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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>
1.344 ! deraadt 23: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
! 24: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
! 25: OsOpinion,
! 26: May 6, 2003.
! 27: </strong></font><br>
! 28: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
! 29: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
! 30: <br>
! 31: This article can also be found online at:
! 32: <ul>
! 33: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
! 34: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
! 35: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
! 36: NewsFactor Network.
! 37: </strong></font>
! 38: </ul>
! 39: <p>
! 40:
! 41: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.343 deraadt 42: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
43: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
44: ITBusiness,
45: May 2, 2003.
46: </strong></font><br>
47: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
48: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
49: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
50: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
51: <p>
52:
53: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 54: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
55: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
56: InfoWorld,
57: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 58: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 59: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
60: <br>
61: This article can also be found online at:
62: <ul>
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
64: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
65: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
66: IDG Singapore.
67: </strong></font>
68: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 69: <p>
70:
1.339 jose 71: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
72: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
73: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 74: ZDNet,
75: May 1, 2003.
76: </strong></font><br>
77: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 78: someone using parts from previous articles.
79: <br>
1.341 deraadt 80: This article can also be found online at:
81: <ul>
82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
83: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
84: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
85: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 86: </strong></font>
87: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
88: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
89: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
90: CNET News.com.
91: </strong></font>
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
93: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
94: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
95: ZDNet UK.
96: </strong></font>
97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
98: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
99: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
100: Help Net Security, Croatia.
101: </strong></font>
102: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 103: <p>
1.339 jose 104:
1.341 deraadt 105: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
106: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
107: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
108: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
109: May 1, 2003.
110: </strong></font><br>
111: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
112: that have been added
113: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
114: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
115: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
116: third-party "ports", spamd, many upgrades to included software, and more.
117: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
118: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
119: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 120: <p>
121:
122: </ul>
123:
1.253 ian 124: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
125: <ul>
1.255 ian 126:
1.260 ian 127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 128: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 129: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
130: TechRepublic,
131: April 28, 2003.
132: </strong></font><br>
133: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
134: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 135: work.<br>
136: Can also be found online at:
137: <ul>
138: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
139: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
140: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
141: ZDNet UK.
142: </strong></font>
143: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 144: <p>
145:
146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 147: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
148: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
149: IDG,
150: April 24, 2003.
151: </strong></font><br>
152: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
153: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
154: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
155: Can also be found online at:
156: <ul>
157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
158: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
159: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 160: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 161: </strong></font>
162: </ul>
163: <p>
164:
165: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
166: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 167: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 168: Slate,
169: April 24, 2003.
170: </strong></font><br>
171: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
172: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
173: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
174: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
175: <p>
176:
177: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 178: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
179: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
180: April 24, 2003.
181: </strong></font><br>
182: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
183: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
184: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
185: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
186: <p>
187:
188: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 189: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
190: April 24, 2003.
191: </strong></font><br>
192: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
193: the free software community".
194: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
195: other articles.
196: <p>
197:
198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
199: <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>,
200: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
201: </strong></font><br>
202: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
203: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
204: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
205: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
206: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
207: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
208: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
209: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
210: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
211: <br/>
212: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
213: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
214: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
215: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 216: <br>
217: Can also be found online at:
218: <ul>
219: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
220: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
221: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
222: Common Dreams NewsCenter
223: </strong></font>
224: </ul>
1.324 ian 225: <p>
226:
227: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
228: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
229: Wired, April 24, 2003.
230: </strong></font><br>
231: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
232: article above.
233: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
234: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
235: wasting them."
1.332 ian 236: <br>
237: Can also be found online at:
238: <ul>
239: <li>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
241: </strong></font>
242: </ul>
1.324 ian 243: <p>
244:
245: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 246: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
247: </strong></font><br>
248: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
249: <p>
250:
251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 252: <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.
253: </strong></font><br>
254: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
255: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
256: <p>
257:
258: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 259: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
260: April 23, 2003.
261: </strong></font><br>
262: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
263: <p>
264:
265: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 266: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 267: April 22, 2003.
268: </strong></font><br>
269: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
270: <p>
271:
272: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 273: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
274: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
275: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 276: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 277: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
278: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
279: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
280: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
281: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
282: Can also be found online at:
283: <ul>
284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
285: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 286: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
287: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 288: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 289: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
290: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 291: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
292: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 293: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 294: </ul>
295: <p>
296:
297: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 298: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
299: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 300: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 301: </strong></font><br>
302: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 303: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
304: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
305: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
306: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
307: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
308: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 309: <p>
310:
311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 312: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
313: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 314: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
315: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 316: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
317: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
318: at UPenn and DARPA.
319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 322: [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
323: April 18, 2003.
324: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 325: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 326: <p>
327:
328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 329: [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 330: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 331: </strong></font><br>
332: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
333: <p>
334:
335: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 336: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
337: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
338: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 339: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 340: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
341: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
342: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 346: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
347: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 348: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 349: </strong></font><br>
350: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
351: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
352: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 353: American century.
1.267 deraadt 354: <p>
355:
356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 357: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
358: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 359: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 360: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 361: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
362: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
363: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
364: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
365: Can also be found online at:
366: <ul>
367: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
368: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 369: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 370: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 371: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 372: <p>
373:
374: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 375: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 376: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 377: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 378: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 379: </strong></font><br>
380: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 381: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
382: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
383: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
384: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 385:
386: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
387: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
388: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
389: New York Times.
390: </strong></font>(free registration required)
391:
1.273 deraadt 392: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
393: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 394: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 395: ABC News.
396: </strong></font>
397:
398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 399: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 400: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 401: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 402: </strong></font>
403:
404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 405: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 406: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 407: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 408: </strong></font>
409:
410: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 411: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
412: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 413: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 414: </strong></font>
415:
416: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 417: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 418: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 419: Times Daily, AL.
420: </strong></font>
421:
422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
423: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
424: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
425: Boston.com, MA.
426: </strong></font>
427:
428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 429: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 430: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 431: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
432: </strong></font>
433:
434: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 435: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
436: [Article was pulled]</a>
437: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 438: </strong></font>
439:
440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
441: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
442: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
443: Infoshop News.
444: </strong></font>
445:
446: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
447: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
448: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
449: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
450: </strong></font>
451:
452: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 453: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
454: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
455: Raleigh News, NC.
456: </strong></font>
457:
458: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 459: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
460: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
461: Napa News, CA.
462: </strong></font>
463:
464: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 465: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 466: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
467: NEPA News, PA.
468: </strong></font>
469:
470: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
471: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
472: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
473: Wired News.
474: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 475: <br>
476: <li>
1.333 deraadt 477: <font color="#009000"><strong>
478: [JAPANESE]
479: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
480: Wired News Japan</a>
481: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 482:
1.271 deraadt 483: </ul>
484: <p>
1.272 deraadt 485: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
486: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 487: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
488: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
489: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
490: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
491: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
492: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 493: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 494: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
495: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
496: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 497: <p>
498: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 499:
500: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 501: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 502: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
503: Indianapolis Star, IN.
504: </strong></font>
505:
506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 507: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
508: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
509: Miami Herald, FL.
510: </strong></font>
511:
512: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 513: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 514: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
515: </strong></font>
516:
517: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
518: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 519: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 520: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 521: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 522:
523: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
524: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
525: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
526: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
527: ABC News.
528: </strong></font>
529:
1.276 deraadt 530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
531: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 532: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 533: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 534: </strong></font>
535:
1.286 dhartmei 536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 537: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 538: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
539: Wilmington Star, NC.
540: </strong></font>
541:
1.300 jose 542: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
543: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
544: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
545: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
546: </strong></font>
547:
1.309 jose 548: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
549: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
550: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
551: Globe Technology.
552: </strong></font>
553:
1.263 deraadt 554: </ul>
1.262 beck 555: <p>
556:
557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 558: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
559: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 560: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 561: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 562: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 563: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
564: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 568: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
569: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
570: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 571: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 572: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
573: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
574: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
575: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
576: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
577: and simply restates other press reports.
578: <p>
579:
580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 581: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
582: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
583: OS News, April 18, 2003.
584: </strong></font><br>
585: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
586: <p>
587:
588: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 589: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
590: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 591: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 592: </strong></font><br>
593: Another report on the DARPA funding.
594: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
595: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 599: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
600: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
601: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
602: April 17, 2003.
603: </strong></font><br>
604: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
605: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
606: Tech Anthems</a>
607: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
608: 4 so far.
609: <p>
610:
611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 612: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
613: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 614: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 615: </strong></font><br>
616: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
617: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
618: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
619: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
620: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
621: Goes on to say:
622: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
623: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
624: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
625: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 626: This article is also found online at:
627: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 628: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
629: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
630: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
631: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 632: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 633: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
634: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
635: ZDnet</a>,
636: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 637: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
639: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
640: ZDnet Australia</a>,
641: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 642: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 643: </ul>
1.260 ian 644: <p>
1.279 deraadt 645:
1.260 ian 646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 647: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 648: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 649: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 650: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 651: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 652: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
653: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
654: without notice or justification.
655: <p>
656:
657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 658: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 659: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 660: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 661: </strong></font><br>
662: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
663: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 664: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 665: effective today, without any warning..."
666: <p>
1.257 ian 667:
668: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 669: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
670: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 671: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 672: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 673: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
674: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
675: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
676: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
677: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 678: <p>
679:
680: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 681: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
682: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 683: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 684: </strong></font><br>
685: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
686: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
687: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
688: quoting two of them:
689: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
690: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
691: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
692: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
693: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
694: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
695: <p>
696:
1.255 ian 697: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 698: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
699: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 700: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 701: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 702: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 703: <p>
704:
705: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 706: [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 707: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 708: </strong></font><br>
709: New security concepts in OpenBSD
710: <p>
711:
712: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 713: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
714: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 715: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 716: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 717: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 718: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
719: security experts for more than three decades."
720: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
721: <p>
1.261 ian 722:
1.254 drahn 723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 724: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 725: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 726: </strong></font><br>
727: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
728: <p>
729:
730: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 731: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
732: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
733: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
734: </strong></font><br>
735: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
736: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
737: discussion OpenBSD's path.
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 741: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
742: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 743: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 744: </strong></font><br>
745: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
746: from US DARPA.
747: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
748: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
749: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
750: the BSD license.
751: <p>
752: </ul>
753:
1.251 ian 754: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
755: <ul>
756:
757: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 758: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
759: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
760: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
761: </strong></font><br>
762:
763: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
764: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
765: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
766: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
767: <p>
768:
769: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 770: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
771: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 772: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 773: </strong></font><br>
774: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
775: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
776: Mentions
777: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
778: and
779: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
780: programs.
781: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 782: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 783: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
784: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
785: <p>
1.325 ian 786: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
787: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 788:
789: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
790: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
791: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
792: </strong></font><br>
793: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
794: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
795: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
796: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
797: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
798: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
799: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
800: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
801: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
802: put into service."
803: <p>
804: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
805: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
806: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
807: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
808: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
809: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
810: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
811: computers with security features."
812: <p>
1.329 ian 813:
814: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
815: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
816: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
817: Slate,
818: March 3, 2003.
819: </strong></font><br>
820: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
821: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
822: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
823: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
824: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
825: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
826: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
827: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
828: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
829: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
830: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
831: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
832: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
833: of more secure open-source solutions like
834: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
835: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
836: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
837: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
838: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
839: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
840: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
841: the Beltway."
842: <p>
1.251 ian 843: </ul>
844:
1.249 jufi 845: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
846: <ul>
847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
848: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
849: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 850: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 851: </strong></font><br>
852: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
853: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 854: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 855: <p>
1.334 ian 856:
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
858: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
859: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
860: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
861: </strong></font><br>
862: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
863: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
864: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
865: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
866: "... the hypothetical question ...
867: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
868: <br>
869: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
870: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
871: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
872: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
873: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
874: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 875: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 876: support network security.
877: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
878: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
879: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
880: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
881: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
882: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
883: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
884: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
885: <br>
886: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
887: <p>
888:
1.249 jufi 889: </ul>
890:
1.246 jufi 891: <h2>December, 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://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 896: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
897: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 898: </strong></font><br>
899: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
900: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
901: <p>
902:
1.247 jufi 903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 904: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
905: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
906: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
907: </strong></font><br>
908: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
909: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
910: <p>
911:
912: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 913: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 914: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
915: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 916: </strong></font><br>
917: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
918: in their annual OpenHack security test.
919: <p>
1.247 jufi 920: </ul>
1.246 jufi 921:
1.244 jufi 922: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 923: <ul>
1.246 jufi 924:
1.247 jufi 925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 926: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
927: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
928: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 929: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 930: </strong></font><br>
931: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
932: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
933: md5 digests.
934: <p>
935:
1.247 jufi 936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 937: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 938: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
939: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 940: </strong></font><br>
941: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
942: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
943: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
944: right the first time."
945: <p>
1.247 jufi 946: </ul>
1.244 jufi 947:
948:
949: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 950: <ul>
1.244 jufi 951:
1.247 jufi 952: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 953: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 954: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
955: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 956: </strong></font><br>
957: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
958: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
959: part 6</a>.
960: <p>
961:
1.247 jufi 962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 963: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 964: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
965: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 966: </strong></font><br>
967: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
968: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
969: <p>
1.301 jose 970:
971: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
972: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
973: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
974: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
975: </strong></font><br>
976:
977: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
978: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
979: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
980: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
981: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
982: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
983: <i>Here's the
984: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
985: <p>
1.247 jufi 986: </ul>
1.242 jufi 987:
988: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 989: <ul>
1.242 jufi 990:
1.247 jufi 991: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 992: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 993: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
994: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 995: </strong></font><br>
996: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
997: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
998: <p>
999:
1.247 jufi 1000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1001: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1002: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1003: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1004: </strong></font><br>
1005: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1006: this time using pf.
1007: <p>
1.247 jufi 1008: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1009:
1010: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1011: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1012:
1.247 jufi 1013: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1014: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1015: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1016: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1017: </strong></font><br>
1018: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1019: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1020: their rotation.
1021: <p>
1022:
1.247 jufi 1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1024: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1025: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1026: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1027: </strong></font><br>
1028: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1029: <p>
1.247 jufi 1030: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1031:
1.239 jufi 1032: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1033: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1034:
1.247 jufi 1035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1036: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1037: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1038: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1039: </strong></font><br>
1040: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1041: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1042: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1043: <p>
1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1046: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1047: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1048: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1049: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1050: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1051: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1052: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1053: <p>
1.247 jufi 1054: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1055:
1.235 lebel 1056: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1057: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1058:
1.239 jufi 1059:
1.247 jufi 1060: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1061: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1062: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1063: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1064: </strong></font><br>
1065: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1066: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1067: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1068: <p>
1.301 jose 1069:
1.247 jufi 1070: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1071:
1.228 horacio 1072: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1073: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1074:
1.247 jufi 1075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1076: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1077: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1078: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1079: </strong></font><br>
1080: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1081: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1082: <p>
1083:
1.247 jufi 1084: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1085: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1086: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1087: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1088: </strong></font><br>
1089: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1090: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1091: <p>
1092:
1.247 jufi 1093: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1094: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1095: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1096: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1097: </strong></font><br>
1098: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1099: on the desktop of his parents.
1100: <p>
1101:
1.247 jufi 1102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1103: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1104: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1105: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1106: </strong></font><br>
1107: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1108: using IPFilter.
1109:
1110: <p>
1111:
1.247 jufi 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1113: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1114: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1115: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1116: </strong></font><br>
1117: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1118: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1119: perspectives of the four OS.
1120: <br>
1121: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1122: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1123: <p>
1124:
1.247 jufi 1125: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1126: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1127: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1128: software and security</a>,
1129: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1130: </strong></font><br>
1131:
1132: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1133: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1134: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1135: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1136: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1137: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1138: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1139: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1140: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1141: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1142: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1143: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1144: <p>
1.247 jufi 1145: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1146:
1.225 horacio 1147: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1148: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1149:
1.247 jufi 1150: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1151: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1152: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1153: Interview</a>,
1154: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1155: </strong></font><br>
1156:
1157: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1158: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1159: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1160: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1161: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1162: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1163: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1164: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1165: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1166: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1167: of choice.
1168: <p>
1.247 jufi 1169: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1170:
1171: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1172: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1173:
1.247 jufi 1174: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1175: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1176: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1177: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1178: </strong></font><br>
1179:
1180: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1181: <p>
1182:
1.247 jufi 1183: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1184: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1185: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1186: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1187: </strong></font><br>
1188:
1189: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1190: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1191: <p>
1.247 jufi 1192: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1193:
1.218 horacio 1194: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1195: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1196:
1.247 jufi 1197: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1198: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1199: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1200: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1201: </strong></font><br>
1202:
1203: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1204: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1205: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1206: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1207: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1208: subjects. Worth a read.
1209: <p>
1210:
1211:
1.247 jufi 1212: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1213: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1214: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1215: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1216: </strong></font><br>
1217:
1218: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1219: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1220: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1221: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1222: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1223: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1224: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1225: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1226: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1227: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1228: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1229: on other operating systems.<br>
1230: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1231: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1232: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1233: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1234: <p>
1235:
1.247 jufi 1236: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1237: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1238: Operating System 2010</a>,
1239: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1240: </strong></font><br>
1241:
1242: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1243: covering the level of software integration into the core
1244: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1245: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1246: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1247: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1248: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1249: <p>
1250:
1.247 jufi 1251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1252: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1253: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1254: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1255: </strong></font><br>
1256:
1257: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1258: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1259: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1260: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1261: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1262: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1263: <p>
1.247 jufi 1264: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1265:
1.210 jufi 1266: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1267: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1268:
1.247 jufi 1269: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1270: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1271: Already a Contender</a>,
1272: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1273: </strong></font><br>
1274:
1275: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1276: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1277: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1278: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1279: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1280: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1281: <p>
1282:
1.247 jufi 1283: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1284: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1285: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1286: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1287: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1288:
1.224 horacio 1289: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1290: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1291: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1292: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1293: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1294: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1295: <p>
1.247 jufi 1296: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1297:
1298: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1299: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1300:
1.247 jufi 1301: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1302: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1303: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1304: Division</a>,
1305: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1306: </strong></font><br>
1307:
1308: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1309: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1310: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1311: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1312: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1313: investment</em>.<br>
1314: The implementation details can be seen on their
1315: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1316: <p>
1317:
1.247 jufi 1318: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1319: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1320: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1321: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1322: </strong></font><br>
1323:
1324: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1325: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1326: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1327: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1328: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1329: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1330: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1331: <p>
1332:
1333: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1334: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1335: Thinking about Security</a>,
1336: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1337: </strong></font><br>
1338:
1339: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1340: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1341: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1342: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1343: to time.<br>
1344: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1345: system and just the most secure system.
1346: <p>
1347:
1.247 jufi 1348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1349: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1350: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1351: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1352: </strong></font><br>
1353:
1354: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1355: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1356: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1357: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1358: choice:<br>
1359: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1360: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1361: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1362: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1363: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1364: network security devices and as such must be well
1365: armored."</em><br>
1366: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1367: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1368: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1369: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1370: <br>
1371: Bravo!
1372: <p>
1.247 jufi 1373: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1374:
1.207 ian 1375: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1376: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1377:
1.247 jufi 1378: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1379: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1380: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1381: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1382:
1.207 ian 1383: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1384: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1385: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1386: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1387: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1388: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1389: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1390: <p>
1.247 jufi 1391: </ul>
1.207 ian 1392:
1.194 jufi 1393: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1394: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1395:
1.247 jufi 1396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1397: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1398: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1399: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1400: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1401:
1.240 miod 1402: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1403: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1404: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1405: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1406: <p>
1407:
1.247 jufi 1408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1409: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1410: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1411: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1412:
1413: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1414: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1415: <p>
1416:
1417: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1418: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1419: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1420: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1421:
1422: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1423: <p>
1424:
1425: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1426: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1427: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1428: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1429: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1430:
1.240 miod 1431: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1432: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1433: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1434: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1435: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1436: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1437: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1438: <br>
1439: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1440: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1441: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1442: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1443: <p>
1444:
1.247 jufi 1445: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1446: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1447: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1448: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1449: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1450:
1.194 jufi 1451: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1452: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1453: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1454: <br>
1455: The new
1456: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1457: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1458: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1459: <p>
1.247 jufi 1460: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1461:
1.190 horacio 1462: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1463: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1464:
1.247 jufi 1465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1466:
1467: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1468: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1469:
1.301 jose 1470:
1.191 jufi 1471: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1472: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1473:
1474: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1475: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1476:
1.212 horacio 1477: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1478: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1479: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1480:
1.211 horacio 1481: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1482: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1483: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1484:
1.247 jufi 1485: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1486: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1487:
1.247 jufi 1488: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1489: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1490:
1.212 horacio 1491: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1492: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1493: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1494:
1495: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1496: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1497:
1498: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1499: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1500:
1.301 jose 1501: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1502: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1503:
1.191 jufi 1504: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1505: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1506:
1507: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1508: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1509:
1.192 jufi 1510: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1511: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1512: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1513:
1.193 deraadt 1514: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1515: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1516: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1517:
1.247 jufi 1518: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1519: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1520:
1.247 jufi 1521: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1522: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1523: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1524:
1.213 horacio 1525: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1526: 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 1527: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1528:
1.190 horacio 1529: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1530: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1531: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1532: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1533: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1534: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1535: <p>
1.190 horacio 1536:
1.247 jufi 1537: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1538: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1539: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1540: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1541: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1542:
1.195 jufi 1543: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1544: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1545: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1546: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1547: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1548: <p>
1549:
1.247 jufi 1550: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1551: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1552: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1553: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1554: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1555:
1.191 jufi 1556: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1557: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1558: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1559: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1560: <p>
1561:
1562: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1563: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1564: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1565: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1566:
1567: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1568: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1569: <p>
1.247 jufi 1570: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1571:
1.191 jufi 1572:
1.186 jufi 1573: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1574: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1575:
1.247 jufi 1576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1577: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1578: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1579: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1580: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1581:
1.188 jufi 1582: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1583: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1584: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1585: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1586: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1587: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1588: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1589: <p>
1590:
1.301 jose 1591: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1592: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1593: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1594: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1595:
1596: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1597: <p>
1.191 jufi 1598:
1.247 jufi 1599: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1600: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1601: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1602: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1603: </strong></font><br>
1604:
1605: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1606: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1607: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1608: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1609: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1610: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1611: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1612: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1613: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1614: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1615: familiar?
1616: <p>
1.247 jufi 1617: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1618:
1.178 louis 1619: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1620: <ul>
1.178 louis 1621:
1.247 jufi 1622: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1623: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1624: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1625: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1626: </strong></font><br>
1627:
1628: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1629: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1630: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1631: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1632: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1633: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1634: <p>
1635:
1.247 jufi 1636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1637: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1638: Open source under the hood</a>,
1639: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1640: </strong></font><br>
1641:
1642: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1643: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1644: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1645: <p>
1646:
1.247 jufi 1647: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1648: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1649: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1650: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1651: </strong></font><br>
1652:
1653: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1654: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1655: <p>
1.247 jufi 1656: </ul>
1.179 louis 1657:
1.174 louis 1658:
1.175 louis 1659: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1660: <ul>
1.175 louis 1661:
1.247 jufi 1662: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1663: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1664: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1665: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1666: </strong></font><br>
1667:
1668: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1669: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1670: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1671: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1672: <p>
1673:
1.247 jufi 1674: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1675: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1676: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1677: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1678: </strong></font><br>
1679:
1680: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1681: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1682: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1683: <p>
1.247 jufi 1684: </ul>
1.175 louis 1685:
1.176 louis 1686:
1.172 mickey 1687: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1688: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1689:
1.247 jufi 1690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1691: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1692: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1693: </strong></font><br>
1694:
1695: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1696: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1697: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1698: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1699: <p>
1700:
1.247 jufi 1701: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1702: <a
1.269 deraadt 1703: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1704: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1705: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1706: </strong></font><br>
1707:
1708: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1709: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1710: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1711: <p>
1712:
1.247 jufi 1713: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1714: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1715: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1716: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1717: </strong></font><br>
1718:
1719: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1720: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1721: <p>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1724: <a
1.269 deraadt 1725: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1726: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1727: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1728: </strong></font><br>
1729:
1730: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1731: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1732: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1733: our own Theo de Raadt.
1734: <p>
1735:
1.247 jufi 1736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1737: <a
1.269 deraadt 1738: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1739: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1740: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1741: </strong></font><br>
1742:
1743: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1744: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1745: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1746: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1747: shut down.]
1748: <p>
1749:
1.247 jufi 1750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1751: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1752: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1753: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1754: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1755: </strong></font><br>
1756:
1757: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1758: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1759: <p>
1.247 jufi 1760: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1761:
1.161 louis 1762: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1763: <ul>
1.161 louis 1764:
1.247 jufi 1765: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1766: <a
1.269 deraadt 1767: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1768: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1769: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1770: </strong></font><br>
1771:
1772: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1773: by John Wolley
1774: <p>
1775:
1.247 jufi 1776: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1777: <a
1.269 deraadt 1778: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1779: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1780: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1781: </strong></font><br>
1782:
1783: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1784: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1785: OpenBSD).
1786: <p>
1787:
1.247 jufi 1788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1789: <a
1.247 jufi 1790: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1791: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1792: </strong></font><br>
1793:
1794: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1795: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1796: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1797: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1798: and hindsight.
1799: <p>
1800:
1.247 jufi 1801: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1802: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1803: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1804: </strong></font><br>
1805:
1806: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1807: <p>
1808:
1.247 jufi 1809: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1810: <a
1.168 provos 1811: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1812: December 7, 2000
1813: </strong></font><br>
1814:
1815: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1816: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1817: us explain.
1818: <p>
1819:
1.247 jufi 1820: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1821: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1822: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1823: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1824: December 6, 2000
1825: </strong></font><br>
1826:
1827: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1828: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1829: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1830: <p>
1831:
1.247 jufi 1832: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1833: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1834: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1835: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1836: </strong></font><br>
1837:
1838: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1839: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1840: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1841: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1842: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1843: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1844: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1845: <p>
1846:
1847: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1848: <a
1.226 horacio 1849: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1850: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1851: </strong></font><br>
1852:
1853: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1854: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1855: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1856: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1857: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1858: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1859: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1860: <p>
1.162 millert 1861:
1.247 jufi 1862: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1863: <a
1.161 louis 1864: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1865: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1866: </strong></font><br>
1867:
1868: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1869: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1870: <p>
1871:
1.247 jufi 1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1873: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1874: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1875: </strong></font><br>
1876:
1877: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1878: <p>
1879:
1880:
1.247 jufi 1881: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1882: <a
1.226 horacio 1883: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1884: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1885: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1886: </strong></font><br>
1887:
1888: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1889: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1890: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1891: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1892: <p>
1.247 jufi 1893: </ul>
1.169 louis 1894:
1.158 louis 1895: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1896: <ul>
1.147 louis 1897:
1.247 jufi 1898: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1899: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1900: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1901: </strong></font><br>
1902:
1903: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1904: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1905: <p>
1906:
1.247 jufi 1907: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1908: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1909: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1910: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1911: </strong></font><br>
1912: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1913: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1914: <p>
1915:
1.247 jufi 1916: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1917: <a
1918: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1919: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1920: </strong></font><br>
1921:
1922: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1923: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1924: <p>
1925:
1.247 jufi 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1927: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1928: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1929: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1930:
1.213 horacio 1931: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1932: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1933: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1934: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1935: <p>
1.215 horacio 1936:
1.247 jufi 1937: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1938: <a
1939: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1940: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1941: </strong></font><br>
1942:
1943: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1944: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1945: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1946: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1947: much of the attitude too).
1948: <p>
1.161 louis 1949:
1.247 jufi 1950: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1951: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1952: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1953: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1954:
1.157 louis 1955: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1956: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1957: <p>
1.247 jufi 1958: </ul>
1.157 louis 1959:
1960: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1961: <ul>
1.157 louis 1962:
1.247 jufi 1963: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1964: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1965: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1966: </strong></font><br>
1967:
1968: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1969: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1970: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1971: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1972: <p>
1973:
1.247 jufi 1974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1975: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1976: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1977: </strong></font><br>
1978:
1979: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1980: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1981: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1982: it because they love coding...
1983: <p>
1984:
1.247 jufi 1985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1986: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1987: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1988: </strong></font><br>
1989:
1990: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
1991: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
1992: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
1993: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
1994: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
1995: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
1996: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
1997: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
1998: <p>
1999:
1.247 jufi 2000: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2001: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2002: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2003: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2004: </strong></font><br>
2005:
2006: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2007: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2008: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2009: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2010: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2011: the pizza.
2012: <p>
2013:
1.247 jufi 2014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2015: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2016: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2017: </strong></font><br>
2018:
2019: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2020: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2021: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2022: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2023: problems.
2024: <p>
2025:
1.247 jufi 2026: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2027: <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 2028: </strong></font><br>
2029:
1.222 miod 2030: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2031: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2032: - whether they like it or not.
2033: <p>
2034:
1.247 jufi 2035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2036: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2037: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2038: </strong></font><br>
2039:
2040: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2041: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2042: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2043: <p>
1.148 aaron 2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2046: <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 2047: </strong></font><br>
2048:
2049: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2050: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2051: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2052: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2053: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2054: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2055: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2056: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2057: <p>
2058:
1.247 jufi 2059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2060: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2061: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2062: </strong></font><br>
2063:
2064: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2065: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2066: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2067: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2068: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2069: <p>
1.247 jufi 2070: </ul>
1.147 louis 2071:
1.138 louis 2072: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2073: <ul>
1.138 louis 2074:
1.247 jufi 2075: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2076: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2077: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2078: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2079: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2080: </strong></font><br>
2081:
1.227 horacio 2082: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2083: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2084: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2085: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2086: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2087: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2088: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2089: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2090: <p>
2091:
1.247 jufi 2092: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2093: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2094: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2095: </strong></font><br>
2096:
2097: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2098: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2099: groups, and even Linux.
2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2103: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2104: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2105: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2106: </strong></font><br>
2107:
2108: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2109: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2110: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2111: library after installing the OS.
2112: <p>
2113:
1.247 jufi 2114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2115: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2116: Sys Admin, September 2000
2117: </strong></font><br>
2118:
2119: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2120: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2121: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2122: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2123: (<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>,
2124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2125: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2126: <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 2127: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2128: out of the system.
2129: <p>
2130:
1.247 jufi 2131: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2132: <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
2133: </strong></font><br>
2134:
2135: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2136: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2137: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2138: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2139: the IP filtering and address translation.
2140: <p>
1.301 jose 2141:
2142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2143: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2144: </strong></font><br>
2145:
2146: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2147: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2148: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2149: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2150: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2151: <p>
1.247 jufi 2152: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2153:
1.131 louis 2154: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2155: <ul>
1.131 louis 2156:
1.247 jufi 2157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2158: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2159: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2160: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2161: </strong></font><br>
2162:
2163: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2164: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2165: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2166: <p>
2167:
1.247 jufi 2168: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2169: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2170: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2171: </strong></font><br>
2172:
2173: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2174: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2175: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2176: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2177: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2178: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2179: note of"</i>.
2180: <p>
2181:
1.247 jufi 2182: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2183: <a
1.247 jufi 2184: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2185: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2186: </strong></font><br>
2187:
2188: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2189: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2190: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2191: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2192: <p>
2193:
1.247 jufi 2194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2195: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2196: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2197: </strong></font><br>
2198:
2199: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2200: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2201: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2202: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2203: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2204: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2205: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2206: <p>
2207:
1.247 jufi 2208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2209: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2210: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2211: 2000
2212: </strong></font><br>
2213:
2214: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2215: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2216: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2217: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2218: against current industry practices.
2219: <p>
2220:
1.247 jufi 2221: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2222: <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
2223: </strong></font><br>
2224:
2225: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2226: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2227: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2228: <p>
2229:
1.247 jufi 2230: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2231: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2232: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2233: </strong></font><br>
2234:
2235: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2236: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2237: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2238: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2239: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2240: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2241: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2242: <p>
2243:
1.247 jufi 2244: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2245: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2246: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2247: </strong></font><br>
2248:
2249: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2250: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2251: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2252: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2253: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2254: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2255: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2256: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2257: <p>
1.247 jufi 2258: </ul>
1.131 louis 2259:
1.118 louis 2260: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2261: <ul>
1.118 louis 2262:
1.247 jufi 2263: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2264: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2265: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2266: </strong></font><br>
2267:
2268: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2269: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2270: about time. The article mentions that
2271: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2272: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2273: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2274: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2275: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2276: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2277: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2278: <p>
2279:
1.247 jufi 2280: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2281: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2282: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2283: </strong></font><br>
2284:
2285: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2286: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2287: of OpenSSH.
2288: <p>
2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2291: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2292: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2293: </strong></font><br>
2294:
2295: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2296: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2297: bridging.
2298: <p>
2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2301: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2302: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2303: </strong></font><br>
2304:
1.121 deraadt 2305: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2306: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2307: <p>
2308:
1.247 jufi 2309: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2310: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2311: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2312: </strong></font><br>
2313:
2314: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2315: <p>
2316:
1.247 jufi 2317: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2318: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2319: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2320: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2321: </strong></font><br>
2322:
1.120 deraadt 2323: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2324: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2325: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2326: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2327: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2328: <p>
2329:
1.247 jufi 2330: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2331: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2332: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2333: </strong></font><br>
2334:
1.222 miod 2335: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2336: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2337: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2338: protocols and their quirks.
2339: <p>
2340:
1.247 jufi 2341: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2342: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2343: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2344: </strong></font><br>
2345:
2346: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2347: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2348: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2349: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2350: <p>
2351:
1.247 jufi 2352: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2353: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2354: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2355: </strong></font><br>
2356:
2357: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2358: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2359: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2360: <p>
2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2363: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2364: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2365: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2366: </strong></font><br>
2367:
2368: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2369: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2370: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2371: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2372: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2373: <p>
1.247 jufi 2374: </ul>
1.118 louis 2375:
1.104 louis 2376: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2377: <ul>
1.104 louis 2378:
1.247 jufi 2379: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2380: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2381: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2382: </strong></font><br>
2383:
2384: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2385: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2386: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2387: be a bit dry.
2388: <p>
2389:
1.247 jufi 2390: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2391: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2392: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2393: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2394: </strong></font><br>
2395: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2396: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2397: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2398: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2399: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2400: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2401: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2402: <p>
2403:
1.247 jufi 2404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2405: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2406: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2407: 2000
1.128 louis 2408: </strong></font><br>
2409:
2410: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2411: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2412: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2413: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2414: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2415: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2416: <p>
2417:
1.247 jufi 2418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2419: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2420: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2421: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2422:
2423: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2424: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2425: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2426: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2427: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2428: <p>
1.110 louis 2429:
1.247 jufi 2430: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2431: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2432: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2433: </strong></font><br>
2434:
2435: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2436: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2437: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2438: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2439: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2440: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2441: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2442: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2443: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2444: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2445: <p>
2446:
1.247 jufi 2447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2448: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2449: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2450:
2451: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2452: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2453: <p>
1.108 louis 2454:
1.247 jufi 2455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2456: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2457: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2458: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2459:
2460: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2461: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2462: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2463: <p>
1.106 louis 2464:
1.247 jufi 2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2466: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2467: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2468: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2469:
2470: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2471: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2472: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2473: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2474: <p>
1.107 louis 2475:
1.247 jufi 2476: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2477: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2478: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2479: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2480:
2481: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2482: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2483: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2484: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2485: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2486: <p>
1.105 louis 2487:
1.247 jufi 2488: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2489: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2490: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2491: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2492:
1.113 naddy 2493: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2494: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2495: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2496: <p>
1.104 louis 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2499: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2500: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2501: </strong></font><br>
2502:
2503: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2504: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2505: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2506: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2507: <p>
1.301 jose 2508:
2509: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2510: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2511: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2512: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2513:
2514: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2515: hardware-supported cryptography.
2516: <p>
1.247 jufi 2517: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2518:
1.85 louis 2519: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2520: <ul>
1.85 louis 2521:
1.247 jufi 2522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2523: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2524: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2525: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2526:
2527: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2528: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2529: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2530: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2531: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2532: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2533: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2534: <p>
1.99 louis 2535:
1.247 jufi 2536: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2537: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2538: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2539: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2540:
2541: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2542: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2543: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2544: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2545: <p>
1.100 louis 2546:
1.247 jufi 2547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2548: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2549: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2550: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2551:
2552: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2553: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2554: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2555: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2556: <p>
1.95 louis 2557:
1.247 jufi 2558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2559: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2560: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2561: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2562:
2563: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2564: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2565: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2566: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2567: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2568: <p>
1.92 louis 2569:
1.247 jufi 2570: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2571: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2572: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2573: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2574:
2575: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2576: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2577: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2578: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2579: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2580: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2581: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2582: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2583: <p>
1.91 louis 2584:
1.247 jufi 2585: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2586: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2587: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2588: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2589:
2590: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2591: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2592: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2593: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2594: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2595: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2596: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2597: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2598: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2599: <p>
1.90 louis 2600:
1.247 jufi 2601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2602: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2603: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2604: </strong></font><br>
2605: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2606: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2607: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2608: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2609: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2610: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2611: <p>
2612:
1.247 jufi 2613: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2614: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2615: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2616: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2617:
1.113 naddy 2618: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2619: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2620: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2621: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2622: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2623: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2624: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2625: <p>
1.87 louis 2626:
1.247 jufi 2627: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2628: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2629: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2630: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2631:
2632: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2633: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2634: <p>
1.85 louis 2635:
1.247 jufi 2636: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2637: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2638: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2639: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2640:
2641: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2642: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2643: <p>
2644:
2645: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2646: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2647: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2648: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2649:
2650: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2651: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2652: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2653: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2654: <p>
1.89 louis 2655:
1.247 jufi 2656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2657: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2658: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2659: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2660:
2661: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2662: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2663: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2664: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2665: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2666: </ul>
1.85 louis 2667:
1.78 deraadt 2668: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2669: <ul>
1.74 louis 2670:
1.247 jufi 2671: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2672: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2673: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2674: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2675: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2676:
2677: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2678: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2679: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2680: <p>
1.83 louis 2681:
1.247 jufi 2682: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2683: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2684: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2685: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2686:
2687: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2688: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2689: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2690: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2691: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2692: <p>
1.93 louis 2693:
1.247 jufi 2694: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2695: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2696: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2697: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2698: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2699:
1.83 louis 2700: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2701: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2702: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2703: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2704: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2705: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2706: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2707: <p>
1.82 aaron 2708:
1.247 jufi 2709: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2710: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2711: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2712: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2713:
1.83 louis 2714: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2715: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2716: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2717: <p>
1.80 louis 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2720: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2721: Bad Press</a>,
2722: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2723: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2724:
2725: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2726: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2727: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2728: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2729: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2730: <p>
1.247 jufi 2731: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2732:
2733: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2734: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2735:
1.247 jufi 2736: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2737: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2738: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2739: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2740: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2741:
2742: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2743: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2744: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2745: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2746: <p>
1.74 louis 2747:
1.247 jufi 2748: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2749: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2750: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2751: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2752:
1.219 horacio 2753: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2754: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2755: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2756: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2757: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2758: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2759: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2760: <p>
1.88 louis 2761:
1.247 jufi 2762: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2763: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2764: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2765: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2766:
2767: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2768: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2769: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2770: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2771: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2772: <p>
1.81 louis 2773:
1.247 jufi 2774: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2775: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2776: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2777: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2778:
2779: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2780: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2781: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2782: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2783: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2784: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2785: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2786: <p>
1.90 louis 2787:
1.247 jufi 2788: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2789: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2790: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2791: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2792:
2793: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2794: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2795: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2796: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2797: <p>
1.247 jufi 2798: </ul>
1.71 louis 2799:
1.69 deraadt 2800: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2801: <ul>
1.70 louis 2802:
1.247 jufi 2803: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2804: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2805: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2806: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2807:
2808: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2809: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2810: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2811: <p>
1.70 louis 2812:
1.247 jufi 2813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2814: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2815: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2816: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2817:
2818: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2819: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2820: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.68 louis 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2824: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2825: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2826: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2827: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2828:
1.111 jufi 2829: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2830: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2831: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2832: "secure by default" installation.
2833: <p>
1.64 louis 2834:
1.247 jufi 2835: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2836: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2837: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2838: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2839:
1.113 naddy 2840: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2841: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2842: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2843: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2844: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2845: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2846: <p>
1.66 louis 2847:
1.247 jufi 2848: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2849: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2850: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2851: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2852:
2853: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2854: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2855: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2856: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2857: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2858: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2859: <p>
1.83 louis 2860:
1.247 jufi 2861: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2862: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2863: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2864: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2865:
2866: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2867: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2868: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2869: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2870: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2871: <p>
1.64 louis 2872:
1.247 jufi 2873: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2874: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2875: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2876: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2877:
2878: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2879: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2880: <p>
1.301 jose 2881:
2882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2883: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2884: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2885: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2886: </strong></font><br>
2887:
2888: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2889: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2890: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2891: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2892: Giving way to
2893: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2894: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2895: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2896: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2897: <p>
1.247 jufi 2898: </ul>
1.65 louis 2899:
1.69 deraadt 2900: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2901: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2902:
1.247 jufi 2903: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2904: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2905: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2906: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2907:
2908: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2909: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2910: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2911: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2912: <p>
1.88 louis 2913:
1.247 jufi 2914: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2915: <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 2916: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2917:
2918: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2919: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2920: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2921: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2922: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2923: <p>
1.60 louis 2924:
1.247 jufi 2925: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2926: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2927: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2928: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2929: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2930:
2931: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2932: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2933: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2934: <p>
1.58 louis 2935:
1.247 jufi 2936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2937: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2938: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2939:
2940: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2941: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2942: <p>
1.53 louis 2943:
1.247 jufi 2944: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2945: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2946: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2947: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2948:
2949: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2950: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2951: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2952: <p>
1.99 louis 2953:
1.247 jufi 2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2955: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2956: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2957:
2958: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2959: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2960: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2961: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2962: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2965: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2966: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2967: </strong></font><br>
2968:
2969: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2970: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2971: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2972: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2973: <p>
2974:
1.247 jufi 2975: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2976: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2977: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2978: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2979:
2980: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2981: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2982: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2983:
1.247 jufi 2984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2985: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2986: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2987:
2988: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2989: in
1.247 jufi 2990: <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 2991: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 2992: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 2993: <p>
1.53 louis 2994:
1.247 jufi 2995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2996: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 2997: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
2998: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 2999: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3000:
1.58 louis 3001: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3002: <p>
1.301 jose 3003:
3004: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3005: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3006: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3007: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3008: Informacyjny, January 2000
3009: </strong></font><br>
3010:
3011: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3012: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3013: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3014: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3015: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3016: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3017: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3018: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3019: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3020: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3021: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3022: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3023: <p>
3024:
3025: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3026: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3027: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3028: </strong></font><br>
3029:
3030: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3031: <p>
3032: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3033:
1.69 deraadt 3034: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3035: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3036:
1.247 jufi 3037: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3038: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3039: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3040: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3041: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3042:
1.58 louis 3043: Kurt Seifried
3044: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3045: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3046: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3047: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3048:
1.247 jufi 3049: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3050: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3051: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3052: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3053:
3054: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3055: <p>
1.96 louis 3056:
1.247 jufi 3057: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3058: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3059: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3060: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3061: </strong></font><br>
3062:
3063: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3064: <p>
3065:
3066: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3067: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3068: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3069: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3070:
3071: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3072: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3073: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3074: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3075: <p>
1.247 jufi 3076: </ul>
1.86 louis 3077:
1.69 deraadt 3078: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3079: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3080:
1.247 jufi 3081: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3082: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3083: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3084: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3085:
3086: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3087: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3088: <p>
1.61 louis 3089:
1.247 jufi 3090: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3091: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3092: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3093: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3095:
3096: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3097: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3098: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3099: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3100: right -- or at least strives to".
3101: <p>
1.48 louis 3102:
1.247 jufi 3103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3104: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3105: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3106: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3107: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3108: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3109: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3110: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3111: <p>
1.61 louis 3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <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 3114: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3115: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3116:
3117: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3118: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3119: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3120: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3121: <p>
1.46 louis 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3124: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3125: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3126: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3127:
3128: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3129: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3130: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3131:
1.247 jufi 3132: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3133: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3134: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3135: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3136:
3137: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3138: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3139: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3140: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3141: <p>
1.247 jufi 3142: </ul>
1.70 louis 3143:
1.69 deraadt 3144: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3145: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3146:
1.247 jufi 3147: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3148: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3149: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3150: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3151: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3152:
3153: Kurt Seifried
3154: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3155: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3156: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3157: <p>
1.44 philen 3158:
1.247 jufi 3159: <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 3160: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3161: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3162:
3163: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3164: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3165:
1.247 jufi 3166: <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 3167: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3168: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3169:
3170: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3171: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3172:
1.247 jufi 3173: <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 3174: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3175: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3176:
3177: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3178: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3179: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3180: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3181: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <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 3184: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3185: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3186:
1.36 louis 3187: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3188: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3189:
1.247 jufi 3190: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3191: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3192: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3193: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3194:
3195: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3196: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3197: </ul>
1.38 louis 3198:
1.69 deraadt 3199: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3200: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3201:
1.247 jufi 3202: <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 3203: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3204: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3205:
3206: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3207: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3208: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3209:
1.113 naddy 3210: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3211: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3212: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3213: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3214:
3215: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3216: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3217: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3218: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3219: <blockquote>
3220: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3221: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3222: <br>
3223: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3224: </code>
3225: </blockquote>
3226: <p>
3227:
1.247 jufi 3228: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3229: <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 3230: <p>
3231:
3232: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3233: <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 3234: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3235:
3236: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3237: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3238: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3239: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3240:
1.247 jufi 3241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3242: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3243: Sept. 28, 1999
3244: </strong></font><br>
3245:
3246: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3247: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3248: translating and reprinting articles from
3249: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3250: <p>
3251:
3252: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3253: <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 3254: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3255:
3256: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3257: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3258: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3259: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3260: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3261: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3262: <p>
1.19 louis 3263:
1.113 naddy 3264: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3265: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3266: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3267:
3268: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3269: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3270: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3271: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3272: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3273: <p>
1.16 louis 3274:
1.247 jufi 3275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3276: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3277: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3278: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3279:
1.57 louis 3280: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3281: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3282: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3283: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3284:
1.247 jufi 3285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3286: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3287: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3288: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3289:
1.113 naddy 3290: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3291:
1.247 jufi 3292: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3293: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3294: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3295: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3296:
1.23 louis 3297: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3298: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3299: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3300: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3301: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3302: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3303:
1.247 jufi 3304: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3305: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3306: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3307: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3308:
1.199 pvalchev 3309: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3310: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3311: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3312: installation.
1.113 naddy 3313: <p>
1.47 louis 3314:
1.247 jufi 3315: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3316: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3317: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3318: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3319:
1.301 jose 3320: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3321: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3322: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3323: </ul>
1.57 louis 3324:
1.69 deraadt 3325: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3326: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3327:
1.247 jufi 3328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3329: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3330: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3331: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3332:
3333: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3334: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3335: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3336: <p>
1.12 louis 3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3339: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3340: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3341: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3342:
3343: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3344: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3345: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3346: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3347: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3348: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3349: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3350: <p>
1.247 jufi 3351: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3352:
1.69 deraadt 3353: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3354: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3355:
1.247 jufi 3356: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3357: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3358: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3359:
3360: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3361: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3362: available."
1.113 naddy 3363: <p>
1.301 jose 3364:
3365: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3366: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3367: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3368: </strong></font><br>
3369:
3370: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3371: <p>
1.247 jufi 3372: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3373:
1.69 deraadt 3374: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3375: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3376:
1.247 jufi 3377: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3378: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3379: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3380:
3381: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3382: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3383: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3384: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3385: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3386: <p>
1.33 louis 3387:
1.247 jufi 3388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3389: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3390: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3391: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3392:
1.113 naddy 3393: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3394: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3395: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3396: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3397: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3398: <p>
1.247 jufi 3399: </ul>
1.57 louis 3400:
1.69 deraadt 3401: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3402: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3403:
1.247 jufi 3404: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3405: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3406: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3407: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3408:
3409: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3410: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3411: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3412:
1.247 jufi 3413: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3414: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3415: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3416: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3417: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3418:
3419: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3420: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3421:
1.247 jufi 3422: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3423: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3424:
1.113 naddy 3425: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3426:
1.247 jufi 3427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3428: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3429: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3430: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3431:
3432: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3433: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3434: </ul>
1.23 louis 3435:
1.69 deraadt 3436: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3437: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3438:
1.247 jufi 3439: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3440: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3441: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3442:
3443: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3444: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3445: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3446:
1.247 jufi 3447: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3448: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3449: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3450: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3451:
3452: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3453: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3454: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3455: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3456: </ul>
1.57 louis 3457:
1.69 deraadt 3458: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3459: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3460:
1.247 jufi 3461: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3462: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3463: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3464: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3465:
3466: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3467: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3468: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3469: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3470: <p>
1.15 louis 3471:
1.247 jufi 3472: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3473: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3474: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3475: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3476:
3477: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3478: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3479: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3480: columns."
1.113 naddy 3481: <p>
1.247 jufi 3482: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3483:
1.69 deraadt 3484: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3485: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3486:
1.247 jufi 3487: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3488: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3489: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3490: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3491:
3492: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3493: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3494:
1.113 naddy 3495: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3496: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3497: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3498:
3499: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3500: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3501: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3502: </ul>
1.57 louis 3503:
1.69 deraadt 3504: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3505: <ul>
1.301 jose 3506: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3507: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3508: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3509: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3510:
3511: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3512: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3513: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3514: <p>
3515:
3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3517: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3518: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3519: Nov 13, 1998 and
3520: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3521: Datateknik</a>,
3522: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3523:
3524: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3525: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3526: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3527: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3528: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3529:
1.113 naddy 3530: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3531: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3532: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3533: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3534:
1.222 miod 3535: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3536: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3537: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3538: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3539: <p>
1.247 jufi 3540: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3541:
1.69 deraadt 3542: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3543: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3544:
1.247 jufi 3545: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3546: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3547: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3548:
1.69 deraadt 3549: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3550: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3551: <p>
1.247 jufi 3552: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3553:
1.69 deraadt 3554: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3555: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3556:
1.247 jufi 3557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3558: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3559: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3560: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3561:
3562: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3563: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3564: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3565:
1.247 jufi 3566: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3567: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3568: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3569: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3570: <p>
1.247 jufi 3571: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3572:
1.69 deraadt 3573: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3574: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3577: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3578: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3579: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3580: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3581: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3582:
3583: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3584: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3585: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3586: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3587: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3588: <p>
1.247 jufi 3589: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3590:
3591: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3592: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3593:
1.247 jufi 3594: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3595: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3596: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3597:
1.69 deraadt 3598: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3599: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3600: <p>
1.112 naddy 3601:
1.247 jufi 3602: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3603: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3604:
1.292 camield 3605: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3606: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3607: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.344 ! deraadt 3608: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.343 2003/05/02 17:08:24 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3609:
3610: </body>
3611: </html>
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