadt 1707: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1708: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1709: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1710: </strong></font><br>
1711:
1712: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1713: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1714: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1715: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1716: shut down.]
1717: <p>
1718:
1.247 jufi 1719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1720: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1721: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1722: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1723: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1724: </strong></font><br>
1725:
1726: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1727: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1728: <p>
1.247 jufi 1729: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1730:
1.161 louis 1731: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1732: <ul>
1.161 louis 1733:
1.247 jufi 1734: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1735: <a
1.269 deraadt 1736: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1737: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1738: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1739: </strong></font><br>
1740:
1741: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1742: by John Wolley
1743: <p>
1744:
1.247 jufi 1745: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1746: <a
1.269 deraadt 1747: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1748: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1749: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1750: </strong></font><br>
1751:
1752: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1753: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1754: OpenBSD).
1755: <p>
1756:
1.247 jufi 1757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1758: <a
1.247 jufi 1759: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1760: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1761: </strong></font><br>
1762:
1763: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1764: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1765: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1766: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1767: and hindsight.
1768: <p>
1769:
1.247 jufi 1770: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1771: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1772: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1773: </strong></font><br>
1774:
1775: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1776: <p>
1777:
1.247 jufi 1778: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1779: <a
1.168 provos 1780: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1781: December 7, 2000
1782: </strong></font><br>
1783:
1784: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1785: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1786: us explain.
1787: <p>
1788:
1.247 jufi 1789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1790: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1791: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1792: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1793: December 6, 2000
1794: </strong></font><br>
1795:
1796: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1797: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1798: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1799: <p>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1802: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1803: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1804: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1805: </strong></font><br>
1806:
1807: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1808: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1809: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1810: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1811: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1812: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1813: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1814: <p>
1815:
1816: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1817: <a
1.226 horacio 1818: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1819: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1820: </strong></font><br>
1821:
1822: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1823: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1824: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1825: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1826: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1827: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1828: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1829: <p>
1.162 millert 1830:
1.247 jufi 1831: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1832: <a
1.161 louis 1833: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1834: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1835: </strong></font><br>
1836:
1837: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1838: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1839: <p>
1840:
1.247 jufi 1841: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1842: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1843: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1844: </strong></font><br>
1845:
1846: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1847: <p>
1848:
1849:
1.247 jufi 1850: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1851: <a
1.226 horacio 1852: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1853: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1854: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1855: </strong></font><br>
1856:
1857: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1858: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1859: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1860: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1861: <p>
1.247 jufi 1862: </ul>
1.169 louis 1863:
1.158 louis 1864: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1865: <ul>
1.147 louis 1866:
1.247 jufi 1867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1868: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1869: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1870: </strong></font><br>
1871:
1872: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1873: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1874: <p>
1875:
1.247 jufi 1876: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1877: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1878: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1879: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1880: </strong></font><br>
1881: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1882: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1883: <p>
1884:
1.247 jufi 1885: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1886: <a
1887: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1888: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1889: </strong></font><br>
1890:
1891: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1892: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1893: <p>
1894:
1.247 jufi 1895: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1896: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1897: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1898: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1899:
1.213 horacio 1900: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1901: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1902: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1903: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1904: <p>
1.215 horacio 1905:
1.247 jufi 1906: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1907: <a
1908: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1909: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1910: </strong></font><br>
1911:
1912: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1913: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1914: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1915: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1916: much of the attitude too).
1917: <p>
1.161 louis 1918:
1.247 jufi 1919: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1920: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1921: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1922: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1923:
1.157 louis 1924: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1925: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1926: <p>
1.247 jufi 1927: </ul>
1.157 louis 1928:
1929: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1930: <ul>
1.157 louis 1931:
1.247 jufi 1932: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1933: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1934: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1935: </strong></font><br>
1936:
1937: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1938: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1939: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1940: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1941: <p>
1942:
1.247 jufi 1943: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1944: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1945: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1946: </strong></font><br>
1947:
1948: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1949: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1950: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1951: it because they love coding...
1952: <p>
1953:
1.247 jufi 1954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1955: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1956: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1957: </strong></font><br>
1958:
1959: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1960: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1961: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1962: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1963: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1964: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1965: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1966: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1967: <p>
1968:
1.247 jufi 1969: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1970: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
1971: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
1972: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 1973: </strong></font><br>
1974:
1975: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
1976: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
1977: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
1978: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
1979: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
1980: the pizza.
1981: <p>
1982:
1.247 jufi 1983: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 1984: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
1985: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
1986: </strong></font><br>
1987:
1988: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
1989: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
1990: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
1991: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
1992: problems.
1993: <p>
1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 1996: <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 1997: </strong></font><br>
1998:
1.222 miod 1999: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2000: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2001: - whether they like it or not.
2002: <p>
2003:
1.247 jufi 2004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2005: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2006: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2007: </strong></font><br>
2008:
2009: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2010: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2011: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2012: <p>
1.148 aaron 2013:
1.247 jufi 2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2015: <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 2016: </strong></font><br>
2017:
2018: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2019: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2020: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2021: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2022: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2023: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2024: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2025: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2026: <p>
2027:
1.247 jufi 2028: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2029: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2030: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2031: </strong></font><br>
2032:
2033: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2034: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2035: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2036: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2037: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2038: <p>
1.247 jufi 2039: </ul>
1.147 louis 2040:
1.138 louis 2041: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2042: <ul>
1.138 louis 2043:
1.247 jufi 2044: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2045: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2046: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2047: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2048: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2049: </strong></font><br>
2050:
1.227 horacio 2051: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2052: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2053: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2054: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2055: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2056: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2057: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2058: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2059: <p>
2060:
1.247 jufi 2061: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2062: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2063: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2064: </strong></font><br>
2065:
2066: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2067: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2068: groups, and even Linux.
2069: <p>
2070:
1.247 jufi 2071: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2072: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2073: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2074: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2075: </strong></font><br>
2076:
2077: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2078: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2079: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2080: library after installing the OS.
2081: <p>
2082:
1.247 jufi 2083: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2084: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2085: Sys Admin, September 2000
2086: </strong></font><br>
2087:
2088: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2089: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2090: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2091: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2092: (<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>,
2093: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2094: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2095: <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 2096: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2097: out of the system.
2098: <p>
2099:
1.247 jufi 2100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2101: <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
2102: </strong></font><br>
2103:
2104: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2105: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2106: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2107: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2108: the IP filtering and address translation.
2109: <p>
1.301 jose 2110:
2111: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2112: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2113: </strong></font><br>
2114:
2115: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2116: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2117: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2118: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2119: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2120: <p>
1.247 jufi 2121: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2122:
1.131 louis 2123: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2124: <ul>
1.131 louis 2125:
1.247 jufi 2126: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2127: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2128: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2129: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2130: </strong></font><br>
2131:
2132: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2133: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2134: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2135: <p>
2136:
1.247 jufi 2137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2138: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2139: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2140: </strong></font><br>
2141:
2142: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2143: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2144: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2145: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2146: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2147: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2148: note of"</i>.
2149: <p>
2150:
1.247 jufi 2151: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2152: <a
1.247 jufi 2153: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2154: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2155: </strong></font><br>
2156:
2157: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2158: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2159: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2160: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2161: <p>
2162:
1.247 jufi 2163: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2164: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2165: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2166: </strong></font><br>
2167:
2168: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2169: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2170: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2171: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2172: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2173: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2174: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2175: <p>
2176:
1.247 jufi 2177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2178: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2179: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2180: 2000
2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2184: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2185: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2186: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2187: against current industry practices.
2188: <p>
2189:
1.247 jufi 2190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2191: <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
2192: </strong></font><br>
2193:
2194: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2195: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2196: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2197: <p>
2198:
1.247 jufi 2199: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2200: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2201: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2202: </strong></font><br>
2203:
2204: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2205: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2206: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2207: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2208: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2209: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2210: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2211: <p>
2212:
1.247 jufi 2213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2214: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2215: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2216: </strong></font><br>
2217:
2218: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2219: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2220: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2221: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2222: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2223: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2224: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2225: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2226: <p>
1.247 jufi 2227: </ul>
1.131 louis 2228:
1.118 louis 2229: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2230: <ul>
1.118 louis 2231:
1.247 jufi 2232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2233: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2234: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2235: </strong></font><br>
2236:
2237: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2238: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2239: about time. The article mentions that
2240: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2241: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2242: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2243: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2244: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2245: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2246: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2247: <p>
2248:
1.247 jufi 2249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2250: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2251: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2252: </strong></font><br>
2253:
2254: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2255: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2256: of OpenSSH.
2257: <p>
2258:
1.247 jufi 2259: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2260: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2261: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2262: </strong></font><br>
2263:
2264: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2265: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2266: bridging.
2267: <p>
2268:
1.247 jufi 2269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2270: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2271: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2272: </strong></font><br>
2273:
1.121 deraadt 2274: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2275: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2276: <p>
2277:
1.247 jufi 2278: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2279: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2280: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2281: </strong></font><br>
2282:
2283: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2284: <p>
2285:
1.247 jufi 2286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2287: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2288: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2289: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2290: </strong></font><br>
2291:
1.120 deraadt 2292: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2293: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2294: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2295: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2296: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2297: <p>
2298:
1.247 jufi 2299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2300: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2301: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2302: </strong></font><br>
2303:
1.222 miod 2304: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2305: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2306: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2307: protocols and their quirks.
2308: <p>
2309:
1.247 jufi 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2311: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2312: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2313: </strong></font><br>
2314:
2315: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2316: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2317: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2318: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2319: <p>
2320:
1.247 jufi 2321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2322: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2323: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2324: </strong></font><br>
2325:
2326: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2327: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2328: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2329: <p>
2330:
1.247 jufi 2331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2332: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2333: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2334: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2335: </strong></font><br>
2336:
2337: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2338: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2339: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2340: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2341: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2342: <p>
1.247 jufi 2343: </ul>
1.118 louis 2344:
1.104 louis 2345: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2346: <ul>
1.104 louis 2347:
1.247 jufi 2348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2349: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2350: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2351: </strong></font><br>
2352:
2353: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2354: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2355: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2356: be a bit dry.
2357: <p>
2358:
1.247 jufi 2359: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2360: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2361: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2362: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2363: </strong></font><br>
2364: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2365: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2366: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2367: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2368: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2369: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2370: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2371: <p>
2372:
1.247 jufi 2373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2374: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2375: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2376: 2000
1.128 louis 2377: </strong></font><br>
2378:
2379: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2380: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2381: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2382: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2383: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2384: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2385: <p>
2386:
1.247 jufi 2387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2388: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2389: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2390: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2391:
2392: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2393: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2394: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2395: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2396: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2397: <p>
1.110 louis 2398:
1.247 jufi 2399: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2400: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2401: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2402: </strong></font><br>
2403:
2404: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2405: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2406: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2407: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2408: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2409: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2410: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2411: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2412: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2413: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2414: <p>
2415:
1.247 jufi 2416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2417: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2418: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2419:
2420: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2421: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2422: <p>
1.108 louis 2423:
1.247 jufi 2424: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2425: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2426: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2427: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2428:
2429: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2430: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2431: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2432: <p>
1.106 louis 2433:
1.247 jufi 2434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2435: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2436: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2437: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2438:
2439: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2440: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2441: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2442: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2443: <p>
1.107 louis 2444:
1.247 jufi 2445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2446: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2447: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2448: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2449:
2450: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2451: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2452: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2453: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2454: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2455: <p>
1.105 louis 2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2458: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2459: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2460: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2461:
1.113 naddy 2462: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2463: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2464: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2465: <p>
1.104 louis 2466:
1.247 jufi 2467: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2468: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2469: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2470: </strong></font><br>
2471:
2472: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2473: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2474: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2475: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2476: <p>
1.301 jose 2477:
2478: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2479: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2480: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2481: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2482:
2483: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2484: hardware-supported cryptography.
2485: <p>
1.247 jufi 2486: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2487:
1.85 louis 2488: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2489: <ul>
1.85 louis 2490:
1.247 jufi 2491: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2492: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2493: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2494: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2495:
2496: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2497: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2498: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2499: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2500: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2501: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2502: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2503: <p>
1.99 louis 2504:
1.247 jufi 2505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2506: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2507: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2508: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2509:
2510: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2511: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2512: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2513: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2514: <p>
1.100 louis 2515:
1.247 jufi 2516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2517: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2518: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2519: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2520:
2521: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2522: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2523: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2524: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2525: <p>
1.95 louis 2526:
1.247 jufi 2527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2528: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2529: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2530: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2531:
2532: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2533: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2534: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2535: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2536: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2537: <p>
1.92 louis 2538:
1.247 jufi 2539: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2540: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2541: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2542: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2543:
2544: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2545: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2546: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2547: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2548: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2549: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2550: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2551: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2552: <p>
1.91 louis 2553:
1.247 jufi 2554: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2555: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2556: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2557: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2558:
2559: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2560: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2561: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2562: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2563: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2564: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2565: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2566: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2567: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2568: <p>
1.90 louis 2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2571: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2572: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2573: </strong></font><br>
2574: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2575: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2576: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2577: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2578: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2579: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2580: <p>
2581:
1.247 jufi 2582: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2583: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2584: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2585: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2586:
1.113 naddy 2587: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2588: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2589: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2590: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2591: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2592: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2593: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2594: <p>
1.87 louis 2595:
1.247 jufi 2596: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2597: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2598: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2599: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2600:
2601: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2602: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2603: <p>
1.85 louis 2604:
1.247 jufi 2605: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2606: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2607: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2608: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2609:
2610: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2611: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2612: <p>
2613:
2614: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2615: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2616: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2617: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2618:
2619: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2620: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2621: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2622: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2623: <p>
1.89 louis 2624:
1.247 jufi 2625: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2626: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2627: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2628: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2629:
2630: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2631: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2632: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2633: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2634: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2635: </ul>
1.85 louis 2636:
1.78 deraadt 2637: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2638: <ul>
1.74 louis 2639:
1.247 jufi 2640: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2641: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2642: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2643: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2644: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2645:
2646: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2647: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2648: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2649: <p>
1.83 louis 2650:
1.247 jufi 2651: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2652: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2653: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2654: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2655:
2656: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2657: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2658: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2659: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2660: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2661: <p>
1.93 louis 2662:
1.247 jufi 2663: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2664: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2665: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2666: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2667: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2668:
1.83 louis 2669: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2670: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2671: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2672: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2673: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2674: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2675: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2676: <p>
1.82 aaron 2677:
1.247 jufi 2678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2679: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2680: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2681: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2682:
1.83 louis 2683: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2684: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2685: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2686: <p>
1.80 louis 2687:
1.247 jufi 2688: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2689: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2690: Bad Press</a>,
2691: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2692: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2693:
2694: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2695: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2696: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2697: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2698: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2699: <p>
1.247 jufi 2700: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2701:
2702: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2703: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2704:
1.247 jufi 2705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2706: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2707: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2708: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2709: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2710:
2711: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2712: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2713: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2714: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2715: <p>
1.74 louis 2716:
1.247 jufi 2717: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2718: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2719: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2720: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2721:
1.219 horacio 2722: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2723: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2724: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2725: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2726: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2727: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2728: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2729: <p>
1.88 louis 2730:
1.247 jufi 2731: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2732: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2733: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2734: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2735:
2736: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2737: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2738: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2739: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2740: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2741: <p>
1.81 louis 2742:
1.247 jufi 2743: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2744: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2745: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2746: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2747:
2748: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2749: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2750: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2751: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2752: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2753: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2754: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2755: <p>
1.90 louis 2756:
1.247 jufi 2757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2758: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2759: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2760: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2761:
2762: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2763: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2764: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2765: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2766: <p>
1.247 jufi 2767: </ul>
1.71 louis 2768:
1.69 deraadt 2769: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2770: <ul>
1.70 louis 2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2773: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2774: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2775: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2776:
2777: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2778: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2779: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2780: <p>
1.70 louis 2781:
1.247 jufi 2782: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2783: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2784: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2785: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2786:
2787: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2788: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2789: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2790: <p>
1.68 louis 2791:
1.247 jufi 2792: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2793: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2794: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2795: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2796: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2797:
1.111 jufi 2798: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2799: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2800: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2801: "secure by default" installation.
2802: <p>
1.64 louis 2803:
1.247 jufi 2804: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2805: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2806: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2807: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2808:
1.113 naddy 2809: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2810: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2811: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2812: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2813: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2814: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2815: <p>
1.66 louis 2816:
1.247 jufi 2817: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2818: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2819: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2820: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2821:
2822: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2823: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2824: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2825: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2826: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2827: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2828: <p>
1.83 louis 2829:
1.247 jufi 2830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2831: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2832: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2833: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2834:
2835: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2836: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2837: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2838: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2839: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2840: <p>
1.64 louis 2841:
1.247 jufi 2842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2843: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2844: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2845: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2846:
2847: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2848: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2849: <p>
1.301 jose 2850:
2851: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2852: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2853: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2854: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2855: </strong></font><br>
2856:
2857: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2858: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2859: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2860: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2861: Giving way to
2862: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2863: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2864: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2865: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2866: <p>
1.247 jufi 2867: </ul>
1.65 louis 2868:
1.69 deraadt 2869: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2870: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2871:
1.247 jufi 2872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2873: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2874: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2875: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2876:
2877: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2878: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2879: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2880: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2881: <p>
1.88 louis 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2884: <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 2885: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2886:
2887: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2888: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2889: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2890: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2891: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2892: <p>
1.60 louis 2893:
1.247 jufi 2894: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2895: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2896: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2897: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2898: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2899:
2900: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2901: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2902: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2903: <p>
1.58 louis 2904:
1.247 jufi 2905: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2906: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2907: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2908:
2909: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2910: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2911: <p>
1.53 louis 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2914: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2915: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2916: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2917:
2918: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2919: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2920: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2921: <p>
1.99 louis 2922:
1.247 jufi 2923: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2924: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2925: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2926:
2927: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2928: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2929: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2930: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2931: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2932:
1.247 jufi 2933: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2934: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2935: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2936: </strong></font><br>
2937:
2938: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2939: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2940: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2941: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2942: <p>
2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2945: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2946: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2947: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2948:
2949: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2950: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2951: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2952:
1.247 jufi 2953: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2954: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2955: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2956:
2957: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2958: in
1.247 jufi 2959: <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 2960: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2961: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2962: <p>
1.53 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2965: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2966: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2967: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2968: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 2969:
1.58 louis 2970: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2971: <p>
1.301 jose 2972:
2973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2974: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
2975: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
2976: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
2977: Informacyjny, January 2000
2978: </strong></font><br>
2979:
2980: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
2981: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
2982: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
2983: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
2984: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
2985: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
2986: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
2987: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
2988: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
2989: with the translation. For the full text, see the
2990: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
2991: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
2992: <p>
2993:
2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2995: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
2996: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
2997: </strong></font><br>
2998:
2999: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3000: <p>
3001: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3002:
1.69 deraadt 3003: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3004: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3005:
1.247 jufi 3006: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3007: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3008: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3009: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3010: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3011:
1.58 louis 3012: Kurt Seifried
3013: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3014: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3015: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3016: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3017:
1.247 jufi 3018: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3019: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3020: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3021: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3022:
3023: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3024: <p>
1.96 louis 3025:
1.247 jufi 3026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3027: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3028: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3029: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3030: </strong></font><br>
3031:
3032: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3033: <p>
3034:
3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3036: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3037: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3038: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3039:
3040: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3041: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3042: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3043: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3044: <p>
1.247 jufi 3045: </ul>
1.86 louis 3046:
1.69 deraadt 3047: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3048: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3049:
1.247 jufi 3050: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3051: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3052: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3053: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3054:
3055: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3056: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3057: <p>
1.61 louis 3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3060: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3061: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3062: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3063: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3064:
3065: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3066: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3067: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3068: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3069: right -- or at least strives to".
3070: <p>
1.48 louis 3071:
1.247 jufi 3072: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3073: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3074: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3075: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3076: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3077: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3078: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3079: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3080: <p>
1.61 louis 3081:
1.247 jufi 3082: <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 3083: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3084: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3085:
3086: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3087: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3088: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3089: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3090: <p>
1.46 louis 3091:
1.247 jufi 3092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3093: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3094: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3095: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3096:
3097: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3098: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3099: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3100:
1.247 jufi 3101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3102: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3103: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3105:
3106: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3107: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3108: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3109: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3110: <p>
1.247 jufi 3111: </ul>
1.70 louis 3112:
1.69 deraadt 3113: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3114: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3115:
1.247 jufi 3116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3117: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3118: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3119: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3120: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3121:
3122: Kurt Seifried
3123: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3124: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3125: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3126: <p>
1.44 philen 3127:
1.247 jufi 3128: <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 3129: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3130: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3131:
3132: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3133: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3134:
1.247 jufi 3135: <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 3136: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3137: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3138:
3139: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3140: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <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 3143: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3144: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3145:
3146: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3147: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3148: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3149: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3150: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3151:
1.247 jufi 3152: <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 3153: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3154: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3155:
1.36 louis 3156: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3157: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3160: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3161: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3162: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3163:
3164: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3165: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3166: </ul>
1.38 louis 3167:
1.69 deraadt 3168: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3169: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3170:
1.247 jufi 3171: <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 3172: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3173: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3174:
3175: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3176: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3177: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3178:
1.113 naddy 3179: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3180: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3181: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3182: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3183:
3184: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3185: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3186: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3187: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3188: <blockquote>
3189: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3190: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3191: <br>
3192: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3193: </code>
3194: </blockquote>
3195: <p>
3196:
1.247 jufi 3197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3198: <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 3199: <p>
3200:
3201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3202: <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 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3204:
3205: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3206: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3207: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3208: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3209:
1.247 jufi 3210: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3211: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3212: Sept. 28, 1999
3213: </strong></font><br>
3214:
3215: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3216: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3217: translating and reprinting articles from
3218: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3219: <p>
3220:
3221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3222: <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 3223: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3224:
3225: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3226: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3227: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3228: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3229: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3230: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3231: <p>
1.19 louis 3232:
1.113 naddy 3233: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3234: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3235: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3236:
3237: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3238: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3239: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3240: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3241: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3242: <p>
1.16 louis 3243:
1.247 jufi 3244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3245: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3246: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3247: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3248:
1.57 louis 3249: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3250: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3251: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3252: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3253:
1.247 jufi 3254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3255: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3256: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3257: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3258:
1.113 naddy 3259: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3260:
1.247 jufi 3261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3262: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3263: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3264: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3265:
1.23 louis 3266: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3267: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3268: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3269: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3270: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3271: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3272:
1.247 jufi 3273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3274: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3275: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3276: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3277:
1.199 pvalchev 3278: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3279: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3280: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3281: installation.
1.113 naddy 3282: <p>
1.47 louis 3283:
1.247 jufi 3284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3285: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3286: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3287: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3288:
1.301 jose 3289: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3290: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3291: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3292: </ul>
1.57 louis 3293:
1.69 deraadt 3294: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3295: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3296:
1.247 jufi 3297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3298: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3299: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3300: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3301:
3302: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3303: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3304: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3305: <p>
1.12 louis 3306:
1.247 jufi 3307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3308: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3309: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3310: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3311:
3312: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3313: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3314: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3315: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3316: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3317: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3318: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3319: <p>
1.247 jufi 3320: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3321:
1.69 deraadt 3322: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3323: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3326: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3327: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3328:
3329: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3330: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3331: available."
1.113 naddy 3332: <p>
1.301 jose 3333:
3334: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3335: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3336: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3337: </strong></font><br>
3338:
3339: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3340: <p>
1.247 jufi 3341: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3342:
1.69 deraadt 3343: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3344: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3345:
1.247 jufi 3346: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3347: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3348: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3349:
3350: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3351: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3352: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3353: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3354: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3355: <p>
1.33 louis 3356:
1.247 jufi 3357: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3358: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3359: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3360: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3361:
1.113 naddy 3362: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3363: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3364: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3365: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3366: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3367: <p>
1.247 jufi 3368: </ul>
1.57 louis 3369:
1.69 deraadt 3370: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3371: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3372:
1.247 jufi 3373: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3374: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3375: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3376: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3377:
3378: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3379: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3380: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3381:
1.247 jufi 3382: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3383: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3384: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3385: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3386: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3387:
3388: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3389: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3390:
1.247 jufi 3391: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3392: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3393:
1.113 naddy 3394: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3395:
1.247 jufi 3396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3397: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3398: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3399: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3400:
3401: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3402: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3403: </ul>
1.23 louis 3404:
1.69 deraadt 3405: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3406: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3407:
1.247 jufi 3408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3409: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3410: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3411:
3412: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3413: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3414: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3415:
1.247 jufi 3416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3417: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3418: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3419: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3420:
3421: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3422: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3423: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3424: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3425: </ul>
1.57 louis 3426:
1.69 deraadt 3427: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3428: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3429:
1.247 jufi 3430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3431: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3432: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3433: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3434:
3435: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3436: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3437: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3438: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3439: <p>
1.15 louis 3440:
1.247 jufi 3441: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3442: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3443: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3444: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3445:
3446: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3447: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3448: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3449: columns."
1.113 naddy 3450: <p>
1.247 jufi 3451: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3452:
1.69 deraadt 3453: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3454: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3455:
1.247 jufi 3456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3457: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3458: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3459: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3460:
3461: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3462: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3463:
1.113 naddy 3464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3465: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3466: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3467:
3468: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3469: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3470: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3471: </ul>
1.57 louis 3472:
1.69 deraadt 3473: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3474: <ul>
1.301 jose 3475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3476: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3477: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3478: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3479:
3480: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3481: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3482: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3483: <p>
3484:
3485: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3486: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3487: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3488: Nov 13, 1998 and
3489: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3490: Datateknik</a>,
3491: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3492:
3493: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3494: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3495: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3496: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3497: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3498:
1.113 naddy 3499: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3500: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3501: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3502: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3503:
1.222 miod 3504: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3505: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3506: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3507: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3508: <p>
1.247 jufi 3509: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3510:
1.69 deraadt 3511: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3512: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3513:
1.247 jufi 3514: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3515: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3516: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3517:
1.69 deraadt 3518: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3519: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3520: <p>
1.247 jufi 3521: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3522:
1.69 deraadt 3523: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3524: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3525:
1.247 jufi 3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3527: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3528: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3529: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3530:
3531: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3532: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3533: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3534:
1.247 jufi 3535: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3536: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3537: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3538: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3539: <p>
1.247 jufi 3540: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3541:
1.69 deraadt 3542: <h2>June, 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://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3547: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3548: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3549: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3550: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3551:
3552: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3553: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3554: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3555: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3556: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3557: <p>
1.247 jufi 3558: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3559:
3560: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3561: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3562:
1.247 jufi 3563: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3564: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3565: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3566:
1.69 deraadt 3567: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3568: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3569: <p>
1.112 naddy 3570:
1.247 jufi 3571: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3572: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3573:
1.292 camield 3574: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3575: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3576: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
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