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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>
1.345 ! deraadt 23: Funding cut linked to antiwar remarks, Page E5,
! 24: Calgary Herald
! 25: May 7, 2003.
! 26: </strong></font><br>
! 27: An article not yet on the net by Tamara Gignac once again discusses
! 28: the DARPA funding cut and how it will have no affect on the Hackathon
! 29: happening in Calgary starting the 9th.
! 30: <p>
! 31:
! 32: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.344 deraadt 33: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/21438.html">
34: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
35: OsOpinion,
36: May 6, 2003.
37: </strong></font><br>
38: Joe Brockmeier writes a scathing discussion regarding the perception of
39: wrongdoing inside DARPA and Air Force in regards to the funding cut.
40: <br>
41: This article can also be found online at:
42: <ul>
43: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
44: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21438.html">
45: Shame on DARPA for Pulling OpenBSD Funding</a>,
46: NewsFactor Network.
47: </strong></font>
48: </ul>
49: <p>
50:
51: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.343 deraadt 52: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52131">
53: OpenBSD, closed doors</a>,
54: ITBusiness,
55: May 2, 2003.
56: </strong></font><br>
57: Shane Schick covers a quick recount of the DARPA funding situation, the
58: release of 3.3 and its buffer-overflow fighting security features.
59: Despite some errors, the article interestingly ends with a suggestion
60: that the Canadian government should help fund OpenBSD.
61: <p>
62:
63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.341 deraadt 64: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/01/HNopenbsd33_1.html">
65: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
66: InfoWorld,
67: May 1, 2003.
1.338 ian 68: </strong></font><br>
1.342 deraadt 69: Carly Suppa discusses the new things that can be found in OpenBSD 3.3.
70: <br>
71: This article can also be found online at:
72: <ul>
73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
74: <a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/15D00CA80554E2B648256D1A000F9270?OpenDocument">
75: OpenBSD launches latest release</a>,
76: IDG Singapore.
77: </strong></font>
78: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 79: <p>
80:
1.339 jose 81: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
82: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-999200.html">
83: OpenBSD 3.3 prevails despite funding cut</a>,
1.341 deraadt 84: ZDNet,
85: May 1, 2003.
86: </strong></font><br>
87: An article with a number of errors, apparently cobbled together by
1.342 deraadt 88: someone using parts from previous articles.
89: <br>
1.341 deraadt 90: This article can also be found online at:
91: <ul>
92: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
93: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/999200.htm">
94: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
95: BusinessWeek.com.
1.339 jose 96: </strong></font>
97: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
98: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999200.html">
99: Developers give OpenBSD to public</a>,
100: CNET News.com.
101: </strong></font>
102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
103: <a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134164,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage">
104: OpenBSD releases version 3.3</a>,
105: ZDNet UK.
106: </strong></font>
107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
108: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=480">
109: OpenBSD 3.3 has been released</a>,
110: Help Net Security, Croatia.
111: </strong></font>
112: </ul>
1.341 deraadt 113: <p>
1.339 jose 114:
1.341 deraadt 115: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
116: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-announce&m=105175475006905&w=2">
117: OpenBSD 3.3 Released</a>,
118: Todd Miller in <a href="mail.html">openbsd-announce</a>,
119: May 1, 2003.
120: </strong></font><br>
121: The official announcement of the 3.3 release lists all the great things
122: that have been added
123: to the system in 3.3, including ProPolice, W^X, fewer setuid/setgid programs,
124: more privsep, major security and usability improvements in pf,
125: more hardware support including the HPPA platform, spamd, more and better
126: third-party "ports", spamd, many upgrades to included software, and more.
127: Recommends purchase of CD and T-shirts to provide continuing funding
128: for the project (more so now that the DARPA funding is gone).
129: As always, OpenBSD remains free software, so you can FTP it for free.
1.338 ian 130: <p>
131:
132: </ul>
133:
1.253 ian 134: <h2>April, 2003</h2>
135: <ul>
1.255 ian 136:
1.260 ian 137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.331 deraadt 138: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?id=r00220030428mco01.htm&page=1&vf=tt">
1.330 deraadt 139: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
140: TechRepublic,
141: April 28, 2003.
142: </strong></font><br>
143: John McCormick writes about the recent W^X and ProPolice efforts in the
144: upcoming 3.3 release, noting that other vendors should look at this
1.331 deraadt 145: work.<br>
146: Can also be found online at:
147: <ul>
148: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
149: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133935,00.html">
150: Can OpenBSD really eliminate buffer over-runs?</a>,
151: ZDNet UK.
152: </strong></font>
153: </ul>
1.330 deraadt 154: <p>
155:
156: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.326 deraadt 157: <a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_1309735_9677_1-5043.html">
158: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events'</a>,
159: IDG,
160: April 24, 2003.
161: </strong></font><br>
162: Grant Gross provides another summary of new information regarding
163: the DARPA grant situation. Like other reporters, he runs into a
164: wall, as DARPA refuses to "go into any more detail."<br>
165: Can also be found online at:
166: <ul>
167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
168: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/24/HNdarpaopen_1.html">
169: OpenBSD contract suspended due to 'world events</a>,
1.340 jose 170: InfoWorld.
1.326 deraadt 171: </strong></font>
172: </ul>
173: <p>
174:
175: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
176: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2081943/">
1.327 david 177: The Fix Is In: Programmers can stop Internet worms. Will they?</a>,
1.326 deraadt 178: Slate,
179: April 24, 2003.
180: </strong></font><br>
181: Paul Boutin asks whether the buffer overflow prevention techniques
182: found in OpenBSD 3.3 will, in time, find themselves into commercial
183: operating systems like Windows, where they could have stopped major
184: buffer-overflow based problems like Slammer, Code Red, and Nimda.
185: <p>
186:
187: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.325 ian 188: <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/29186/">OpenBSD Funding</a>,
189: LWN.net Weekly Edition,
190: April 24, 2003.
191: </strong></font><br>
192: ($ registration required; free after May 1, 2003).
193: <br/>More detailed discussion of why the funding was cut, by whom
194: and when. Concludes that the funding cut "may not be as dramatic
195: as it sounds", since OpenBSD has other sources of funding.
196: <p>
197:
198: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.324 ian 199: [ITALIAN] <a href="http://webnews.html.it/focus/290.htm">La DARPA ritira i fondi per OpenBSD</a>, WebNews online,
200: April 24, 2003.
201: </strong></font><br>
202: Notes that DARPA's funding cut is "a gesture that has echoed throughout
203: the free software community".
204: Refers to the AP article below, and has lots of links to
205: other articles.
206: <p>
207:
208: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
209: <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>,
210: New York Times, April 24, 2003.
211: </strong></font><br>
212: Another take on the ongoing saga, with some interesting remarks:
213: Reporter Jennifer Lee comments that the controversy
214: "highlights the delicate balance between the military and the
215: anti-establishment bent of some in the technology community. It
216: also shows that the international pool of computer programmers and
217: hackers, possessing vast technological expertise, is not entirely
218: sympathetic to the American military's current role in world
219: affairs." Notes the discrepency between DARPA's public position
220: and what the people working on the UPenn project have been told.
221: <br/>
222: Describes Theo de Raadt as "A respected Canadian computer programmer ...
223: the 35-year-old founder of an international collaborative software project
224: known as OpenBSD", and quotes him as saying that the hackathon will go on:
225: "We are free people, we are hobbyists," he said. "We do this for fun."
1.328 deraadt 226: <br>
227: Can also be found online at:
228: <ul>
229: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
230: <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0424-08.htm">
231: Canadian Programmer Says U.S. Cut Funding After Comments</a>,
232: Common Dreams NewsCenter
233: </strong></font>
234: </ul>
1.324 ian 235: <p>
236:
237: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
238: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58602,00.html">Organizer: 'Hackathon' Will Go On</a>,
239: Wired, April 24, 2003.
240: </strong></font><br>
241: Another retelling of the tale, similar in scope to the NYTimes.com
242: article above.
243: Quotes Theo as saying: "The hackathon will go on," de Raadt said.
244: "There's no way I'll be taking 60 people's personal flights and
245: wasting them."
1.332 ian 246: <br>
247: Can also be found online at:
248: <ul>
249: <li>
250: <font color="#009000"><strong>[JAPANESE] <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/20030425302.html">Wired News Japan</a>
251: </strong></font>
252: </ul>
1.324 ian 253: <p>
254:
255: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.322 cloder 256: <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/04/23/0256240.shtml">Open Source Enables Terrorist States</a>, Slashdot, April 23, 2003.
257: </strong></font><br>
258: Coverage and commentary on DARPA's cancellation and its implications for open source software.
259: <p>
260:
261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.321 pvalchev 262: <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.
263: </strong></font><br>
264: An article from the University of Pennsylvania commenting
265: on the DARPA cut and the university involvement in it.
266: <p>
267:
268: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.319 henning 269: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.04.03-000/">OpenBSD in Ungnade</a>, Heise online,
270: April 23, 2003.
271: </strong></font><br>
272: OpenBSD in disgrace - UPenn's actions against the hackathon.
273: <p>
274:
275: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.316 ian 276: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/14830.phtml">Defensie VS stopt subsidie OpenBSD</a>, WebWereld NL,
1.315 deraadt 277: April 22, 2003.
278: </strong></font><br>
279: This article works from information found in the CNET article.
280: <p>
281:
282: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.297 deraadt 283: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
284: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
285: Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2003.
1.308 jose 286: </strong></font><br>
1.297 deraadt 287: Yet another article on the DARPA moves, this time from down under.
288: Days before the grant was recalled, Jonathan M. Smith told de Raadt
289: that "perceptions of wrong doing" were very important to UPENN. When
290: papers around the world start making assertions of wrong doing on
291: UPENN and DARPA's part, how is that for perception?<br>
292: Can also be found online at:
293: <ul>
294: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
295: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/21/1050777197498.html">
1.307 deraadt 296: OpenBSD loses funding due to anti-war statements</a>,
297: The Age.
1.297 deraadt 298: </strong></font>
1.311 deraadt 299: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
300: [INDONESIAN] <a href="http://www.detikinet.com/net/2003/04/21/20030421-105803.shtml">
1.312 deraadt 301: OpenBSD Terhambat Anti-Perang</a>,
302: detiki-Net, Indonesia.
1.311 deraadt 303: </strong></font>
1.297 deraadt 304: </ul>
305: <p>
306:
307: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.318 deraadt 308: [TURKISH] <a href="http://www.olympos.org/article/articleview/1047/1/1">
309: DARPA OpenBSD'ye Destegini Geri Çekiyor...</a>,
1.306 deraadt 310: Olympos Security, April 20, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 311: </strong></font><br>
312: The leading Turkish IT Security Portal reporting about the DARPA fund
1.306 deraadt 313: cut. Talks about the DARPA CHATS funding to POSSE program and the
314: benefits to the open source community. Quotes from de Raadt's anti-war
315: views from the interview and his plans for holding the approaching
316: hackathon even without funding. Also covers the OpenBSD project's many
317: contributions to the field of operating system security and proactive
318: auditing.
1.299 deraadt 319: <p>
320:
321: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.291 deraadt 322: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030419/RMILI/TPScience/">
323: Researcher feels anti-war views cost him U.S. funding</a>,
1.308 jose 324: Globe & Mail, April 18, 2003.
325: </strong></font><br>
1.291 deraadt 326: David Akin writes a second article about the DARPA situation. His original
327: article, found further down, was the one which reputedly angered officials
328: at UPenn and DARPA.
329: <p>
330:
331: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.315 deraadt 332: [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
333: April 18, 2003.
334: </strong></font><br>
1.317 ian 335: A small article in the french press.
1.315 deraadt 336: <p>
337:
338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.299 deraadt 339: [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 340: April 18, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 341: </strong></font><br>
342: DARPA cancels OS project funding after comments
343: <p>
344:
345: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.283 jsyn 346: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/18/darpa.html">
347: Soldiers Renege on Hackers</a>,
348: OnLamp.com, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 349: </strong></font><br>
1.283 jsyn 350: Ian Darwin has written an editorial piece which ties together the history
351: of DARPA, Canadian-US relations, and the events immediately surrounding
352: the ending of the grant for the POSSE project.
353: <p>
354:
355: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.267 deraadt 356: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1050693906.html">
357: DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 358: Ars Technica Newsdesk, April 18, 2003.
1.267 deraadt 359: </strong></font><br>
360: Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant
361: funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers
362: must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new
1.290 jose 363: American century.
1.267 deraadt 364: <p>
365:
366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.264 deraadt 367: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">
368: DARPA pulls funding for OpenBSD, leader says</a>,
1.269 deraadt 369: IDG News Service, April 18, 2003.
1.264 deraadt 370: </strong></font><br>
1.267 deraadt 371: Grant Gross writes about the sudden cancellation of the OpenBSD
372: project funding by DARPA. This article includes some background as
373: well as the response he received to his phone inquiries about the
374: reasons for the abrupt cancellation.
375: Can also be found online at:
376: <ul>
377: <li><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/0418darpapulls.html">Network Fusion</a>
378: <li><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/04/18/HNdarpa_1.html">Info World</a>
1.281 dhartmei 379: <li><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,80473,00.html">Computerworld</a>
1.304 deraadt 380: <li><a href="http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/4EB7D1016D5B4E7548256D0F0019F8A5?OpenDocument">IDG Singapore</a>
1.267 deraadt 381: </ul>
1.264 deraadt 382: <p>
383:
384: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 385: <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.262 beck 386: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 387: (title changed to "Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding" later)
1.269 deraadt 388: Associated Press, April 18, 2003.
1.262 beck 389: </strong></font><br>
390: Matthew Fordahl of the Associated press reports about the
1.273 deraadt 391: DARPA funding cancellation. There have been a series of edits of this
392: story, with the title under constant flux. This story has been picked
393: up by many local newspapers who carry Associated Press stories including:
394: <ul>
1.283 jsyn 395:
396: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
397: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Grant-Canceled.html">
398: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
399: New York Times.
400: </strong></font>(free registration required)
401:
1.273 deraadt 402: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
403: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1015.html">
1.276 deraadt 404: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>,
1.273 deraadt 405: ABC News.
406: </strong></font>
407:
408: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 409: <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Grant%20Canceled">
1.273 deraadt 410: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.287 jsyn 411: Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA.
1.273 deraadt 412: </strong></font>
413:
414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 415: <a href="http://www.theledger.com/app:s/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 416: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.287 jsyn 417: Lakeland Ledger, FL.
1.273 deraadt 418: </strong></font>
419:
420: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.278 deraadt 421: <a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/04/18/darpa/index.html">
422: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war comments</a>,
1.284 jsyn 423: Salon.
1.278 deraadt 424: </strong></font>
425:
426: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 427: <a href="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR">
1.276 deraadt 428: DARPA Cancels OS Project After Comments</a>
1.273 deraadt 429: Times Daily, AL.
430: </strong></font>
431:
432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
433: <a href="http://boston.com/dailynews/108/economy/Military_drops_project_s_fundi:.shtml">
434: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>
435: Boston.com, MA.
436: </strong></font>
437:
438: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 439: <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180815&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.276 deraadt 440: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>
1.273 deraadt 441: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL.
442: </strong></font>
443:
444: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.274 deraadt 445: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42743-03.txt">
446: [Article was pulled]</a>
447: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.273 deraadt 448: </strong></font>
449:
450: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
451: <a href="http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/18/9696550">
452: DARPA cancels open-source software project after anti-war ...</a>,
453: Infoshop News.
454: </strong></font>
455:
456: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
457: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/5666795.htm">
458: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
459: San Jose Mercury News, CA.
460: </strong></font>
461:
462: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.305 deraadt 463: <a href="http://newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/859765p-6012789c.html">
464: Military cancels OS project after programmer's comments</a>,
465: Raleigh News, NC.
466: </strong></font>
467:
468: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.314 deraadt 469: <a href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=22677BFE-1AD7-4969-B4B6-C33A2D214DAE">
470: Military cancels project's funding after programmer's anti-war comments</a>,
471: Napa News, CA.
472: </strong></font>
473:
474: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 475: <a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7759788&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6">
1.273 deraadt 476: Military drops project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
477: NEPA News, PA.
478: </strong></font>
479:
480: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
481: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,58553,00.html">
482: Peace Talk Halts Defence OS Job</a>,
483: Wired News.
484: </strong></font>
1.332 ian 485: <br>
486: <li>
1.333 deraadt 487: <font color="#009000"><strong>
488: [JAPANESE]
489: <a href="http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/news/culture/story/20030423205.html">
490: Wired News Japan</a>
491: </strong></font>
1.273 deraadt 492:
1.271 deraadt 493: </ul>
494: <p>
1.272 deraadt 495: Then on some news sites, the story starts to change. A spokeswoman
496: from DARPA is quoted as saying "We're sorry if this review process has
1.274 deraadt 497: been misinterpreted as an effort to cancel the work." (If it was not
498: a cancellation, then why did Mark West from UPENN phone the Hyatt
499: Calgary and cancel the reservations -- even before OpenBSD was
500: informed by Jonathan Smith, who in email said "Penn has been contacted
501: by the Air Force and NO FURTHER COSTS MAY BE INCURRED, effective
502: today, 4/17/03", "All subcontracts are terminated, effective TODAY",
1.308 jose 503: and "Penn must cancel/terminate contracts & obligations such as the
1.274 deraadt 504: Hyatt and travel not yet PAID. Mark, please carry this out ASAP per
505: our contractual requirements with the government" These papers proceed
506: to pick up the new story; some retain the old one:
1.271 deraadt 507: <p>
508: <ul>
1.273 deraadt 509:
510: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 511: <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GRANT_CANCELED?SITE=ININS&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">
1.285 jsyn 512: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
513: Indianapolis Star, IN.
514: </strong></font>
515:
516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.273 deraadt 517: <a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/5666795.htm">
518: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
519: Miami Herald, FL.
520: </strong></font>
521:
522: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.282 dhartmei 523: <a href="http://www.portervillerecorder.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42749-03.txt">Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding</a>,
1.275 deraadt 524: The Porterville Recorder, CA.
525: </strong></font>
526:
527: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
528: <a href="http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/5666795.htm">
1.273 deraadt 529: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
1.275 deraadt 530: Wichita Eagle, KS.
1.273 deraadt 531: </strong></font>
1.275 deraadt 532:
533: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
534: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20030418_1329.html">
535: Programmer Claims Agency Dropped Funding<br>
536: Programmer of Secure, Free Operating System Claims U.S. Research Agency Cut Off Grant Money</a>,
537: ABC News.
538: </strong></font>
539:
1.276 deraadt 540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
541: <a href="http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/04/18/ap/HiTech/apnews42748-03.txt">
1.309 jose 542: [Article was pulled]</a>,
1.284 jsyn 543: Rapid City Journal, SD.
1.276 deraadt 544: </strong></font>
545:
1.286 dhartmei 546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 547: <a href="http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030418&Category=APF&ArtNo=304180871&Ref=AR&cachetime=5">
1.286 dhartmei 548: Agency denies dropping project's funding after anti-war comments</a>,
549: Wilmington Star, NC.
550: </strong></font>
551:
1.300 jose 552: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
553: <a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/business/5670981.htm">
554: Project wasn't dropped over anti-war stance, agency says</a>,
555: The Contra Costa Times, Northern California.
556: </strong></font>
557:
1.309 jose 558: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
559: <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030421.gtprog0421/GTStory">
560: Programmer says criticism of military cost him contract</a>,
561: Globe Technology.
562: </strong></font>
563:
1.263 deraadt 564: </ul>
1.262 beck 565: <p>
566:
567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.263 deraadt 568: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/30332.html">
569: Getting realistic in the war on hackers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 570: TheRegister/SecurityFocus, April 18, 2003.
1.263 deraadt 571: </strong></font><br>
1.264 deraadt 572: John Lasser talks about the damage that US DMCA and similar acts are doing
1.261 ian 573: to civil liberties; recommends security technology as a better option.
574: Some coverage of security features in OpenBSD 3.3 and elsewhere.
575: <p>
576:
577: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.289 jose 578: <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9030">
579: OpenBSD loses DARPA money for hackathon</a>,
580: The Inquirer, April 18, 2003.
1.308 jose 581: </strong></font><br>
1.289 jose 582: A critical story about how Theo's criticisms of the US-led war in Iraq
583: with respect to the source of funding is what caused the DARPA funding
584: to be canceled. The timing of the grant's revocation is unfortunate for
585: the upcoming OpenBSD hackathon, which was to be partly funded by the
586: grant. This story was written without information from OpenBSD or DARPA
587: and simply restates other press reports.
588: <p>
589:
590: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.277 deraadt 591: <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3307">
592: DARPA Pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
593: OS News, April 18, 2003.
594: </strong></font><br>
595: OS News has a discussion forum on this issue.
596: <p>
597:
598: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.261 ian 599: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/30333.html">
600: US military shuns BSD for hopping landmines</a>,
1.269 deraadt 601: The Register, April 18, 2003.
1.261 ian 602: </strong></font><br>
603: Another report on the DARPA funding.
604: But hopping landmines? You have to see that one to believe it.
605: Your (US) Tax Dollars At Work.
606: <p>
607:
608: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.330 deraadt 609: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2133221,00.html">
610: IT Anthems: OpenBSD</a>,
611: ZDNet UK Tech Update,
612: April 17, 2003.
613: </strong></font><br>
614: Peter Judge, who maintains the large
615: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t481-s2122414,00.html">
616: Tech Anthems</a>
617: archives, does a little writeup about the OpenBSD release songs,
618: 4 so far.
619: <p>
620:
621: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.260 ian 622: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html?tag=fd_top">
623: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding</a>,
1.269 deraadt 624: news.com.com, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 625: </strong></font><br>
626: "The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
627: Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
628: system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons."
629: Refers to Theo's email announcing the cut.
630: Talks about the money going to "foreign" researchers.
631: Goes on to say:
632: "Moreover, de Raadt believed that the U.S. government took exception
633: to comments he made indicating that the money spent on his project
634: meant that fewer cruise missiles were being built...
635: "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said."
1.279 deraadt 636: This article is also found online at:
637: <ul>
1.298 deraadt 638: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
639: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/cnet/stories/997393.htm">
640: BusinessWeek.com</a>,
641: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 642: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 643: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
644: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-997393.html">
645: ZDnet</a>,
646: DARPA pulls OpenBSD Funding.
1.308 jose 647: </strong></font><br>
1.298 deraadt 648: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
649: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/os/story/0,2000024997,20273830,00.htm">
650: ZDnet Australia</a>,
651: US Defence pulls open source funding.
1.308 jose 652: </strong></font><br>
1.279 deraadt 653: </ul>
1.260 ian 654: <p>
1.279 deraadt 655:
1.260 ian 656: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 657: <a href="http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/03/04/17/2332233.shtml?tid=122&tid=98&tid=172">
1.260 ian 658: DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>,
1.322 cloder 659: Slashdot, April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 660: </strong></font><br>
1.322 cloder 661: Slashdot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation.
1.260 ian 662: Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the
663: project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania)
664: without notice or justification.
665: <p>
666:
667: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 668: <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2">
1.260 ian 669: DARPA Cancellation</a>,
1.290 jose 670: MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003.
1.260 ian 671: </strong></font><br>
672: Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding:
673: "It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program
1.308 jose 674: with UPENN, (sub OpenBSD & a bit for OpenSSL) for undisclosed reasons,
1.260 ian 675: effective today, without any warning..."
676: <p>
1.257 ian 677:
678: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.258 deraadt 679: <a href="http://www.robtv.com">
680: TV appearance</a>,
1.269 deraadt 681: CTV Report on Business, April 16, 2003.
1.258 deraadt 682: </strong></font><br>
1.259 deraadt 683: On this day, Theo appeared on this TV channel for a 5 minute interview
684: at 1:15pm Mountain Time. The interviewer focused on the question of
685: why a group of individuals would write a free operating system designed
686: for security. (He had difficulty believing that people who do things for
687: fun can generate quality; perhaps he has never heard the term "craftsman").
1.258 deraadt 688: <p>
689:
690: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.257 ian 691: <a href="http://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/vol5_15.php">
692: OpenBSD Release Protected Against Buffer Overflow Attacks</a>,
1.269 deraadt 693: SANS Newsbytes, April 16, 2003.
1.257 ian 694: </strong></font><br>
695: A description of the work done in 3.3 to prevent buffer overflow attacks.
696: The editors speak strongly in favor of the team's efforts
697: in producing reliable, bug-free software;
698: quoting two of them:
699: <br/>(Ranum): It's GREAT to see that at least a few people are smart enough
700: to try to attack problems like this systemically, rather than keeping
701: stuck in the fruitless "penetrate and patch" while loop. This is how
702: to make progress in security: fundamental protections.
703: <br/>(Shpantzer): Initiatives like this should be taught as case studies
704: in computer science courses at the undergraduate level.
705: <p>
706:
1.255 ian 707: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.308 jose 708: [DUTCH] <a href="http://www.automatiseringsgids.nl/news/default.asp?nwsId=21776">
709: Project OpenBSD strijdt tegen bufferoverflows</a>,
1.310 deraadt 710: Automatiserings Gids Webeditie, April 14, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 711: </strong></font><br>
1.310 deraadt 712: A description of three new techniques in OpenBSD to counter buffer overflows.
1.299 deraadt 713: <p>
714:
715: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.323 henning 716: [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 717: April 13, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 718: </strong></font><br>
719: New security concepts in OpenBSD
720: <p>
721:
722: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.254 drahn 723: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1002-996584.html">
724: Open-source team fights buffer overflows</a>,
1.269 deraadt 725: CNET News.com, April 11, 2003.
1.254 drahn 726: </strong></font><br>
1.260 ian 727: "The OpenBSD project hopes a new change to its latest release will
1.254 drahn 728: eliminate "buffer overflows", a software issue that has been plaguing
729: security experts for more than three decades."
730: Coverage of Theo's presentation at CanSecWest.
731: <p>
1.261 ian 732:
1.254 drahn 733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.320 henning 734: [GERMAN] <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-08.04.03-001/">US-Verteidigungsministerium unterstützt OpenBSD</a>,
1.313 deraadt 735: Heise News-Ticker, April 8, 2003.
1.299 deraadt 736: </strong></font><br>
737: OpenBSD's DARPA grant
738: <p>
739:
740: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.313 deraadt 741: <a href="http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21212.html">
742: NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the World of Secure Operating Systems</a>
743: NewsFactor, April 8, 2003.
744: </strong></font><br>
745: Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier reports on what a secure operating system is made
746: of; splitting things up between trusted and hardened systems, and finally
747: discussion OpenBSD's path.
748: <p>
749:
750: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.253 ian 751: <a href="http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030406.whack46/BNStory/Technology/?query=openbsd">
752: U.S. military helps fund Calgary hacker</a>,
1.269 deraadt 753: The Globe And Mail, April 6, 2003.
1.253 ian 754: </strong></font><br>
755: OpenBSD continues to get attention in Canada for drawing funding
756: from US DARPA.
757: Theo is quoted as pointing out that, although DARPA is funding it,
758: they're not telling the project what to do; just funding the
759: continuation of the project's good work, all released under
760: the BSD license.
761: <p>
762: </ul>
763:
1.251 ian 764: <h2>March, 2003</h2>
765: <ul>
766:
767: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 768: <a href="http://www.libroscope.org/article.php3?id_article=69">
769: [French] OpenBSD ne désarme pas</a>,
770: Libroscope interview, March 19, 2003
771: </strong></font><br>
772:
773: The on-line ``libre people projet'' <a
774: href="http://www.libroscope.org">Libroscope</a> team interviewed OpenBSD
775: developers Marc Espie and Miod Vallat about the OpenBSD project and the
776: OpenBSD ``way of life''.
777: <p>
778:
779: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.251 ian 780: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/03/13/darpabsd.html">
781: Hackers Meet Soldiers</a>,
1.269 deraadt 782: ONLamp.com, March 13, 2003.
1.251 ian 783: </strong></font><br>
784: The authors discuss OpenBSD's security background and why the
785: US Military under DARPA is funding development of OpenBSD.
786: Mentions
787: <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/ato/programs/chats.htm">CHATS</a>
788: and
789: <a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a>
790: programs.
791: Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only
1.290 jose 792: government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed
1.251 ian 793: is going into the OpenBSD source tree..."
794: Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3.
795: <p>
1.325 ian 796: Note: some material related to POSSE is mirrored
797: <a href="http://www.darwinsys.com/posse-mirror/">here</a>.
1.260 ian 798:
799: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
800: <a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/whatsnew/computer-security.html">
801: DARPA Awards Computer Scientists $2.1 Million to Integrate Security Features into Mainstream Computers</a>.
802: </strong></font><br>
803: The original announcement from the University of Pennsylvania about
804: the cooperative effort with OpenBSD et al with DARPA funding:
805: "During the last few decades, the government's approach has been
806: to contract researchers to develop high-security workstations
807: specifically for its own uses, outside of the mainstream computer
808: industry," said [Prof. Jonathan] Smith, Professor of Computer and Information
809: Science at Penn. "The problem is that development of these special-purpose
810: computers has generally progressed so slowly that the machines,
811: while indeed secure, are technically obsolete by the time they are
812: put into service."
813: <p>
814: "Smith and colleagues at Penn, the software development consortium
815: OpenBSD, and the Apache Software Foundation and OpenSSL Group
816: propose to use the open-source movement - where programmers openly
817: share incremental advances - to try to engineer better security
818: features into mainstream computers, not only those developed just
819: for the military and other high-security organizations. The
820: government then benefits by purchasing more affordable, standardized
821: computers with security features."
822: <p>
1.329 ian 823:
824: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
825: <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2079549/">
826: Bush's Cyberstrategery: The administration's war against a bogus threat </a>,
827: Slate,
828: March 3, 2003.
829: </strong></font><br>
830: Brendan Koerner's thorough dissmissal of the total unreality and FUD
831: surrounding the Bush Administration's recent
832: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/">National Strategy
833: to Secure Cyberspace</a>, NIPC, vendors and others who profit by
834: big-lie-hyping the threat of system crackers into a new force to be
835: made war upon, like the "war" on drugs and the "war" on terrorism.
836: Concludes: "... the bulk of the report's solutions are lame. Most
837: are meaningless jargon, such as suggesting that "future components
838: of the cyber infrastructure are built to be inherently secure and
839: dependable for their users." A fantastic sentiment, but as mushy
840: as stating that the president is "for the children." What about
841: making software vendors liable for bug-ridden products? Or rooting
842: out insecure Microsoft products like the troubled SQL server in favor
843: of more secure open-source solutions like
844: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>?"
845: I can scarcely believe that Slate's owner Microsoft is paying
846: them to write this stuff (nor that Koerner thinks OpenBSD is a database :-)).
847: Finally: "Nothing so bold is forthcoming in the Strategy. Which is
848: yet another indicator that the czars of national computer security
849: are perfectly content to tease out the hyperbole in perpetuity.
850: The bigger the perceived threat, the greater their importance inside
851: the Beltway."
852: <p>
1.251 ian 853: </ul>
854:
1.249 jufi 855: <h2>January, 2003</h2>
856: <ul>
857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
858: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568">
859: Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation</a>,
1.269 deraadt 860: Kerneltrap, January 26, 2003.
1.249 jufi 861: </strong></font><br>
862: Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make
863: them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture
1.290 jose 864: UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics.
1.249 jufi 865: <p>
1.334 ian 866:
867: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
868: <a href="http://www.egovos.org/pdf/dodfoss.pdf">Use of Free and
869: Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense</a>,
870: MITRE Report Number MP 02 W0000101, revised January 2, 2003
871: </strong></font><br>
872: Prepared by The MITRE Corporation for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency),
873: this report analyses how DOD uses open source software.
874: The summary talks briefly about various terms (free, open source, etc.),
875: then talks about the survey itself, one question of which was
876: "... the hypothetical question ...
877: of what would happen if FOSS software were banned in the DoD."
878: <br>
879: "The main conclusion of the analysis was that FOSS software plays
880: a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognized.
881: FOSS applications are most important in four broad areas: Infrastructure
882: Support, Software Development, Security, and Research. One unexpected
883: result was the degree to which Security depends on FOSS. Banning
884: FOSS would remove certain types of infrastructure components (e.g.,
1.335 david 885: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>) that currently help
1.334 ian 886: support network security.
887: It would also limit DoD access to, and overall expertise in, the use of
888: powerful FOSS analysis and detection applications that hostile groups could
889: use to help stage cyberattacks. Finally, it would remove the
890: demonstrated ability of FOSS applications to be updated rapidly in
891: response to new types of cyberattack. Taken together, these factors
892: imply that banning FOSS would have immediate, broad, and strongly
893: negative impacts on the ability of many sensitive and security-focused
894: DoD groups to defend against cyberattacks."
895: <br>
896: So, let's hope the policy wonks read this report.
897: <p>
898:
1.249 jufi 899: </ul>
900:
1.246 jufi 901: <h2>December, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 902: <ul>
1.246 jufi 903:
1.247 jufi 904: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 905: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-975941.html">
1.269 deraadt 906: Open-Source clan in spat with Sun</a>,
907: CNET News.com, December 04, 2002.
1.246 jufi 908: </strong></font><br>
909: Report about Sun refusing to give proper documentation for their
910: UltraSPARC III CPUs to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
911: <p>
912:
1.247 jufi 913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 914: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-04.12.02-006/">
915: [German] Sun blockiert OpenBSD</a>,
916: Heise News-Ticker, December 04, 2002
917: </strong></font><br>
918: Sun refusing to give proper documentation of their UltraSPARC III cpu
919: to the OpenBSD project without signing a NDA.
920: <p>
921:
922: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 923: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,743002,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 924: OpenHack 2002 Downloads</a>,
925: eWeek, December 03, 2002.
1.246 jufi 926: </strong></font><br>
927: eWEEK used OpenBSD as their four firewalls, mail-, web- and dns-server
928: in their annual OpenHack security test.
929: <p>
1.247 jufi 930: </ul>
1.246 jufi 931:
1.244 jufi 932: <h2>October, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 933: <ul>
1.246 jufi 934:
1.247 jufi 935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.246 jufi 936: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/31/ssn_openbsd.html">
937: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 9:
938: Simple Things to Improve Your System's Security</a>,
1.269 deraadt 939: O'Reilly Network, October 31, 2002.
1.246 jufi 940: </strong></font><br>
941: Learn how to further improve the security of the system like using
942: file flags, disallowing root login via OpenSSH or creating and using
943: md5 digests.
944: <p>
945:
1.247 jufi 946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 947: <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,640713,00.asp">
1.269 deraadt 948: OpenBSD 3.2 is back on track</a>,
949: eWeek, October 18, 2002.
1.244 jufi 950: </strong></font><br>
951: A nice summary of the developers recent struggle to secure the system
952: even more. The article sums up those new features and recommends OpenBSD
953: especially for "those edge-of-the-network spots where things have to be
954: right the first time."
955: <p>
1.247 jufi 956: </ul>
1.244 jufi 957:
958:
959: <h2>August, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 960: <ul>
1.244 jufi 961:
1.247 jufi 962: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 963: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/22/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 964: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 8: Managing Advanced PF Logs</a>,
965: O'Reilly Network, August 22, 2002.
1.244 jufi 966: </strong></font><br>
967: Using Perl to improve the "readpflog" script from
968: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
969: part 6</a>.
970: <p>
971:
1.247 jufi 972: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.244 jufi 973: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/08/08/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 974: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 7:</a>,
975: O'Reilly Network, August 08, 2002.
1.244 jufi 976: </strong></font><br>
977: Improving the security of remote logging and learning how to calculate
978: the necessary space for logging is the target of this part of the series.
979: <p>
1.301 jose 980:
981: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
982: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/">
983: [Polish] OpenBSD and Linux</a>,
984: LinuxNews Radio, August 2, 2000
985: </strong></font><br>
986:
987: Bartek Rozkrut (aka Madey), made a guest appearance on LinuxRadio, speaking
988: about differences between OpenBSD and Linux. During the show, listeners were
989: able to comment and ask questions on IRCNET's #linuxnews channel. The main
990: criticism was that OpenBSD doesn't support SMP and isn't available for the
991: IA-64 platform. LinuxNEWS is the biggest polish Linux news service, covering
992: the entire Linux scene in Poland.<br>
993: <i>Here's the
994: <a href="http://urtica.linuxnews.pl/radio/audycja7.mp3">MP3</a></i>.
995: <p>
1.247 jufi 996: </ul>
1.242 jufi 997:
998: <h2>July, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 999: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1000:
1.247 jufi 1001: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1002: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/07/25/ssn_openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1003: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 6</a>,
1004: O'Reilly Network, July 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1005: </strong></font><br>
1006: Archiving pf log files using a monitoring station is how the
1007: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> continues.
1008: <p>
1009:
1.247 jufi 1010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1011: <a href="http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200207/transpfobsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1012: HOWTO: Transparent Packet Filtering with OpenBSD</a>,
1013: Daemonnews E-Zine, July 01, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1014: </strong></font><br>
1015: Another article describing a transparent bridging firewall with OpenBSD,
1016: this time using pf.
1017: <p>
1.247 jufi 1018: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1019:
1020: <h2>June, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1021: <ul>
1.242 jufi 1022:
1.247 jufi 1023: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1024: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/20/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1025: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 5</a>,
1026: O'Reilly Network, June 20, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1027: </strong></font><br>
1028: The <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a> is continued with
1029: an article about the secret life of pf log files, or better
1030: their rotation.
1031: <p>
1032:
1.247 jufi 1033: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1034: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/06/06/ssnwopenbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1035: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 4</a>,
1036: O'Reilly Network, June 06, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1037: </strong></font><br>
1038: More material about pf, this time describing how to do proper logging in pf.
1039: <p>
1.247 jufi 1040: </ul>
1.242 jufi 1041:
1.239 jufi 1042: <h2>April, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1043: <ul>
1.239 jufi 1044:
1.247 jufi 1045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1046: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/25/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1047: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 3</a>,
1048: O'Reilly Network, April 25, 2002.
1.242 jufi 1049: </strong></font><br>
1050: Another article in this <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/58">series</a>,
1051: describing how packets are handled by pf, and how sendmail can get problems
1052: if you set your firewall up like told in article 1 and 2.
1053: <p>
1054:
1.247 jufi 1055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.239 jufi 1056: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/04/11/securing.html">
1.269 deraadt 1057: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 2</a>,
1058: O'Reilly Network, April 11, 2002.
1.239 jufi 1059: </strong></font><br>
1.242 jufi 1060: The successor of an article covering OpenBSD 2.9 and ipf, this article
1061: covers OpenBSD 3.0 and pf. Basics of pf and translation of firewall rules
1062: from ipf to pf are the main topics.
1.239 jufi 1063: <p>
1.247 jufi 1064: </ul>
1.239 jufi 1065:
1.235 lebel 1066: <h2>March, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1067: <ul>
1.235 lebel 1068:
1.239 jufi 1069:
1.247 jufi 1070: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.235 lebel 1071: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-863169.html">
1.269 deraadt 1072: Want a Windows alternative? Try BSD</a>,
1073: ZDNet News AnchorDesk, March 19, 2002.
1.235 lebel 1074: </strong></font><br>
1075: Pretty good commentary about the three BSD. Author talks about why people might
1076: want to look at the various BSD instead of Linux. It especially praises
1077: OpenBSD's development methodologies and security by default attitude.
1078: <p>
1.301 jose 1079:
1.247 jufi 1080: </ul>
1.235 lebel 1081:
1.228 horacio 1082: <h2>February, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1083: <ul>
1.228 horacio 1084:
1.247 jufi 1085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.242 jufi 1086: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/02/28/openbsd.html">
1.269 deraadt 1087: Securing Small Networks With OpenBSD, Part 1</a>,
1088: O'Reilly Network, February 28, 2002
1.242 jufi 1089: </strong></font><br>
1090: The beginning of a series about OpenBSD as a firewall, using ipf as the packet filter,
1091: and thus less up-to-date than the rest of the series, which uses pf.
1092: <p>
1093:
1.247 jufi 1094: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.233 jufi 1095: <a href="http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/24239.html">
1.269 deraadt 1096: Woz blesses Captain Crunch's new box</a>,
1097: The Register, February 27, 2002
1.233 jufi 1098: </strong></font><br>
1099: Andrew Orlowski talking to Steven Wozniak about Captain Crunch's new CrunchBox,
1100: a Firewall/IDS system running OpenBSD 2.9 and snort together with some custom-written heuristics.
1101: <p>
1102:
1.247 jufi 1103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.232 jufi 1104: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/February/Features642.html">
1.269 deraadt 1105: Parents: OpenBSD Is Superior</a>,
1106: BSD Today, February 27, 2002
1.232 jufi 1107: </strong></font><br>
1108: Ben Goren tells us, why he prefers OpenBSD instead of a well known Linux distribution
1109: on the desktop of his parents.
1110: <p>
1111:
1.247 jufi 1112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1113: <a href="http://www.openlysecure.org/openbsd/how-to/invisible_firewall.html">
1.269 deraadt 1114: Memoirs of an invisible firewall</a>,
1115: openlysecure.org, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1116: </strong></font><br>
1117: An older article discussing the usage of OpenBSD as a bridged firewall
1118: using IPFilter.
1119:
1120: <p>
1121:
1.247 jufi 1122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.229 jufi 1123: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2846265,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1124: BSD operating systems: Perspective</a>,
1125: ZDNet Tech Update, February 13, 2002
1.229 jufi 1126: </strong></font><br>
1127: A discussion about the three free BSDs and BSD/OS as competitors to Linux and commercial
1128: Unices. Mary Hubley overviews themes beginning from the history of BSD to the future
1129: perspectives of the four OS.
1130: <br>
1131: The OpenBSD review stresses the security of the OS as well as integrated crypto
1.250 jufi 1132: mechanisms like OpenSSH, IPsec or Kerberos.
1.229 jufi 1133: <p>
1134:
1.247 jufi 1135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.228 horacio 1136: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/16160.html">
1137: OpenBSD as an example for Microsoft would-be improvements in
1.269 deraadt 1138: software and security</a>,
1139: OS Opinion, February 5, 2002
1.228 horacio 1140: </strong></font><br>
1141:
1142: Following Microsoft's purposed announcement to address
1143: security issues in its code, the author of this article sets
1144: OpenBSD as the only example known to him of an OS which is
1145: regularly audited for security problems in its source code.
1146: He warns other Operating Systems to start taking security as a
1147: serious issue and says: "<em>Should Microsoft have even
1148: a fraction of success in finding and squashing bugs that
1149: OpenBSD has had, other OS developers might find themselves in
1150: a bad position soon.</em>"<br>
1151: Not bad for a marketing campaign, though Microsoft's records
1152: offer no credibility ... whereas OpenBSD has proved it's a
1153: security conscious team beyond doubt.
1154: <p>
1.247 jufi 1155: </ul>
1.228 horacio 1156:
1.225 horacio 1157: <h2>January, 2002</h2>
1.247 jufi 1158: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1159:
1.247 jufi 1160: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1161: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2002/January/Features617.html">
1162: A commercial hosting company implements OpenBSD: An
1.269 deraadt 1163: Interview</a>,
1164: BSD Today, January, 2002
1.225 horacio 1165: </strong></font><br>
1166:
1167: Open Source writer Robert Bernstein talks to Chris Nadovich,
1168: owner and operator of a web and Unix shell hosting venture.
1169: C. Nadovich tells about how they migrated from their early
1.231 jufi 1170: SysV systems to Linux and finally to BSD, which he explains in
1.225 horacio 1171: terms of their security concern "<em>It was the rise of
1172: evil in the networking world that opened our eyes to some
1173: "compelling differences" and eventually brought us to
1174: OpenBSD.</em>".<br>
1175: In all, a very good article on how an experienced Internet
1.240 miod 1176: services provider business ended up with OpenBSD as their OS
1.225 horacio 1177: of choice.
1178: <p>
1.247 jufi 1179: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1180:
1181: <h2>December, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1182: <ul>
1.225 horacio 1183:
1.247 jufi 1184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1185: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/December/News604.html">
1.269 deraadt 1186: OpenBSD 3.0 officially released</a>,
1187: BSD Today, December, 2001
1.225 horacio 1188: </strong></font><br>
1189:
1190: OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement on BSD Today.
1191: <p>
1192:
1.247 jufi 1193: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1194: <a href="http://www.itworld.com/nl/unix_insider/12182001/">
1.269 deraadt 1195: OpenBSD 3.0 Debuts</a>,
1196: ITworld, December 18, 2001
1.226 horacio 1197: </strong></font><br>
1198:
1199: Features the OpenBSD 3.0 release announcement and some
1200: comments from Theo de Raadt on this new version.
1201: <p>
1.247 jufi 1202: </ul>
1.225 horacio 1203:
1.218 horacio 1204: <h2>November, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1205: <ul>
1.218 horacio 1206:
1.247 jufi 1207: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1208: <a href="http://www.kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=389">
1.269 deraadt 1209: Interview with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1210: kerneltrap.org, November 26, 2001
1.225 horacio 1211: </strong></font><br>
1212:
1213: Jeremy Andrews on an extensive interview with Theo de Raadt.
1214: Most of the interview are interesting questions and answers,
1215: but Theo seems to enjoy some of the questioning, like when he
1216: is asked about Soft Updates or the current state of OpenBSD's
1217: new packet filter, PF, offering then an expanded view on the
1218: subjects. Worth a read.
1219: <p>
1220:
1221:
1.247 jufi 1222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.218 horacio 1223: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2822483,00.html">
1.269 deraadt 1224: OpenBSD: The most secure OS around</a>,
1225: ZDNet, November 6, 2001
1.218 horacio 1226: </strong></font><br>
1227:
1228: IT columnist and former NASA and DoD network administrator and
1229: programmer Steven Vaughan-Nichols, praises the OpenBSD
1230: security audits and the team's search for potential problems
1231: and its resolution to fix them <strong>before</strong> they
1232: can develop into security holes: <em>"Unlike
1233: most operating system vendors, the OpenBSD crew is proactive
1234: rather than reactive to security problems."</em><br>
1235: Then goes on naming OpenBSD's <em>secure by default</em>
1236: policy, Kerberos authentication protocol implementation, and
1.222 miod 1237: TCP/IP stack built-in IPsec protocol, as ready to use VPN
1.218 horacio 1238: solutions whereas they are options to be installed and applied
1239: on other operating systems.<br>
1240: Furthermore, he writes he agrees with Theo de Raadt while
1241: quoting him saying <em>"security is usually increased by
1242: removing stuff, not by adding more junk"</em> in that
1243: it's easier to keep something simple secure.
1244: <p>
1245:
1.247 jufi 1246: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1247: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1778/byt20011031s0004/">
1.269 deraadt 1248: Operating System 2010</a>,
1249: Byte, November 5, 2001
1.226 horacio 1250: </strong></font><br>
1251:
1252: A look into the near future for Operating Systems evolution,
1253: covering the level of software integration into the core
1254: system, OS built-in security, server and client distinction,
1255: and open, hybrid or closed models. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
1256: shows these perspectives from various OS speakers point of
1257: view, where the UNIX model in general, and OpenBSD model in
1258: particular, have a lot to say in this matter.
1259: <p>
1260:
1.247 jufi 1261: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.221 horacio 1262: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/11/05/011105tcbsd.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1263: BSD's strength lies in devilish details</a>,
1264: InfoWorld November 2, 2001
1.221 horacio 1265: </strong></font><br>
1266:
1267: By Tom Yager. In a comparison of the BSD-derived systems with
1268: those based in the Linux kernel, the author underlines the
1269: stability and security strengths of the BSDs. He brands
1270: OpenBSD as the <em>cop</em> of the group, remarking the fact
1271: that <em>"has never been breached to allow privileged
1272: access to an OpenBSD server"</em>.
1273: <p>
1.247 jufi 1274: </ul>
1.221 horacio 1275:
1.210 jufi 1276: <h2>October, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1277: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1278:
1.247 jufi 1279: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1280: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/10/29/011029opsource.xml">
1.269 deraadt 1281: Already a Contender</a>,
1282: InfoWorld, October 29, 2001
1.226 horacio 1283: </strong></font><br>
1284:
1285: Open source consultant Russell Pavlicek advocates on open
1286: source software in response to an article which claimed that
1287: open source cannot innovate. He refutes this claim naming a
1288: few open source software such as sendmail, apache or BIND, ...
1289: <em>Oh, and if you are tired of IIS being hacked, try Apache
1290: under OpenBSD for a much secure Web presence.</em>
1291: <p>
1292:
1.247 jufi 1293: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.224 horacio 1294: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-504079.html">
1.269 deraadt 1295: How Code Red revealed the perils of port 80</a>,
1296: ZDNet, October 2, 2001
1.210 jufi 1297: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1298:
1.224 horacio 1299: IT writer, Stephan Somogyi, and Counterpane Systems' CTO,
1300: Bruce Schneier, in an article about the effects and
1301: consequences of the Code Red worm which attacked Webservers
1302: running the IIS from Microsoft, the merits of reliability
1303: instead of new features are discussed. As a positive example
1304: they use OpenBSD.
1.215 horacio 1305: <p>
1.247 jufi 1306: </ul>
1.215 horacio 1307:
1308: <h2>August, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1309: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1310:
1.247 jufi 1311: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1312: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Media/announcements.html#alert_8_23_01">
1313: OpenBSD firewall gateway at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing
1.269 deraadt 1314: Division</a>,
1315: August 23, 2001
1.227 horacio 1316: </strong></font><br>
1317:
1318: The network security group in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing
1319: (NAS) Division implements a firewall gateway with OpenBSD
1.231 jufi 1320: which was deployed, according to the NASA announcement, to
1.227 horacio 1321: <em>addresses the well-known problems of the 802.11b standard
1322: wireless systems -- with a minimum of time and
1323: investment</em>.<br>
1324: The implementation details can be seen on their
1325: <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Networks/Projects/Wireless/index.html">Wireless Firewall Gateway White Paper</a>.
1326: <p>
1327:
1.247 jufi 1328: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1329: <a href="http://www.ciberpais.elpais.es/d/20010816/cibersoc/soc1.htm">
1330: [Spanish] HAL 2001 coverage</a>,
1331: Ciberpaís (El País), August 16, 2001
1332: </strong></font><br>
1333:
1334: The online edition of this major Spanish newspaper offers a
1335: short coverage of <a href="http://www.hal2001.org">HAL
1336: 2001</a>. The author pays attention to the stickers on the
1337: laptops and t-shirts on people, which appeared to him like
1338: <em>"a medieval tournament where the most powerful ones
1339: showed their war banners: <strong>OpenBSD</strong>, CCC,
1340: A Cypherpunks, 2600, Indymedia..."</em>
1341: <p>
1342:
1343: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1344: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1232/urm0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1345: Thinking about Security</a>,
1346: Unix Review, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1347: </strong></font><br>
1348:
1349: Following the Code Red worm hit of ISS, Joe "Zonker"
1350: Brockmeier takes a tour through systems administration
1351: security and says that even secured operating systems running
1352: Apache like OpenBSD and others have security issues from time
1353: to time.<br>
1354: Oh well, we'll have to live with not having a total secure
1355: system and just the most secure system.
1356: <p>
1357:
1.247 jufi 1358: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 1359: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1147/sam0108m/">
1.269 deraadt 1360: Homebrew Intrusion Detection Systems</a>,
1361: SysAdmin, August 2001
1.215 horacio 1362: </strong></font><br>
1363:
1364: Chris Kuethe goes one step ahead of installing network
1365: intrusion detection systems and writes on how to make the
1366: right environment for these tools and how to put them to work
1367: instead, for which he takes OpenBSD as the platform of his
1368: choice:<br>
1369: <em>"To the best of my knowledge (reproducible evidence
1370: to the contrary is welcome) OpenBSD has the fastest IP stack
1371: available (although all BSD-derived operating systems have
1372: good network code) and an enviable security record. The
1373: network monitor is unique in that it is often outside of any
1374: network security devices and as such must be well
1375: armored."</em><br>
1376: For the references, he points out that <em>"OpenBSD has
1377: thorough documentation; almost everything you'll ever need to
1378: know about making your analysis station be well behaved and
1379: stable can be found in the man pages or the FAQ."</em>
1380: <br>
1381: Bravo!
1382: <p>
1.247 jufi 1383: </ul>
1.210 jufi 1384:
1.207 ian 1385: <h2>July, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1386: <ul>
1.215 horacio 1387:
1.247 jufi 1388: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.207 ian 1389: An article on <a href="http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0701/openSSH.html">
1390: Sun's Solaris Blueprints Online series</a>
1391: </strong></font>
1.215 horacio 1392:
1.207 ian 1393: talks about OpenSSH as a good replacement for telnet, rlogin, and friends.
1394: The article goes on to say:
1.209 ian 1395: <br>"OpenSSH is managed by the OpenBSD team. OpenBSD is an open
1.207 ian 1396: source operating system based on BSD 4.4-Lite and is available for
1397: free. A major goal of the OpenBSD project is to create a secure
1398: operating system by auditing source code, fixing security problems
1.209 ian 1399: quickly, and integrating security tools and cryptographic software..."
1.215 horacio 1400: <p>
1.247 jufi 1401: </ul>
1.207 ian 1402:
1.194 jufi 1403: <h2>June, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1404: <ul>
1.194 jufi 1405:
1.247 jufi 1406: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1407: <a href="http://www.internetweek.com/reviews01/rev061801.htm">
1.269 deraadt 1408: The OS X Files: Apple's updated operating system looks to the Internet</a>,
1409: InternetWeek, June 18, 2001
1.213 horacio 1410: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1411:
1.240 miod 1412: On a review of the Mac OS X, Larry Loeb addresses the question
1.213 horacio 1413: on how the change from Mac OS to Mac OS X will affect security
1414: by saying:<br> <em>"[...] the Unix layer is based on OpenBSD,
1415: one of the most secure Unix distributions out there."</em>
1416: <p>
1417:
1.247 jufi 1418: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1419: <a href="http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/uutinen.asp?UutisID=46057">
1420: [Finnish] ITviikko - uutinen</a>,
1421: June 14, 2001 </strong></font><br>
1422:
1423: A short article about IPF threatening the OpenSource Principles of OpenBSD,
1424: and thus IPF will be removed from OpenBSD.
1425: <p>
1426:
1427: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1428: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010613-CS3">
1429: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1430: June 13, 2001</strong></font><br>
1431:
1432: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.9 press release.
1433: <p>
1434:
1435: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1436: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-530016.html">
1.201 horacio 1437: Strife and success in the land of open source</a>,
1438: ZDNet News, June 11, 2001
1439: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1440:
1.240 miod 1441: Stephan Somogyi reviews the latest issue with the IPF license and
1.206 ian 1442: examines why the OpenBSD team made the decision of removing it from
1.201 horacio 1443: its source tree altogether. But <em>"code talks, and OpenBSD has
1444: spoken quite eloquently in the past"</em>, writes Somogyi. Later
1445: on the article he comments on the team's <em>licence audit</em> through
1.206 ian 1446: the OpenBSD source code and Wietse Venema's decision to change his
1.201 horacio 1447: tcp_wrappers' licence after a talk with Theo de Raadt.
1448: <br>
1449: To make up for the stormy issue that IPF's licence has meant for the
1450: Open Source community, in the last lines of this article Somogyi writes
1451: a small review of our latest release, OpenBSD 2.9, which he calls an
1452: <em>"unheralded open source success story"</em>.
1453: <p>
1454:
1.247 jufi 1455: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.194 jufi 1456: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features496.html">
1457: Interview with Wietse Venema about his tcp_wrappers license</a>,
1.206 ian 1458: BSD Today, June 1, 2001
1.194 jufi 1459: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1460:
1.194 jufi 1461: Doing more research about licenses in the BSD tree, Jeremy C. Reed found that the license of
1462: the tcp_wrappers wasn't compliant with the BSD goals. The following interview with Wietse Venema
1463: caught the eye of Theo de Raadt, who had a lengthy and fun discussion about the license with Wietse.
1464: <br>
1465: The new
1466: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/tcp_wrappers_license">license</a>
1.197 deraadt 1467: of tcp_wrappers is now free, as is the
1.228 horacio 1468: <a href="ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/logdaemon_license">license</a> on logdaemon!
1469: <p>
1.247 jufi 1470: </ul>
1.194 jufi 1471:
1.190 horacio 1472: <h2>May, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1473: <ul>
1.190 horacio 1474:
1.247 jufi 1475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.191 jufi 1476:
1477: <a href="http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html">Re: IPFilter 3.4 update. </a>,
1478: Darren Reed, IPFilter mailing list archive, May 19, 2001<br>
1479:
1.301 jose 1480:
1.191 jufi 1481: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0524/#ipfilter">BSD is not free software?</a>,
1482: LWN weekly news, May 24, 2001<br>
1483:
1484: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/May/News489.html">IP Filter License change?</a>,
1485: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, May 24, 2001<br>
1486:
1.212 horacio 1487: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010527142347">
1488: Changes in IPFilter license to affect OpenBSD?</a>,
1.191 jufi 1489: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 27, 2001<br>
1490:
1.211 horacio 1491: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/articles/ipf20010528.html"> -->
1492: IPF: Free no more?,
1.191 jufi 1493: Kurt Seifried, Security Portal, May 28, 2001 <br>
1494:
1.247 jufi 1495: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=thread">IPF License Change: Redistribution Not Allowed</a>,
1.191 jufi 1496: Timothy, Slashdot, May 28, 2001<br>
1497:
1.247 jufi 1498: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/0610252&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.191 jufi 1499: Hemos, Slashdot, May 28, 2001 <br>
1500:
1.212 horacio 1501: <a href="http://www.deadly.org/article.php3?sid=20010530141105">
1502: IPF removed from OpenBSD</a>,
1.191 jufi 1503: Dengue, OpenBSD Journal, May 30, 2001<br>
1504:
1505: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-30-001-20-NW-BD">IPFilter Comes Out of OpenBSD CVS</a>,
1506: Theo de Raadt, Linux Today, May 30, 2001<br>
1507:
1508: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6119988.html">Open-source spat spurs software change</a>,
1509: Stephen Shankland, CNET.com - Tech News, May 30, 2001<br>
1510:
1.301 jose 1511: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010531-cs14"> [Swedish] Computer
1512: Sweden</a>, May 31, 2001<br>
1513:
1.191 jufi 1514: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0531/a/ipfilter-gone.php3">ipf (more)</a>,
1515: Theo de Raadt, LWN weekly news, May 31, 2001<br>
1516:
1517: <a href="http://lwn.net/2001/0601/">IP Filter licensing followup.</a>,
1.206 ian 1518: LWN weekly news, June 1, 2001<br>
1.191 jufi 1519:
1.192 jufi 1520: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/June/Features495.html">
1521: BSD project goals, IP Filter licensing, and Darren Reed interview</a>,
1.206 ian 1522: Jeremy C. Reed, BSD Today, June 1, 2001<br>
1.192 jufi 1523:
1.193 deraadt 1524: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61038,00.html">
1525: OpenBSD drops firewall program in licensing dispute</a>,
1.206 ian 1526: Todd R. Weiss, ComputerWorld, June 1, 2001<br>
1.193 deraadt 1527:
1.247 jufi 1528: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/03/1911246&mode=thread">Changes in IPFilter License</a>,
1.196 deraadt 1529: Hemos, Slashdot, June 3, 2001<br>
1530:
1.247 jufi 1531: <a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/06/169245&mode=thread">
1.198 pvalchev 1532: OpenBSD and ipfilter still fighting over license agreement</a>,
1533: NewsForge, June 6, 2001<br>
1534:
1.213 horacio 1535: <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/06/25/1557213">
1.247 jufi 1536: 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 1537: Slashdot, June 25, 2001<br>
1538:
1.190 horacio 1539: </strong></font><br>
1.191 jufi 1540: Many articles and discussions follow after Darren Reed clarified the license of his
1541: <a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html">IP Filter</a> software.<br>
1542: Because IPF is not <a href="http://www.opensource.org">Open Source</a> and does not qualify for
1543: <a href="goals.html">OpenBSD licence rules</a>, IPF was removed from future release,
1544: and will be replaced with a free alternative.
1545: <p>
1.190 horacio 1546:
1.247 jufi 1547: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 1548: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-linux-openbsd.html">
1549: Why Linux Will Never Be as Secure as OpenBSD</a>,
1550: SecurityPortal (now at Seifried's site), May 16, 2001
1.195 jufi 1551: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1552:
1.195 jufi 1553: As a followup to his article one week before, titled
1.219 horacio 1554: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/os/20011107-openbsd-linux.html">"Why OpenBSD will never be as secure as Linux"</a>,
1555: Kurt Seifried comes to the conclusion that clean and good
1556: programming is more important than dozens of features and
1.195 jufi 1557: add-ons, therefore OpenBSD users are in a better position.
1558: <p>
1559:
1.247 jufi 1560: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 1561: <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-257013.html">
1.191 jufi 1562: Flaw found in common Internet standard</a>,
1563: ZDNet News, May 3, 2001
1564: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1565:
1.191 jufi 1566: Robert Lemos talks about the <a href="http://www.cert.org">CERT</a>
1.301 jose 1567: <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html">warning</a>
1568: concerning the Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN), which could be used to hijack
1569: TCP connections of several OS's, but not so with OpenBSD.
1570: <p>
1571:
1572: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1573: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010503-cs7">
1574: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1575: May 3, 2001</strong></font><br>
1576:
1577: A report on FreeBSD really, but with an explicit statement of OpenBSD
1578: being best of brand when it comes to security.
1.190 horacio 1579: <p>
1.247 jufi 1580: </ul>
1.190 horacio 1581:
1.191 jufi 1582:
1.186 jufi 1583: <h2>April, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1584: <ul>
1.187 deraadt 1585:
1.247 jufi 1586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.186 jufi 1587: <a href="http://razor.bindview.com/publish/papers/tcpseq.html">
1.187 deraadt 1588: Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis</a>,
1589: Razor Bindview, April 21, 2001
1.186 jufi 1590: </strong></font><br>
1.187 deraadt 1591:
1.188 jufi 1592: Michal Zalewski reports and provides an overview over the degree of
1.199 pvalchev 1593: probability that someone can successfully insert a malicious packet
1.186 jufi 1594: into your TCP connection.<br>
1.187 deraadt 1595: In a series of pretty graphs, several OS are covered, including
1596: Windows 9x, ME and 2000, Solaris, Linux and the BSD family.<br>
1.189 horacio 1597: Good scoring for OpenBSD, we're nearly safe up to 2.8, and
1.187 deraadt 1598: completely safe from 2.9 on.
1.186 jufi 1599: <p>
1600:
1.301 jose 1601: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1602: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.asp?id=010420-cs6">
1603: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
1604: April 20, 2001</strong></font><br>
1605:
1606: A statement that Cygate's Service Protector product is based on OpenBSD.
1607: <p>
1.191 jufi 1608:
1.247 jufi 1609: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.220 horacio 1610: <a href="http://www.seifried.org/security/articles/20011015-elias-levy-interview.html">
1611: Abandon hope all ye who enter here</a>,
1612: Security Portal (now at Seifried's site), April 05, 2001
1.191 jufi 1613: </strong></font><br>
1614:
1615: Kurt Seifried interviews Elias Levy, a.k.a. Aleph1 from BugTraq, who
1616: states that <em>"efforts like the one from the OpenBSD project
1617: <strong>are a must</strong>"</em> and then goes further to say
1618: that <em>"systems that have gone through a source code security
1619: audit should include a mandatory tag that says <strong>Lasciate ogne
1620: speranza, voi ch'intrate</strong>"</em>.<br>
1621: Through the interview he also gives a very interesting note on other
1622: complex security models implemented to existing systems, and how
1623: incorrect implementation or configuration of such models results in
1624: vulnerabilities. Security through simplicity... doesn't this sound
1625: familiar?
1626: <p>
1.247 jufi 1627: </ul>
1.191 jufi 1628:
1.178 louis 1629: <h2>March, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1630: <ul>
1.178 louis 1631:
1.247 jufi 1632: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.187 deraadt 1633: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/03/02/ipv6_ItoJun.html">
1.269 deraadt 1634: IPv6: An Interview with Itojun</a>,
1635: O'Reilly Network, March 2, 2001
1.178 louis 1636: </strong></font><br>
1637:
1638: Hubert Feyrer interviews Jun-ichiro "itojun" Hagino, one of the
1639: core KAME developers, who integrated the KAME IPv6 stack into OpenBSD and
1640: NetBSD. He's a bit disappointed by the slow deployment of IPv6 -- the router
1641: makers say there is no demand, and the ISPs are waiting for hardware. He
1642: talks also about the other cool projects by KAME and WIDE projects, and says
1643: you've got to visit Japan -- it's the place to be if you're a BSD geek!
1644: <p>
1645:
1.247 jufi 1646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1647: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/march01/features1_open_source_sec.shtml">
1648: Open source under the hood</a>,
1649: Information Security, March 2001.
1.182 louis 1650: </strong></font><br>
1651:
1652: More and more commercial software vendors are turning to open source software,
1653: including OpenBSD, to provide the building blocks for their products. Columnist
1654: Pete Loshin discusses the security implications.
1655: <p>
1656:
1.247 jufi 1657: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1658: <a href="http://www.net-security.org/text/articles/mostsecure.shtml">
1659: Your Opinion: "Most Secure OS"</a>,
1660: Help Net Security, March 2001
1.179 louis 1661: </strong></font><br>
1662:
1663: Out of 340 reader opinions, the editors picked five, two of which opined
1664: that OpenBSD had the clear lead to the title of "Most Secure OS".
1665: <p>
1.247 jufi 1666: </ul>
1.179 louis 1667:
1.174 louis 1668:
1.175 louis 1669: <h2>February, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1670: <ul>
1.175 louis 1671:
1.247 jufi 1672: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1673: <a href="http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/openbsd28/">
1674: Review: OpenBSD 2.8</a>,
1675: The Duke of URL, February 9, 2001
1.179 louis 1676: </strong></font><br>
1677:
1678: A very thorough review of OpenBSD 2.8 by Patrick Mullen, trying it on both
1679: Intel and AMD hardware, showing screen shots of the installation process.
1680: Oh, by the way, he refutes that earlier review that complained OpenBSD
1681: wouldn't run on VMware. Here's a toast to reviewers who do their homework.
1682: <p>
1683:
1.247 jufi 1684: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1685: <a href="http://geodsoft.com/howto/harden/">
1686: Hardening OpenBSD Internet Servers</a>,
1687: GeodSoft, February 7, 2001
1.175 louis 1688: </strong></font><br>
1689:
1690: Not really a press article, but this how-to has good pointers on locking down
1.177 aaron 1691: an OpenBSD server, including how to create a recovery CD to minimize site
1.175 louis 1692: downtime (hey, hardware breaks). The tips apply also to other operating systems.
1693: <p>
1.247 jufi 1694: </ul>
1.175 louis 1695:
1.176 louis 1696:
1.172 mickey 1697: <h2>January, 2001</h2>
1.247 jufi 1698: <ul>
1.172 mickey 1699:
1.247 jufi 1700: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1701: <u>Global geeks bet on open source</u>,
1702: The Globe and Mail, January 29, 2001
1.176 louis 1703: </strong></font><br>
1704:
1705: Columnist Jim Carroll uses the latest round of attacks on Microsoft sites
1706: to drum up a bit more business for open source software, including OpenBSD,
1707: <em>"which is known for its absolutely bedrock security"</em>.
1.180 louis 1708: <br>(Print only).
1.176 louis 1709: <p>
1710:
1.247 jufi 1711: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.176 louis 1712: <a
1.269 deraadt 1713: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/29/1718219">
1714: Theo de Raadt gives it all to OpenBSD</a>,
1715: NewsForge, January 29, 2001
1.174 louis 1716: </strong></font><br>
1717:
1718: This time, Open Source people profiler Julie Bresnick interviews Theo de Raadt,
1719: lead developer of OpenBSD, about how he started, the OpenBSD
1720: "family", hacking, conferences, friends, beer and mountain bikes.
1721: <p>
1722:
1.247 jufi 1723: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1724: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/News394.html">Tucows
1.269 deraadt 1725: BSD Channel is no more</a>,
1726: BSD Today, January 24, 2001
1.174 louis 1727: </strong></font><br>
1728:
1729: Editor Jeremy Reed fails to shed a tear for the poorly edited (and often
1730: openly hostile) bsd.tucows.com site.
1731: <p>
1732:
1.247 jufi 1733: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1734: <a
1.269 deraadt 1735: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/16/0333216">
1736: With Snoopy's Eriksen, the more things change, the more they stay the same</a>,
1.174 louis 1737: NewsForge, January 16, 2001
1738: </strong></font><br>
1739:
1740: In another quirky Open Source people profile, NewsForge columnist Julie
1741: Bresnick interviews Aamodt Eriksen, author of the Snoopy command logger, who
1742: runs OpenBSD on his ThinkPad and acknowledges as a role model, among others,
1743: our own Theo de Raadt.
1744: <p>
1745:
1.247 jufi 1746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1747: <a
1.269 deraadt 1748: href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/January/Features379.html">
1749: A lot of misinformation about BSD</a>,
1750: BSD Today, January 6, 2001
1.174 louis 1751: </strong></font><br>
1752:
1753: Editor Jeremy Reed takes the bsd.Tucows.com BSD reviewers to task for some
1754: inaccurate and ill-informed reviews, like the one that said that OpenBSD was
1755: licensed under the GPL (hint, it's anything but -- see our
1756: <a href="policy.html">policy page</a>. [Note Jan.24: bsd.tucows.com has been
1757: shut down.]
1758: <p>
1759:
1.247 jufi 1760: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.269 deraadt 1761: <a href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=865/ddj0165a/">
1.226 horacio 1762: Theo de Raadt, Todd Miller, Angelos Keromytis, Werner Losh, and Jack Woehr
1.269 deraadt 1763: at "A Roundtable on BSD, Security, and Quality"</a>,
1764: Dr. Dobb's, January, 2001
1.172 mickey 1765: </strong></font><br>
1766:
1767: Contributing Editor Jack Woehr moderated a roundtable with four
1768: key members of the BSD movement at the recent USENIX Security Symposium 2000.
1769: <p>
1.247 jufi 1770: </ul>
1.172 mickey 1771:
1.161 louis 1772: <h2>December, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1773: <ul>
1.161 louis 1774:
1.247 jufi 1775: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1776: <a
1.269 deraadt 1777: href="http://eltoday.com/article.php3?ltsn=2000-12-26-001-13-PS">
1778: Florist.com Blossoms with Open Source E-Commerce Software from Akopia</a>,
1779: Enterprise Linux Today, December 26, 2000
1.175 louis 1780: </strong></font><br>
1781:
1782: On-line flowers for Hollywood glitterati? OpenBSD in the supporting cast. Story
1783: by John Wolley
1784: <p>
1785:
1.247 jufi 1786: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.175 louis 1787: <a
1.269 deraadt 1788: href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/15614.html">
1789: OpenBSD exploit gets serious</a>,
1790: The Register, December 20, 2000
1.175 louis 1791: </strong></font><br>
1792:
1793: OpenBSD developers upgrade the importance of an esoteric buffer overflow in the
1794: FTP daemon after an exploit is published (ftpd is not enabled by default in
1795: OpenBSD).
1796: <p>
1797:
1.247 jufi 1798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1799: <a
1.247 jufi 1800: href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/12/11/1455210&mode=thread">Theo de
1.171 louis 1801: Raadt Responds</a>, Slashdot, December 11, 2000
1802: </strong></font><br>
1803:
1804: Lead developer Theo de Raadt answers reader questions moderated by Slashdot
1805: editor Roblimo. The mass interview covers a seriously wide range of topics:
1806: sharing the code auditing experience, securing the <a href="ports.html">ports
1807: tree</a>, books of various colours, secure coding practices, hardware, patches
1808: and hindsight.
1809: <p>
1810:
1.247 jufi 1811: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 1812: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=27059">
1813: OpenBSD Updated</a>, Computer Dealer News, December 8, 2000
1814: </strong></font><br>
1815:
1816: A small article on 2.8 release and CD sales.
1817: <p>
1818:
1.247 jufi 1819: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.171 louis 1820: <a
1.168 provos 1821: href="http://www.maccentral.com/news/0012/07.openbsd.shtml">OpenBSD 2.8 runs on G3/G4 machine</a>, MacCentral Online,
1822: December 7, 2000
1823: </strong></font><br>
1824:
1825: OpenBSD 2.8 has been released -- it's free -- and will now run on
1826: iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines. And if that is Greek to you, let
1827: us explain.
1828: <p>
1829:
1.247 jufi 1830: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.234 jufi 1831: <a href="http://seifried.org/security/technical/20020307-kernel-options.html">
1832: System and Network Security - Kernel Options</a>,
1.211 horacio 1833: Kurt's Closet, Security Portal,
1.166 louis 1834: December 6, 2000
1835: </strong></font><br>
1836:
1837: Going beyond the usual security measures means looking at some often
1838: neglected kernel options and settings. Kurt Seifried looks at kernel
1839: options under OpenBSD, Linux and Solaris.
1840: <p>
1841:
1.247 jufi 1842: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 1843: <a href="http://www.zdnet.co.jp/macwire/0012/06/c_opinion.html">
1844: [Japanese] Opinion: why I use OpenBSD</a>,
1845: MacWIRE Online, ZDNet Japan, December 6, 2000
1846: </strong></font><br>
1847:
1848: Translation of Stephan Somogyi's opinion piece, explaining why he runs
1849: OpenBSD. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1850: open spam relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1851: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1852: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1853: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1854: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1855: <p>
1856:
1857: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.166 louis 1858: <a
1.226 horacio 1859: href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/12/03/1204bsd.html">
1860: Why I use OpenBSD</a>, MacWeek, December 4, 2000
1.162 millert 1861: </strong></font><br>
1862:
1863: Stephan Somogyi explains why he runs OpenBSD, largely due to OpenBSD's
1.167 louis 1864: emphasis on security. Some might argue that his example security flaw,
1.206 ian 1865: open SPAM relays, is really no big deal, but we think it raises an
1.167 louis 1866: important point: if an OS or mail system ships with relaying open by default,
1867: what message does that send about that system's resistance to less trivial
1868: attacks. He also chides Intel and 3Com for not providing driver
1.222 miod 1869: documentation to allow their IPsec networking cards to be used.
1.163 deraadt 1870: <p>
1.162 millert 1871:
1.247 jufi 1872: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.162 millert 1873: <a
1.161 louis 1874: href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/open_season?id=3a26ad1a2">BSD
1875: community learns to get along</a>, Open Season, Upside Today, December 1, 2000
1876: </strong></font><br>
1877:
1878: OpenBSD gets a passing mention in this cheerleader piece by Sam Williams about
1879: the wide distribution potential of the BSD-derived Mac OS X.
1880: <p>
1881:
1.247 jufi 1882: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.225 horacio 1883: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/News345.html">
1884: OpenBSD 2.8 officially released</a>, BSD Today, December, 2000
1885: </strong></font><br>
1886:
1887: OpenBSD 2.8 official release announcement on BSD Today.
1888: <p>
1889:
1890:
1.247 jufi 1891: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.169 louis 1892: <a
1.226 horacio 1893: href="http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=875/ddj0065o/">
1894: The Future of OpenBSD: A Conversation with Theo de Raadt</a>,
1895: Dr. Dobbs Journal, December 2000
1.169 louis 1896: </strong></font><br>
1897:
1898: Contributing editor Jack J. Woehr's interview with Theo de Raadt at Usenix
1899: Security Symposium 2000 gives a bit of insight about project dynamics, where
1900: the OS is headed, and on how the security audit evolved from a hunt for
1901: security holes to a philosophy of correct and bug-free programming.
1902: <p>
1.247 jufi 1903: </ul>
1.169 louis 1904:
1.158 louis 1905: <h2>November, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1906: <ul>
1.147 louis 1907:
1.247 jufi 1908: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1909: <a href="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-503171.html">
1910: BSD to leapfrog Linux</a>, ZDnet Linux Opinion, November 29, 2000
1.175 louis 1911: </strong></font><br>
1912:
1913: A somewhat speculative article by Henry Kingman based on recent the recent
1914: flurry of releases, new products and conference activity from the BSD world.
1915: <p>
1916:
1.247 jufi 1917: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 1918: <a href="http://macweek.macworld.com/2000/11/19/1123somogyi.html">
1919: <!-- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2657124,00.html" -->
1920: Is Darwin getting due respect?</a>, MacWeek, November 23, 2000
1.161 louis 1921: </strong></font><br>
1922: Stephan Somogyi dismisses Apple's open source offering as "opportunistic",
1923: Darwin, and sneaks in a tip of the hat to OpenBSD.
1924: <p>
1925:
1.247 jufi 1926: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.161 louis 1927: <a
1928: href="http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2000/1120works.html">Beyond Windows
1929: and Linux: Discovering the BSDs</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion, November 20, 2000
1930: </strong></font><br>
1931:
1932: Worried that Linux will be de-stabilized by the hype machine? Paul Hoffman
1933: suggests a serious look at the BSD-based operating systems.
1934: <p>
1935:
1.247 jufi 1936: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1937: <a href="http://www.thelinuxgurus.org/linuxopenbsdfirewalls.shtml">Building
1.161 louis 1938: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>, book review, The Linux Gurus, November 18, 2000
1939: </strong></font><br>
1.174 louis 1940:
1.213 horacio 1941: In this detailed review of the Sonnenreich & Yates
1.161 louis 1942: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/books.html">firewalls book</a>, the unnamed
1943: author concludes that the authors aren't paranoid enough in stripping down
1944: the firewall system to the bare essentials.
1945: <p>
1.215 horacio 1946:
1.247 jufi 1947: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.174 louis 1948: <a
1949: href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1113887">What the future holds for
1950: Unix</a>, vnunet.com, November 10, 2000
1951: </strong></font><br>
1952:
1953: Dave Cartwright dons the weird robes and gazes into the crystal ball for
1954: the future of big-iron UNIX, Linux and BSD. Best quote in the article:<br>
1955: <em>"Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD will continue to flourish due to their
1956: openness, price, quality and attitude."</em>. Quality, that's us (and
1957: much of the attitude too).
1958: <p>
1.161 louis 1959:
1.247 jufi 1960: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 1961: <!-- <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-2000/swol-1110-silicon.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1962: <u>BSDCon 2000: A small, tasty conference</u>, Sun World, November 2000
1.157 louis 1963: </strong></font><br>
1.215 horacio 1964:
1.157 louis 1965: Silicon Carny columnist Rich Morin reviews BSD Con 2000. He gives an overview
1966: of the five BSD variants available and a bit of atmosphere from the conference.
1967: <p>
1.247 jufi 1968: </ul>
1.157 louis 1969:
1970: <h2>October, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 1971: <ul>
1.157 louis 1972:
1.247 jufi 1973: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 1974: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20001025.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 1975: <u>Auditing Code, Kurt's Closet</u>, Security Portal, October 31, 2000
1.156 louis 1976: </strong></font><br>
1977:
1978: Kurt Seifried interviews John Viega, author of the ITS4 code auditing
1979: system. While he acknowledges the value of OpenBSD's strictly
1980: expert-based auditing process, he argues that using even an imperfect
1981: auditing tool is better than no audit at all.
1982: <p>
1983:
1.247 jufi 1984: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.156 louis 1985: href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2644279,00.html">Linux
1986: Boosts Unix</a>, ZDnet Inter@ctive Week, October 23, 2000
1987: </strong></font><br>
1988:
1989: Charles Babcock suggests that Unix and freenix OSes like Linux and
1990: OpenBSD are putting the squeeze on Microsoft Windows 2000's share of
1991: the high end server market. Not bad for a bunch of hackers who just do
1992: it because they love coding...
1993: <p>
1994:
1.247 jufi 1995: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.156 louis 1996: <a href="http://www.stallion.com/html/support/bsdcon-paper.html">Porting
1997: OpenBSD to the Motorola ColdFire</a>, BSDCon, October 18, 2000
1998: </strong></font><br>
1999:
2000: Dean Fogarty and David O'Rourke, engineers at Stallion Technologies
2001: Pty Ltd in Australia, presented this paper at BSDCon.<br>
2002: <i>"Making an Internet embedded appliance for public
2003: consumption is not a simple task. Choices including hardware, code
2004: development and user interface design must be made, each of which could
2005: either help or hinder a product. This paper outlines how and why
2006: Stallion Technologies used the Motorola ColdFire CPU and the OpenBSD
2007: operating system to create a successful Internet appliance."</i>
2008: <p>
2009:
1.247 jufi 2010: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2011: <!-- a href="http://www.feedmag.com/essay/es405lofi.html" -->
2012: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogarticle/0,6799,194423,00.html">
2013: Cry Hackerdom!</a>, FEED (Guardian Unlimited), October 17, 2000
1.153 louis 2014: </strong></font><br>
2015:
2016: Brendan Koerner continues his exploration of the digital world with a
2017: visit to this year's Defcon. There's a cameo appearance by Theo de Raadt,
2018: cast as a starving hacker. Before the article sets off a
2019: verge-of-financial-collapse panic on the mailing lists, we'd like to make
2020: a correction: Theo can occasionally afford a pint of Guinness to go with
2021: the pizza.
2022: <p>
2023:
1.247 jufi 2024: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.150 louis 2025: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=1061">Sniping at
2026: OpenBSD</a>, #RootPrompt.org, October 9, 2000
2027: </strong></font><br>
2028:
2029: Columnist Noel discusses some of the angry comments made about
2030: OpenBSD's Bugtraq disclosure of a localhost vulnerability . He gets
2031: at the point of the source code audit: it's not to find exploitable
2032: holes, but rather to fix bugs so that they never become security
2033: problems.
2034: <p>
2035:
1.247 jufi 2036: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.243 ian 2037: <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 2038: </strong></font><br>
2039:
1.222 miod 2040: OpenBSD, IPsec, IPF, Samba and Windows: azure covers it all in this
1.154 louis 2041: networking epic about connecting two Windows-based networks over a VPN
2042: - whether they like it or not.
2043: <p>
2044:
1.247 jufi 2045: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2046: <a href="http://www.upsidetoday.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39dceffe0.html">
2047: OpenBSD plugs a rare security leak</a>, Upside Today, October 6, 2000
1.148 aaron 2048: </strong></font><br>
2049:
2050: Developer Aaron Campbell is interviewed by Upside reporter Sam Williams
2051: about the recent concern over format string vulnerabilities and how
2052: OpenBSD has responded to the threat.
1.149 aaron 2053: <p>
1.148 aaron 2054:
1.247 jufi 2055: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2056: <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 2057: </strong></font><br>
2058:
2059: Dissipating the smokescreen of FUD surrounding "full
2060: disclosure" is a never ending thankless task. Rik Farrow shows how
2061: it works by picking a particularly busy day in the life of BUGTRAQ, the
2062: full disclosure security mailing list. He concludes with a tip of the
2063: white hat to OpenBSD:<br>
2064: <i>"The true goal should be to write secure software in the first
2065: place. One Unix version, OpenBSD, gets all of its code audited for
2066: security bugs before it gets shipped."</i>
2067: <p>
2068:
1.247 jufi 2069: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2070: <a href="http://www.byte.com/documents/s=448/byt20000927s0001/index.htm">
2071: BSD OSs Offer Unix Alternatives to Linux</a>, Byte, October 2, 2000
1.147 louis 2072: </strong></font><br>
2073:
2074: In a long-ish article subtitled "<i>For security, scaling,
2075: consider a BSD OS</i>", columnist Bill Nicholls does a survey of the
2076: BSDs. Mostly he summarises the history and quotes the various project
2077: web sites, but this is the kind of article that should benefit
2078: non-technical readers bombarded with Linux advocacy.
2079: <p>
1.247 jufi 2080: </ul>
1.147 louis 2081:
1.138 louis 2082: <h2>September, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2083: <ul>
1.138 louis 2084:
1.247 jufi 2085: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2086: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
2087: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>,
2088: <!-- a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2631373,00.html" -->
2089: Chris Coleman Explains BSD Unix, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.145 louis 2090: </strong></font><br>
2091:
1.227 horacio 2092: (Note: the second article is no longer online)<br>
1.146 louis 2093: Two BSD related articles in the same mainstream publication, on the same day.
2094: A trend, maybe? The first article, a business-oriented manager's eye view,
2095: credits OpenBSD's proactive security approach for spurring on security
2096: development in the other BSD groups, and even Linux. The second is an
2097: interview with Daemon News editor Chris Coleman which attempts to explain
2098: the various BSDs. The writer clearly hasn't mastered the topic yet, or even
2099: spelled Coleman's name consistently.
1.145 louis 2100: <p>
2101:
1.247 jufi 2102: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.231 jufi 2103: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2631312,00.html">
1.227 horacio 2104: BSD System Takes On Linux</a>, Inter@ctive Week, September 25, 2000
1.200 niklas 2105: </strong></font><br>
2106:
2107: A manager's eye view business-oriented story credits OpenBSD's proactive
2108: security approach for spurring on security development in the other BSD
2109: groups, and even Linux.
2110: <p>
2111:
1.247 jufi 2112: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2113: <a href="http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39b82a2e0">
2114: Primed and ready</a>,
1.139 louis 2115: Upside Today, September 7, 2000
2116: </strong></font><br>
2117:
2118: An article by Sam Williams about the reaction to RSA Security's pre-emptive
2119: release of RSA into the public domain. The impact on OpenBSD? Minimal --
2120: most users are already taking advantage of the trick to download the ssl
2121: library after installing the OS.
2122: <p>
2123:
1.247 jufi 2124: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.227 horacio 2125: <u>OpenBSD as a VPN Solution</u> <em>(not available online)</em>,
1.138 louis 2126: Sys Admin, September 2000
2127: </strong></font><br>
2128:
2129: Alex Withers contributed an article on setting up a VPN with OpenBSD's IPsec
2130: and the ISAKMPD key management daemon. He admits his implementation, though
2131: quite serviceable, only scratches the surface of the capabilities available.
2132: He strongly suggests going through the man pages
1.247 jufi 2133: (<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>,
2134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipsec&apropos=0&sektion=0&ma
2135: npath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html">ipsec(4)</a> and
2136: <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 2137: <a href="faq/faq13.html">IPsec FAQ</a> to get the most
1.138 louis 2138: out of the system.
2139: <p>
2140:
1.247 jufi 2141: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.144 louis 2142: <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
2143: </strong></font><br>
2144:
2145: Keith Rankin, a veteran system administrator, rates three operating systems
1.200 niklas 2146: in terms of usablility and productivity. Despite a lengthy rant about minimalist
2147: installations, <code>vi</code> and a default C shell, he finds nice things to
2148: say about OpenBSD's floppy + 'Net installation, the thorough system probe and
2149: the IP filtering and address translation.
2150: <p>
1.301 jose 2151:
2152: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2153: [German] Das BSD-Ports-Verzeichnis, FreeX Magazin, 4.Quartal 2000
2154: </strong></font><br>
2155:
2156: Jörg Braun surveys the <a href="ports.html">Ports</a> system that gives
2157: users easy access to hundreds of net freeware applications. The author covers
2158: the various <code>make</code> options and targets, and also notes OpenBSD's
2159: "fake" installation used to create easily distributable binary
2160: packages as an automatic by-product of building a port.
2161: <p>
1.247 jufi 2162: </ul>
1.200 niklas 2163:
1.131 louis 2164: <h2>August, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2165: <ul>
1.131 louis 2166:
1.247 jufi 2167: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2168: <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/29/OpenBSD.html">
2169: OpenBSD and the Future of the Internet</a>,
2170: OpenBSD Explained, O'Reilly Network, August 29, 2000
1.139 louis 2171: </strong></font><br>
2172:
2173: David Jorm's column notes the fact that OpenBSD ships with functioning IPv6
2174: networking. He briefly walks through the procedure to get an OpenBSD system
2175: to participate in "6bone", the transitional IPv6 network.
2176: <p>
2177:
1.247 jufi 2178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.143 louis 2179: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=832">OpenBSD's Good
2180: Example</a>, # RootPrompt.org, August 23, 2000
2181: </strong></font><br>
2182:
2183: Noel moves on after his "Cracked!" series to look at other
2184: security topics. This time, he installs OpenBSD, fully expecting some
2185: brutally stripped-down system good for nothing but firewalls and sniffers,
2186: but finds a functional desktop environment. OpenBSD sets an example for
2187: other systems: <i>"It is my opinion that there are many lessons
2188: in how OpenBSD is put together that the Linux community needs to take
2189: note of"</i>.
2190: <p>
2191:
1.247 jufi 2192: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.141 louis 2193: <a
1.247 jufi 2194: href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/08/22/0132212&mode=thread">The
1.141 louis 2195: Brit and the Big Boy</a>, NewsForge, August 22, 2000
2196: </strong></font><br>
2197:
2198: NewsForge Columnist Julie Bresnick pens a quirky profile of Tom Yates,
2199: co-author with Wes Sonnenreich of
2200: <a href="http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/catalog/35366-3.htm">Building
2201: Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls</a>.
2202: <p>
2203:
1.247 jufi 2204: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.155 deraadt 2205: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/FredMoody/moody000816.html">Linux
1.136 louis 2206: Revisited</a>, ABCnews.com, August 16, 2000
2207: </strong></font><br>
2208:
2209: In an article better entitled "Moody battles on", columnist Fred
2210: Moody continues his lone battle over the Linux security record. He rates
2211: OpenBSD as the choice of those who expect "much, much more" and
2212: quotes Marcus Ranum, CTO of Network Flight Recorder, talking about OpenBSD's
2213: code audit. <i>"They did some really interesting stuff; they did complete
2214: code audits of major hunks of the operating system and found huge, horrible,
2215: gigantic holes that all the other UNIX derivatives had been ignoring."</i>
2216: <p>
2217:
1.247 jufi 2218: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.134 louis 2219: <a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17541,00.html">The
2220: World's Most Secure Operating System</a>, The Industry Standard, August 14,
2221: 2000
2222: </strong></font><br>
2223:
2224: <i>"A lone Canadian is reshaping the way software gets written. Is the world
2225: paying attention?"</i>. (Well, actually he's got help). Veteran technology
2226: reporter Brendan Koerner interviews Theo de Raadt, security vendors and
2227: writers to compare OpenBSD's code audit and "secure by default" credo
2228: against current industry practices.
2229: <p>
2230:
1.247 jufi 2231: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.140 louis 2232: <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
2233: </strong></font><br>
2234:
2235: David Jorm details the steps to configuring OpenSSH's sshd, and how to set up
2236: a secure Web server using OpenBSD's SSL support. He also looks at OpenBSD's
2237: security stance, the ongoing code audit and how to install security patches.
2238: <p>
2239:
1.247 jufi 2240: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.133 louis 2241: <a href="http://lwn.net/2000/0803/security.php3">OpenBSD runs fuzz</a>, Linux
2242: Weekly News, August 3, 2000
2243: </strong></font><br>
2244:
2245: Linux Weekly News security editor Liz Coolbaugh picks up on a Bugtraq thread
2246: about <code>fuzz</code>, a tool that tests commands with randomly generated
2247: command line arguments. Lead developer Theo de Raadt ran it against OpenBSD
2248: and found routine coding errors in about a dozen commands, none security-related.
2249: The article reprints de Raadt's posting and comments. Though the exercise was
2250: worthwhile, the tool only points to the areas to check, and is no substitute for
2251: careful code reviews, he concludes.
2252: <p>
2253:
1.247 jufi 2254: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.131 louis 2255: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/08/01/OpenBSD.html">OpenBSD
2256: in a Datacenter Scale Environment</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, August 1, 2000
2257: </strong></font><br>
2258:
2259: David Jorm's OpenBSD Explained column talks about IT Manager Grant Bailey's initial
2260: skepticism about OpenBSD being able to handle the load for www.2600.org.au's Web and
2261: FTP site. On a tight budget, he set up a K-6 450MHz system, with 128 MB RAM and an
2262: IDE drive, got a few friends with cable modems to pound on it, and was pleasantly
2263: surprised.<br>
1.133 louis 2264: <i>Update (Aug.4/2000): Grant writes that he has just seen the site's biggest day:
2265: 56GB outbound to everywhere on the Internet with 260 clients at one point, limited
2266: mostly by the RAM.</i>
1.131 louis 2267: <p>
1.247 jufi 2268: </ul>
1.131 louis 2269:
1.118 louis 2270: <h2>July, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2271: <ul>
1.118 louis 2272:
1.247 jufi 2273: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.125 deraadt 2274: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1107318">
2275: Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs</a>, vnunet.com, July 26, 2000
2276: </strong></font><br>
2277:
2278: John Leyden talks about the new Linux Kernel Auditing Project, and how
2279: last month some people decided that Linux needed some auditing. It is
2280: about time. The article mentions that
2281: <i>"OpenBSD, another Unix-like open source
2282: operating system, has been subject to an ongoing security audit
2283: since 1996."</i><br>
1.127 jufi 2284: The article apparently used to quote Roy Hills of NTA as saying
1.125 deraadt 2285: <i>""This is the first time I've heard of an audit of the whole of a
2286: general purpose operating system kernel"</i>, but it has been
1.199 pvalchev 2287: amended since.
1.125 deraadt 2288: <p>
2289:
1.247 jufi 2290: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2291: <a href="http://www.securite.org/interview/theoderaadt/">
1.124 jufi 2292: Interview: Theo de Raadt</a>, Sécurité.org, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2293: </strong></font><br>
2294:
2295: Nicolas Fischbach caught up to Theo de Raadt at CanSecWest in Vancouver a while
2296: back, and the resulting interview discusses Secure by Default and the genesis
2297: of OpenSSH.
2298: <p>
2299:
1.247 jufi 2300: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2301: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000726.html"> -->
1.227 horacio 2302: <u>IPsec - We've Got a Ways To Go</u> (Part II), Security Portal, July 26, 2000
1.121 deraadt 2303: </strong></font><br>
2304:
2305: Kurt Seifried discusses various key management and tunnel modes and extensions
1.142 deraadt 2306: possible with IPSEC implementations, including OpenBSD's ethernet over IPSEC
1.121 deraadt 2307: bridging.
2308: <p>
2309:
1.247 jufi 2310: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2311: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution236.html">
2312: Setting up OpenBSD 2.7 as a cable NAT system </a>, BSD Today, July 24, 2000
1.120 deraadt 2313: </strong></font><br>
2314:
1.121 deraadt 2315: Vlad Sedach writes about his experiences in setting up a ipnat/ipf box based
2316: on OpenBSD as his firewall.
1.120 deraadt 2317: <p>
2318:
1.247 jufi 2319: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2320: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/News/1106857">
2321: Most secure operating system update uses Digital Signature Algorithm</a>, vnunet.com, July 17, 2000
2322: </strong></font><br>
2323:
2324: James Middleton lists the features of the new 2.7 release.
2325: <p>
2326:
1.247 jufi 2327: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.118 louis 2328: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2329: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Features230.html">
2330: OpenBSD is installed -- now what?</a>, BSD Today, July 14, 2000
1.119 reinhard 2331: </strong></font><br>
2332:
1.120 deraadt 2333: As a follow-up to <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">
2334: Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
1.119 reinhard 2335: Clifford Smith explains how to set <i>"up OpenBSD as a single-user,
2336: desktop system with basic information on installing the ports tree,
2337: setting up KDE, stopping unneeded services and using IPFilter."</i>
2338: <p>
2339:
1.247 jufi 2340: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.154 louis 2341: <a href="http://napalm.firest0rm.org/issue6.txt">IPsec Crash Course
2342: (part 1)</a>, Napalm, July 13, 2000
2343: </strong></font><br>
2344:
1.222 miod 2345: Technical article about IPsec by ajax, discussing the networking basics,
1.154 louis 2346: the key management daemons and various free and commercial implementations.
2347: This goes well beyond the usual how-to articles to explain the underlying
2348: protocols and their quirks.
2349: <p>
2350:
1.247 jufi 2351: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2352: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32935">
2353: In the shadow of the penguin</a>, Computing Canada, July 7, 2000
1.128 louis 2354: </strong></font><br>
2355:
2356: Viewpoint columnist Matthew Friedman tries to set the record straight -- open
2357: source is not all about Linux. He focuses on the rock-solid networking performance
2358: and security and speaks with OpenBSD's Theo de Raadt and FreeBSD's Jordan
1.137 louis 2359: K. Hubbard.
1.128 louis 2360: <p>
2361:
1.247 jufi 2362: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.139 louis 2363: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/MontyManley/MontyManley8.html">Be
2364: An Engineer, Not An Artist</a>, OS Opinion, July 6, 2000
2365: </strong></font><br>
2366:
2367: Monty Manley throws open the debate about artistic whim versus solid engineering
2368: in open source software development. Too few, like the OpenBSD auditors, are
2369: willing to sweat the details to make the code really work, he writes.
2370: <p>
2371:
1.247 jufi 2372: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.119 reinhard 2373: <a href="
1.120 deraadt 2374: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/July/Contribution221.html">
2375: Attempting to install OpenBSD under VMware</a>, BSD Today, July 6, 2000
1.118 louis 2376: </strong></font><br>
2377:
2378: BSD Today reader Jeremy Weatherford tries his hand at installing OpenBSD
2379: on VMware, a system that allows multiple OSes to run concurrently on the
2380: same hardware. We can't fault him for trying, but being new to both OpenBSD
2381: and VMware, he might have been a tad too ambitious, considering VMware
2382: doesn't even list OpenBSD as a supported "guest" OS.
2383: <p>
1.247 jufi 2384: </ul>
1.118 louis 2385:
1.104 louis 2386: <h2>June, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2387: <ul>
1.104 louis 2388:
1.247 jufi 2389: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.114 louis 2390: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/Features213.html">Installing OpenBSD 2.7</a>,
2391: BSD Today, June 29, 2000
2392: </strong></font><br>
2393:
2394: <i>So you want to try out OpenBSD, right? Sounds like your kind of operating system,
2395: right? Patrick Mullen installs and reviews the 2.7 release</i>. Another first-hand
2396: experience installing OpenBSD, with a sprinkling of humour because these articles can
2397: be a bit dry.
2398: <p>
2399:
1.247 jufi 2400: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.213 horacio 2401: <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0006/23.macosx.shtml">
2402: Road to Mac OS X: Security and OS X</a>,
2403: MacCentral Online, June 23, 2000
2404: </strong></font><br>
2405: On one of a series of articles from MacCentral Online
2406: columnist Dennis Sellers, he attempts to answer Mac OS users'
2407: questions on the move forward to Mac OS X. With concern to
2408: security, he quotes Mark Block saying:<br>
2409: <em>"Keep in mind that just because it's UNIX-based
2410: doesn't mean it's susceptible to crackers. OpenBSD is an
2411: example of an extremely secure flavor of UNIX."</em>
2412: <p>
2413:
1.247 jufi 2414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2415: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=33044">
2416: BSD (and Joe) are Canadian</a>, letter to the editor, Computing Canada, June 23,
1.137 louis 2417: 2000
1.128 louis 2418: </strong></font><br>
2419:
2420: "Dave the Canadian software guy" wrote to complain about a column
2421: entitled "The computing road less travelled". The article on
2422: alternative OSes never mentioned OpenBSD, published in Canada, or NetBSD,
2423: the sole BSD at Linux Quebec in April. "Is it time for a Joe the Canadian
2424: commercial for Canadian Software?", Dave asks.<br>
1.137 louis 2425: <i>The letter is further down the page</i>.
1.128 louis 2426: <p>
2427:
1.247 jufi 2428: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2429: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000621.html"> -->
2430: Securing Your Network With OpenBSD, Kurt's Closet, Security Portal, June 21, 2000
1.113 naddy 2431: </strong></font><br>
1.110 louis 2432:
2433: Kurt Seifried looks at some new features in OpenBSD 2.7 and recommends it
2434: as a platform for patrolling your network. He also gives a sampling of
2435: the many security tools available for intrusion detection, vulnerability
2436: analysis and network management, all available from the
1.113 naddy 2437: <a href="ports.html">"Ports" collection</a>.
2438: <p>
1.110 louis 2439:
1.247 jufi 2440: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a
1.117 louis 2441: href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2589471,00.html">Exposed
2442: to a Web of viruses</a>, eWeek.com, June 19, 2000
2443: </strong></font><br>
2444:
2445: Peter Coffee, eWeek Labs, mentions OpenBSD in an article subtitled
2446: "IT wanted integration; Microsoft delivered. Now both must fix lax
2447: security". Near the end (it's there, really), he writes:
2448: <i>Those who champion the open-source process point to projects
2449: such as the OpenBSD operating system, with its tremendous security
2450: record, as proof of concept. But there are other examples, such as
2451: loopholes in Kerberos code that went unnoticed for years, that show
2452: the limits of volunteer effort</i>. Once again, we note that published
2453: source code doesn't automatically imply a security review. It won't
2454: happen by itself: people have to <i>want</i> to do it.
2455: <p>
2456:
1.247 jufi 2457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.108 louis 2458: <a href="reprints/pr27.html">OpenBSD 2.7 press release</a>, June 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2459: </strong></font><br>
1.108 louis 2460:
2461: This press release was translated into several languages and distributed to the
2462: trade press and Internet news sites.
1.113 naddy 2463: <p>
1.108 louis 2464:
1.247 jufi 2465: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.106 louis 2466: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/June/News196.html">Coming
2467: soon: a real-time OpenBSD?</a>, BSD Today, June 14, 2000
1.113 naddy 2468: </strong></font><br>
1.106 louis 2469:
2470: Randy Lewis of RTMX explains why they picked OpenBSD and how their real-time
2471: extensions will be folded back into the OpenBSD source tree in time for the
2472: next release. Interview by Jeremy C. Reed.
1.113 naddy 2473: <p>
1.106 louis 2474:
1.247 jufi 2475: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.107 louis 2476: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/13/OpenBSD.html">Introduction
2477: to OpenBSD Networking</a>, BSD DevCenter, O'Reilly Network, June 13, 2000
1.113 naddy 2478: </strong></font><br>
1.107 louis 2479:
2480: David Jorm, no stranger to OpenBSD, gives a detailed tour of the basic steps for
2481: setting up an OpenBSD system as a gateway with a LAN interface and a PPP connection.
2482: He also points out the little differences that could trip up somebody just
2483: arriving from the Linux world.
1.113 naddy 2484: <p>
1.107 louis 2485:
1.247 jufi 2486: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 2487: <a href="http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1247/urm0006c/">
2488: The state of the daemon</a>, UNIX Review, June 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2489: </strong></font><br>
1.105 louis 2490:
2491: Michael Lucas reviews the state of the art for BSD-derived systems,
2492: and finds much cause for optimism.
1.113 naddy 2493: "OpenBSD delves further into constructive paranoia", he writes.
1.105 louis 2494: Agreed, security is a state of mind, but unless the rash of serious incidents
2495: abates, it's not really paranoia.
1.113 naddy 2496: <p>
1.105 louis 2497:
1.247 jufi 2498: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.184 louis 2499: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/articles/june00/columns3_open_sources.shtml">Security
1.104 louis 2500: By DEFAULT</a>, OPEN SOURCES, Information Security, June 2000
1.113 naddy 2501: </strong></font><br>
1.104 louis 2502:
1.113 naddy 2503: <i>OpenBSD is one OS that's likely to be voted "Most Secure."
2504: So why not use it for all enterprise apps?</i> Columnist Pete Loshin
1.104 louis 2505: looks at OpenBSD as a serious contender for secure Internet servers.
1.130 deraadt 2506: <p>
1.104 louis 2507:
1.247 jufi 2508: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.121 deraadt 2509: <a href="http://www.americasnetwork.com/issues/2000issues/20000601/20000601_hackers.htm">
2510: Meet the hackers</a>, America's Network, June 1, 2000
2511: </strong></font><br>
2512:
2513: Patrick Neighly writes a long and detailed article about the hows and whys of
2514: the hacker community. Near the end, he interviews a hacker who states that
2515: <i>"OpenBSD tends to be a proactive security solution - they find holes
2516: before they're posted on Bugtraq"</i>
2517: <p>
1.301 jose 2518:
2519: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2520: <a href="reprints/openbsd-hwcrypto.html">
2521: [Swedish] Säkerhet & Sekretess</a>,
2522: No 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
2523:
2524: This article reports in a positive tone on OpenBSD's latest security feature,
2525: hardware-supported cryptography.
2526: <p>
1.247 jufi 2527: </ul>
1.121 deraadt 2528:
1.85 louis 2529: <h2>May, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2530: <ul>
1.85 louis 2531:
1.247 jufi 2532: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2533: <a href="http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=493">Cracked! Part4: The
1.99 louis 2534: Sniffer</a>, # RootPrompt.org, May 31, 2000
1.113 naddy 2535: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2536:
2537: Noel continues his chronicle of a cracker attack on his LAN.
2538: In part 4, he notes that even local user vulnerabilities cannot
2539: be overlooked because you must assume that an attacker will
2540: eventually figure out a login/password. As part of his conclusions,
2541: he mentions he would like to explore OpenBSD for systems that
2542: need user accounts. The first three parts also make for interesting
2543: reading for all system administrators.
1.113 naddy 2544: <p>
1.99 louis 2545:
1.247 jufi 2546: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2547: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000526E30E">Flaw
1.100 louis 2548: found in PGP 5.0</a>, Computer World, May 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2549: </strong></font><br>
1.100 louis 2550:
2551: PGP 5.0 was found to have a serious coding error under Linux and
2552: OpenBSD, where it replaced the random data obtained from /dev/random
2553: with a string of '1' digits when generating key pairs under certain
2554: conditions.
1.113 naddy 2555: <p>
1.100 louis 2556:
1.247 jufi 2557: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2558: <a href="http://www.beopen.com/features/articles/security_article.html">Security
1.95 louis 2559: Beyond the Garden of Eden</a>, BeOpen.com, May 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2560: </strong></font><br>
1.95 louis 2561:
2562: Sam Williams strikes again. He interviews OpenBSD lead developer Theo de Raadt
2563: and Tom Vogt, a lead developer of Nexus, a "maximum security" Linux
2564: distribution unveiled on May 9. This article contrasts two different
2565: approaches to security.
1.113 naddy 2566: <p>
1.95 louis 2567:
1.247 jufi 2568: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2569: <a href="http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=3921a9080">OpenBSD
1.92 louis 2570: perfects security by one-upmanship</a>, Upside Today, May 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2571: </strong></font><br>
1.92 louis 2572:
2573: Freelance writer Sam Williams captures the dynamics of the OpenBSD
2574: development effort in OpenBSD, dubbing it "geeking out for perfection".
1.94 louis 2575: Williams also takes note of OpenBSD's business-friendly non commercial
1.92 louis 2576: stance -- no corporate backers, yet plenty of commercial products
2577: with embedded OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2578: <p>
1.92 louis 2579:
1.247 jufi 2580: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2581: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?vdb=vdb&content=/vdb/stats.html">Vulnerability
1.91 louis 2582: Database Statistics</a>, Security Focus, May 15, 2000
1.113 naddy 2583: </strong></font><br>
1.91 louis 2584:
2585: "3 out of 2 people can't figure out statistics", the saying goes. In this light,
2586: we'd like to present Security Focus's summary of vulnerabilities. Read
2587: the disclaimers and feel free to dispute the results, but you have to
2588: admit it makes OpenBSD look good compared to other widely used OSes.
2589: We think the most important chart is the top one, total vulnerabilities.
2590: The upward trend is disturbing; it means the industry still doesn't
1.113 naddy 2591: "get it", and the users who trade off security for feature
1.91 louis 2592: creep are delivering the wrong message.
1.113 naddy 2593: <p>
1.91 louis 2594:
1.247 jufi 2595: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2596: <!-- <a href="http://www.securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html"> -->
2597: Why We're Doomed to Failure, Security Portal, May 10, 2000
1.113 naddy 2598: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2599:
2600: Kurt Seifried talks about what people can do to promote security and
2601: protect themselves against the now-commonplace attacks. His first
2602: suggestion is for software vendors to audit code like OpenBSD did, but he
2603: feels that the effort and demand for knowledgeable programmers is too
2604: great for this approach to succeed. Instead, he suggests add-ons such as
2605: various Linux patches, development tools and replacement libraries. We
2606: think he gave up too easily: by accepting mudflaps in the place of
2607: airbags, he is taking the heat off software vendors to clean up the
2608: defects in their products.
1.113 naddy 2609: <p>
1.90 louis 2610:
1.247 jufi 2611: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.126 deraadt 2612: <a href="http://www.vnunet.com/Features/27240">
2613: They're after your data</a>, vnunet.com, May 17, 2000
2614: </strong></font><br>
2615: In a discussion related to government hacking, Dearbail Jordan interviews
2616: a random hacker who states that <i>"As far as operating systems go,
2617: OpenBSD, a completely free Unix variant, is probably the most secure
2618: C2-level Unix available today."</i> Well, OpenBSD is not C2, mostly
2619: because the Orange Book C2 standard is for Trusted systems, not Secure
2620: systems, but the remainder of his comment is probably a correct viewpoint.
2621: <p>
2622:
1.247 jufi 2623: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.87 louis 2624: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/all/000502db52">Open
2625: Source Smugglers</a>, ComputerWorld, May 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2626: </strong></font><br>
1.87 louis 2627:
1.113 naddy 2628: "Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is,
2629: you just can't tell your boss about it" Technology writer Peter Wayner
1.87 louis 2630: tells of the techies who break the rules and sneak open source
2631: systems on the job. He mentions the "security-conscious" OpenBSD as a
2632: successful secure e-commerce server against an rival NT implementation,
2633: as well as how Marcus Rannum embeds OpenBSD in the Network Flight Recorder
2634: IDS appliance to sidestep NT vs. UNIX prejudices.
1.113 naddy 2635: <p>
1.87 louis 2636:
1.247 jufi 2637: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2638: <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000502/va_global__1.html">PowerCrypt
2639: Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD</a>, Business Wire, May 2, 2000
1.113 naddy 2640: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2641:
2642: Press release from Global Technologies Group, Inc. announcing OpenBSD
1.222 miod 2643: support for their PowerCrypt IPsec hardware accelerators cards.
1.113 naddy 2644: <p>
1.85 louis 2645:
1.247 jufi 2646: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 2647: <a href="http://nyheter.idg.se/display.pl?ID=000502-CSD1">
2648: [Swedish] Computer Sweden</a>,
2649: May 2, 2000</strong></font><br>
2650:
2651: An article describing *BSD as the choice of the "very demanding".
2652: OpenBSD is noted for its focus on security and cryptography.
2653: <p>
2654:
2655: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.89 louis 2656: <a href="http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/May/Features138.html">An experience
2657: installing OpenBSD</a>, BSD Today, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2658: </strong></font><br>
1.89 louis 2659:
2660: Another "how I installed OpenBSD" article. Jeremy C. Reed writes
1.113 naddy 2661: a blow-by-blow, prompt & response chronicle of how he installed OpenBSD
1.89 louis 2662: 2.6, to the point of setting up X, the blackbox window manager and
2663: Netscape -- elapsed time, 4 hours and 38 minutes. Phew.
1.113 naddy 2664: <p>
1.89 louis 2665:
1.247 jufi 2666: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.85 louis 2667: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200005/adventure.html">My Adventures
2668: In OpenBSD 2.6</a>, Daemon News, May 2000
1.113 naddy 2669: </strong></font><br>
1.85 louis 2670:
2671: Alison describes how she gave in to the geekier side of her nature and
2672: rescued a castaway PC and put OpenBSD on it. "Contrary to popular
2673: opinion, however, I think it's not just a matter of reliability," she
2674: writes, "but also of clarity and simplicity - two very important and
2675: oft-overlooked characteristics of computer software.".
1.247 jufi 2676: </ul>
1.85 louis 2677:
1.78 deraadt 2678: <h2>April, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2679: <ul>
1.74 louis 2680:
1.247 jufi 2681: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2682: <a href="http://e-zine.nluug.nl/hold.html?cid=91">Interview with OpenBSD's
1.160 jufi 2683: Theo de Raadt</a>, <font color="#4669ad"><sup>eup</sup></font> E-zine,
1.83 louis 2684: April 20, 2000
1.113 naddy 2685: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2686:
2687: In this interview by Daniel De Kok, lead developer Theo de Raadt comments
2688: on the BSDI/FreeBSD merger, OpenBSD as an embedded OS, and future plans for
2689: OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 2690: <p>
1.83 louis 2691:
1.247 jufi 2692: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.93 louis 2693: <a href="reprints/article_20000419.html">Security Experts Say Proprietary
2694: Code Isn't Scrutinized Well Enough</a>, SOURCES, April 19, 2000
1.113 naddy 2695: </strong></font><br>
1.93 louis 2696:
2697: This bulletin discusses security concerns raised by recent reports of
2698: vulnerabilities in commercial software such as backdoors and automatic
1.219 horacio 2699: registration forms. The article quotes Jerry Harold, president & co-founder of
1.93 louis 2700: Network Security Technologies Inc. "This is why NetSec builds its products
2701: on an operating system (OpenBSD) that has made security its number one goal."
1.113 naddy 2702: <p>
1.93 louis 2703:
1.247 jufi 2704: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 2705: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/topnews/os20000417.html"> -->
2706: Open Source - Why it's Good for Security,
2707: SecurityPortal, April 17, 2000
1.113 naddy 2708: </strong></font><br>
1.82 aaron 2709:
1.83 louis 2710: In another FUD-fighting article, security writer Kurt Seifried and
2711: Bastille Linux project leader Jay Beale refute a recent well-circulated
2712: article saying open source software is more vulnerable because the
2713: black hats can find bugs just by reading the source. If this were the
2714: case, they argue, OpenBSD could not have achieved its security record.
1.113 naddy 2715: They counter the claim by demolishing "security through
2716: obscurity", the myth that just won't go away.
2717: <p>
1.82 aaron 2718:
1.247 jufi 2719: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2720: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/19">Wide Open Source</a>,
1.83 louis 2721: SecurityFocus.com, April 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2722: </strong></font><br>
1.80 louis 2723:
1.83 louis 2724: Elias Levy of BUGTRAQ fame discusses the security of open- vs. closed-source
2725: software. OpenBSD developers are mentioned first among a few groups of people
2726: who care about auditing code for security vulnerabilities.
1.113 naddy 2727: <p>
1.80 louis 2728:
1.247 jufi 2729: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2730: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200004/badpressedit">
1.77 deraadt 2731: Bad Press</a>,
2732: 32Bits Online, April 2000
1.113 naddy 2733: </strong></font><br>
1.77 deraadt 2734:
2735: Slamming some recent press which had said that Open Source (and in particular
1.113 naddy 2736: Linux) leads to more software security problems, Clifford Smith states<br>
1.77 deraadt 2737: <b>"If there is ONE definitive proof that the source code being opened up for
2738: review provides the opportunity to create secure operating systems, OpenBSD
2739: is that proof."</b> (his emphasis)
1.113 naddy 2740: <p>
1.247 jufi 2741: </ul>
1.78 deraadt 2742:
2743: <h2>March, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2744: <ul>
1.78 deraadt 2745:
1.247 jufi 2746: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2747: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000329.html"> -->
2748: Linux is a security risk, I don't think so!,
1.78 deraadt 2749: Security Portal, March 29, 2000
1.113 naddy 2750: </strong></font><br>
1.78 deraadt 2751:
2752: Columnist Kurt Seifried uses OpenBSD's code audit as an example to
2753: refute a FUD piece on a major computer industry website that claims
2754: that Linux is a security risk because the bad guys can find the holes
2755: simply by reading the source code.
1.113 naddy 2756: <p>
1.74 louis 2757:
1.247 jufi 2758: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.88 louis 2759: <a href="http://www.linux.com/interviews/20000308/44/">The
2760: Kurt Seifried interview</a>, Linux.com, March 8, 2000
1.113 naddy 2761: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2762:
1.219 horacio 2763: The roles have changed; security columnist Kurt Seifried is
2764: now the subject. He discusses his role at Security Portal,
2765: the state of Linux security, OpenBSD's security model and the
2766: Linux hardening scripts like Bastille Linux. He's pessimistic
2767: about the future and predicts that with management apathy
2768: towards security, "we're in for 10-50 more years of miserable
2769: computer security problems".
1.113 naddy 2770: <p>
1.88 louis 2771:
1.247 jufi 2772: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.115 louis 2773: <a href="reprints/article_20000306.html">Open source software:
1.116 louis 2774: Ready for Credit Union Primetime?</a>, CUES Tech Port, March 6, 2000
1.113 naddy 2775: </strong></font><br>
1.81 louis 2776:
2777: An article explaining the trade-offs of using open source software, how it
2778: might be applied to credit union enterprises and some caveats about the
2779: learning curve for staff not already familiar with UNIX-like operating
2780: systems. Author Tom DeSot strongly recommends OpenBSD in this article
1.115 louis 2781: written for credit union IS managers.
1.113 naddy 2782: <p>
1.81 louis 2783:
1.247 jufi 2784: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2785: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-03-2000/f_swol-03-silicon.html">The
1.90 louis 2786: Unix players change, but the (r)evolution continues</a>, SunWorld, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2787: </strong></font><br>
1.90 louis 2788:
2789: Rich Morin puts the 80's UNIX history of fragmentation in perspective by
2790: examining the creative tensions between the five operating systems derived
2791: from 4.4BSD-Lite. Rather than repeating the platitude of how the BSD-derived
2792: operating systems should unite, Morin's Silicon Carny column shows that the
2793: projects and companies cooperate even though they have diverging goals. And
2794: now that Sun has cautiously moved to open source some of its source, how
2795: will the open source world react, he asks.
1.113 naddy 2796: <p>
1.90 louis 2797:
1.247 jufi 2798: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2799: <a href="http://boardwatch.internet.com/mag/2000/mar/bwm79.html">Getting
1.76 louis 2800: to know OpenBSD</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, March 2000
1.113 naddy 2801: </strong></font><br>
1.71 louis 2802:
2803: UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl continues his survey of the freenix alternatives
2804: for ISPs with an interview with Louis Bertrand. The author also discusses
2805: the relative merits of OpenBSD and how ISPs might want to use it for a
1.76 louis 2806: competitive advantage.
1.113 naddy 2807: <p>
1.247 jufi 2808: </ul>
1.71 louis 2809:
1.69 deraadt 2810: <h2>February, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2811: <ul>
1.70 louis 2812:
1.247 jufi 2813: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2814: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/research/ssh-part2.html"> -->
2815: All About SSH - Part II: OpenSSH, Security Portal, February 28, 2000
1.113 naddy 2816: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 2817:
2818: Seán Boran wraps up his look at SSH with an article devoted to OpenSSH
2819: running on OpenBSD and other OSes, mentioning problems porting OpenSSH to
2820: platforms without good crypto support.
1.113 naddy 2821: <p>
1.70 louis 2822:
1.247 jufi 2823: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2824: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000216.html"> -->
2825: Firewalling with IPF, Security Portal, February 16, 2000
1.113 naddy 2826: </strong></font><br>
1.68 louis 2827:
2828: Kurt Seifried, author of the Linux Administrators Security Guide, explains
1.248 jufi 2829: how to set up packet filtering with ipf. His examples are based on OpenBSD 2.6
1.68 louis 2830: even though his article isn't aimed at any specific OS.
1.113 naddy 2831: <p>
1.68 louis 2832:
1.247 jufi 2833: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 2834: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000209.html"> -->
2835: OpenBSD 2.6 - new features,
1.64 louis 2836: Security Portal, February 9, 2000
1.113 naddy 2837: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2838:
1.111 jufi 2839: Kurt Seifried reviews OpenBSD 2.6 and finds new features like
2840: <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>, Apache
1.64 louis 2841: DSOs, and new device drivers. He also finds comfort in an old friend, the
1.113 naddy 2842: "secure by default" installation.
2843: <p>
1.64 louis 2844:
1.247 jufi 2845: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.152 deraadt 2846: <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO41147,00.html">Three
1.66 louis 2847: Unixlike systems may be better than Linux</a>, ComputerWorld, February 7, 2000
1.113 naddy 2848: </strong></font><br>
1.66 louis 2849:
1.113 naddy 2850: We really like Simson when he writes <i>"But if you're trying to get the
1.66 louis 2851: most for your money or if you want a higher level of security, take a look at
1.113 naddy 2852: the BSDs. The rewards can be considerable."</i> But he misses the point
1.66 louis 2853: about strong crypto because of the fuss over 128-bit browsers. The RSA patent
2854: has been a more effective muzzle on innovation than the export prohibitions.
2855: Also note OpenBSD and FreeBSD also integrate IPv6 in their current codebase.
1.113 naddy 2856: <p>
1.66 louis 2857:
1.247 jufi 2858: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2859: <a href="http://www.32bitsonline.com/article.php3?file=issues/200002/fbsd34&page=1">Review
1.83 louis 2860: of FreeBSD 3.4</a>, 32BitsOnline, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2861: </strong></font><br>
1.83 louis 2862:
2863: In a review of FreeBSD 3.4, the author, Clifford Smith, was impressed
1.113 naddy 2864: enough about OpenBSD to say "<i>OpenBSD is probably the most secure
1.83 louis 2865: distribution out of the box because it comes with a source code that has
2866: been given a complete security audit. It also comes with KERBEROS enabled
2867: out of the chute, OpenSSL and ssh is part of the distro now, too. IPFilter
1.113 naddy 2868: works immediately. Just Brilliant."</i>
2869: <p>
1.83 louis 2870:
1.247 jufi 2871: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2872: <a href="http://www.infosecuritymag.com/feb2000/Linux.htm">Securing Linux</a>,
1.64 louis 2873: Information Security, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2874: </strong></font><br>
1.64 louis 2875:
2876: Pete Loshin surveys the state of the industry in Linux and UNIX-like
1.67 louis 2877: security. He highlights an emerging problem, novice Linux users
2878: who may unknowingly leave installation holes, or inadvertently create some.
1.64 louis 2879: The OpenBSD sidebar explains the goals and purpose of OpenBSD, and highlights
2880: its reputation among security experts.
1.113 naddy 2881: <p>
1.64 louis 2882:
1.247 jufi 2883: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2884: <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KeithRankin%20/Keith%20Rankin1.html">FreeBSD,
1.65 louis 2885: OpenBSD and SuSE 6.2 Eval Review</a>, OS Opinion, February 2000
1.113 naddy 2886: </strong></font><br>
1.65 louis 2887:
2888: Can't decide? Let's try a bunch. Veteran computer jockey Keith Rankin
2889: compares a Linux distro and two of the BSDs. Long and quite detailed.
1.113 naddy 2890: <p>
1.301 jose 2891:
2892: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
2893: <a href="http://linux.kbst.bund.de/index.html">
2894: [German] Open Source Software in der Bundesverwaltung</a>,
2895: Bundesministerium des Innern, Februar 2000
2896: </strong></font><br>
2897:
2898: A paper on open source software in the German federal government,
2899: published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The paper, which
2900: gave reference to OpenBSD among many other OSes and applications, was
2901: posted then retracted on "orders from above" in the ministry.
2902: Giving way to
2903: <a href="http://www2.linuxtag.de/2000/deutsch/shownews.php3?id=0047">
2904: the pressure and protests</a> of the open source movement the ministry
2905: rerelased the document after cutting out some numbers.
2906: (the Microsoft Licence fees, btw.!)
2907: <p>
1.247 jufi 2908: </ul>
1.65 louis 2909:
1.69 deraadt 2910: <h2>January, 2000</h2>
1.247 jufi 2911: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 2912:
1.247 jufi 2913: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2914: <a href="http://www.epinions.com/cmd-review-7105-3AF042F-388EBC43-prod1">Secure
1.88 louis 2915: by default - a review of OpenBSD</a>, Epinions.com, January 26, 2000
1.113 naddy 2916: </strong></font><br>
1.88 louis 2917:
2918: OpenBSD gets a five-star rating in this reader contributed review by
2919: Justin Roth. It's a short glowing article that focuses on the security
2920: of OpenBSD. The reviewer cautions however that it's only secure if
2921: the administrator is vigilant.
1.113 naddy 2922: <p>
1.88 louis 2923:
1.247 jufi 2924: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2925: <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 2926: </strong></font><br>
1.60 louis 2927:
2928: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch notes a small victory for open source
1.113 naddy 2929: when the US government recognised it as being for "the
2930: Public Good" in the recently relaxed cryptography export rules.
1.60 louis 2931: He quotes Theo mentioning that the RSA patent has had a far greater
2932: chilling effect on US-based cryptography than the export prohibitions.
1.113 naddy 2933: <p>
1.60 louis 2934:
1.247 jufi 2935: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 2936: "Info.sec.radio" radio show. 11:00AM, Monday, January 10, 2000<br>
2937: <A href="http://www.cjsw.com">CJSW 90.9 FM campus radio in Calgary</a> in
1.58 louis 2938: association with <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com">SecurityFocus</a>
1.113 naddy 2939: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2940:
2941: In the inaugural show of <strong>Info.sec.radio</strong>, Dean Turner of
2942: Security Focus interviews Theo de Raadt about OpenBSD, security,
2943: and cryptography.
1.113 naddy 2944: <p>
1.58 louis 2945:
1.247 jufi 2946: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.136 louis 2947: Mudge, the halo and the 2.4 sticker, MSNBC, January 6, 2000.
1.113 naddy 2948: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2949:
2950: The beastie sticker from OpenBSD 2.4 was spotted on Mudge's laptop cover
2951: in a file photo for this story about L0pht joining with corporate heavyweights.
1.113 naddy 2952: <p>
1.53 louis 2953:
1.247 jufi 2954: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.99 louis 2955: <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/sec/0103sec2.html">Does 'open'
2956: mean secure?</a>, NetworkWorld Fusion Newsletters, January 5, 2000
1.113 naddy 2957: </strong></font><br>
1.99 louis 2958:
2959: Security Portal founder Jim Reavis calls OpenBSD "Linux's Linux". We're not
2960: sure what it means, but he was making the point that public scrutiny of
2961: source code helps security, so it must be a compliment.
1.113 naddy 2962: <p>
1.99 louis 2963:
1.247 jufi 2964: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.58 louis 2965: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2416865,00.html">Giving
1.113 naddy 2966: Back</a>, Sm@rt Reseller Online, January 4, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2967:
2968: Linux columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes mostly about VA Linux
2969: creating a source repository for open source projects, but there's an
1.113 naddy 2970: interesting quote: "Whether an open-source program runs on OpenBSD,
1.58 louis 2971: Palm or even Windows, so long as it's an open-source program it's game
1.113 naddy 2972: for SourceForge." OpenBSD, soon to be a household word!<p>
1.58 louis 2973:
1.247 jufi 2974: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.214 horacio 2975: <a href="http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=32876">
2976: There's more to open source than just Linux</a>, Computing Canada, January 2000
1.128 louis 2977: </strong></font><br>
2978:
2979: "Lack of consistency in different versions of distributions is leading some
2980: administrators to re-examine their approach", writes Linux columnist Gene
2981: Wilburn. He suggests the BSD systems as an alternative because they offer
2982: a "high level of consistency and integrity".
2983: <p>
2984:
1.247 jufi 2985: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 2986: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-2000/swol-01-supersys.html">A
1.58 louis 2987: report from LISA</a>, SunWorld, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2988: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 2989:
2990: Columnist Peter Galvin gives a recap of LISA '99, mentioning among others
2991: Bob Beck's <a href="events.html#lisa99">paper</a> about securing public
1.113 naddy 2992: access Ethernet jacks on a university campus.<p>
1.58 louis 2993:
1.247 jufi 2994: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.55 deraadt 2995: <a href="http://www.northernjourney.com/opensource/linside/li006.html">Canadian open source projects</a>, The Computer Paper, January 2000
1.113 naddy 2996: </strong></font><br>
1.53 louis 2997:
2998: OpenBSD is featured in a year-end review of Canadian Open Source projects
1.111 jufi 2999: in
1.247 jufi 3000: <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 3001: Linux columnist Gene Wilburn gets it right. Unfortunately, the article isn't on
1.55 deraadt 3002: the Computer Paper's site, but it is available at the author's site.
1.113 naddy 3003: <p>
1.53 louis 3004:
1.247 jufi 3005: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3006: <a href="http://www.casselman.net/artlist/OpenBSD.htm">
1.58 louis 3007: A Home-Grown Operating System?</a>, Alberta Venture Magazine,
3008: January/February, 2000
1.113 naddy 3009: </strong></font><br>
1.51 deraadt 3010:
1.58 louis 3011: Grace Casselman interviews Theo about the development process of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3012: <p>
1.301 jose 3013:
3014: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3015: <a href="http://www.linux.news.pl/openbsd.html">
3016: [Polish] OpenBSD - ma same zalety?</a>,
3017: <i>OpenBSD - Nothing but advantages?</i>, LinuxNews Serwis
3018: Informacyjny, January 2000
3019: </strong></font><br>
3020:
3021: Bartek Rozkrut combines an overview of OpenBSD with a review of how to
3022: download and install the system. He mentions Theo de Raadt's "craze"
3023: about security and how he frustrates Linux advocates on Bugtraq with
3024: mails like "the problem was fixed a year ago in OpenBSD".
3025: The author spends some time explaining the disklabel partitioning scheme and
3026: reassuring would-be users that the no-frills installation script actually
3027: works even though it doesn't have a fancy point & click interface. He even
3028: gives typical download times from the various national ISPs.<br>
3029: <i>Thanks to Vadim Vygonets, Wojciech Scigala and Tenyen for their help
3030: with the translation. For the full text, see the
3031: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html">advocacy@openbsd.org
3032: mail archives</a>. Interpretation errors are mine --louis</i>
3033: <p>
3034:
3035: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3036: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3037: <u>January 2000 issue</u>
3038: </strong></font><br>
3039:
3040: Interview with Theo de Raadt about history and feature of OpenBSD project.
3041: <p>
3042: </ul>
1.51 deraadt 3043:
1.69 deraadt 3044: <h2>December, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3045: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3046:
1.247 jufi 3047: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.219 horacio 3048: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/closet/closet19991222.html"> -->
3049: OpenSource projects - what I learned from Bastille (and others),
3050: Security Portal, December 23, 1999
1.113 naddy 3051: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3052:
1.58 louis 3053: Kurt Seifried
3054: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3055: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>, discusses
3056: the effort needed to create a Linux distribution. He mentions OpenBSD's
1.113 naddy 3057: code audit as a reference point for securing the OS.<p>
1.51 deraadt 3058:
1.247 jufi 3059: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3060: <a href="http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/1999_12_03_a.html">OpenBSD
1.96 louis 3061: 2.6 Now Available</a>, Server Watch, December 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3062: </strong></font><br>
1.96 louis 3063:
3064: Picked up on OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
1.113 naddy 3065: <p>
1.96 louis 3066:
1.247 jufi 3067: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3068: <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/odi-02.12.99-000/">
3069: [German] OpenBSD 2.6 ist da</a>,
3070: heise online newsticker, December 2, 1999
3071: </strong></font><br>
3072:
3073: Brief summary of the OpenBSD 2.6 press release.
3074: <p>
3075:
3076: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3077: <a href="http://www.tekpress.com/Archives/1999/Dec/openbsd.html">OpenBSD
1.86 louis 3078: Review</a>, TekPress.COM, December 1999
1.113 naddy 3079: </strong></font><br>
1.86 louis 3080:
3081: Vlad Sedach offers a detailed look at OpenBSD, its history, security stance
3082: and cryptography. He notes the lack of
3083: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/smp.html">multiprocessor support</a>
3084: but rates the security as best available, especially compared to NT.
1.113 naddy 3085: <p>
1.247 jufi 3086: </ul>
1.86 louis 3087:
1.69 deraadt 3088: <h2>November, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3089: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3090:
1.247 jufi 3091: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3092: <a href="http://linux.com/featured_articles/19991115/206/">Buddying
3093: up to BSD: Part Three - Regrouping</a>, Linux.com, November 15, 1999
1.113 naddy 3094: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3095:
3096: Reviewer Matt Michie responds to critics of his previous OpenBSD
3097: article in an opinion piece that discusses OpenBSD and Linux advocacy.
1.113 naddy 3098: <p>
1.61 louis 3099:
1.247 jufi 3100: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3101: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/99/11/08/991108opsecwatch.xml">
1.48 louis 3102: OpenBSD comes close to security nirvana with a system that is
3103: 'secure by default'</a>, InfoWorld, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3104: </strong></font><br>
1.48 louis 3105:
3106: Security Watch columnists Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray say good things
1.113 naddy 3107: about OpenBSD's security stance. "As you've come to expect from us,
1.48 louis 3108: our faith in vendors' attention to security is waning, but OpenBSD
3109: gives us hope. OpenBSD is a group that has done it
1.113 naddy 3110: right -- or at least strives to".
3111: <p>
1.48 louis 3112:
1.247 jufi 3113: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.61 louis 3114: <a href="http://www.linux.com/featured_articles/19991108/200/">Buddying
3115: up to BSD: Part Two - OpenBSD</a>, Linux.com, November 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3116: </strong></font><br>
1.61 louis 3117: Reviewer Matt Michie narrates his experience with an FTP installation
3118: of OpenBSD 2.5 on an aging P-133. Despite trouble with the installation he
3119: recommends it to experienced Linux users who wish to broaden their horizons.
3120: Then the reader feedback flames him for his trouble.
1.113 naddy 3121: <p>
1.61 louis 3122:
1.247 jufi 3123: <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 3124: Slashdot, November 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3125: </strong></font><br>
1.46 louis 3126:
3127: Mick Morgan, of the UK's Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency,
3128: answers Slashdot readers and talks about the design of a high profile
3129: web site like the Royal Family's. In hindsight, he would have chosen
3130: OpenBSD for its security aspects.
1.113 naddy 3131: <p>
1.46 louis 3132:
1.247 jufi 3133: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.226 horacio 3134: <a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2386632,00.html">
3135: Turning on the Zedz</a>, ZDNet, November 3, 1999
1.113 naddy 3136: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3137:
3138: Linux columnist Evan Leibovitch tries to make sense of the byzantine
3139: US crypto laws and offers some alternative crypto software and
1.113 naddy 3140: resources including OpenBSD and <a href="http://www.openssh.com/">OpenSSH</a>.<p>
1.58 louis 3141:
1.247 jufi 3142: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.70 louis 3143: <a href="http://www.boardwatch.com/mag/99/nov/bwm77pg4.html">Freenix
3144: flavors or, three demons and a penguin</a>, Boardwatch Magazine, November, 1999
1.113 naddy 3145: </strong></font><br>
1.70 louis 3146:
3147: Boardwatch Magazine's UNIX columnist Jeffrey Carl surveys the freenix choices
3148: for ISPs. We debate his conclusion that security and functionality are
3149: mutually exclusive choices. If that were the case, security conscious users
3150: would unplug from the Net and just send faxes.
1.113 naddy 3151: <p>
1.247 jufi 3152: </ul>
1.70 louis 3153:
1.69 deraadt 3154: <h2>October, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3155: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3156:
1.247 jufi 3157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.211 horacio 3158: <!-- <a href="http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet19991027.html"> -->
3159: OpenBSD - a secure alternative,
1.44 philen 3160: Security Portal, October 27 1999
1.113 naddy 3161: </strong></font><br>
1.44 philen 3162:
3163: Kurt Seifried
3164: (<a href="mailto:seifried@seifried.org">seifried@seifried.org</a>), security
3165: analyst and author of the <i>Linux Administrators Security Guide</i>,
3166: discusses setting up an OpenBSD firewall.
1.113 naddy 3167: <p>
1.44 philen 3168:
1.247 jufi 3169: <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 3170: Slashdot, October 22, 1999
1.113 naddy 3171: </strong></font><br>
1.41 louis 3172:
3173: In between cheeky and rude answers to slashdot reader questions, cDc'ers
1.113 naddy 3174: mention OpenBSD's security model and code audit.<p>
1.41 louis 3175:
1.247 jufi 3176: <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 3177: Linux Weekly News, October 14, 1999
1.113 naddy 3178: </strong></font><br>
1.37 louis 3179:
3180: Linux Weekly News was the first non-BSD news agency to report the existence of
1.247 jufi 3181: <a href="crypto.html#ssh">OpenSSH</a>, which will ship with OpenBSD 2.6.<p>
1.37 louis 3182:
1.247 jufi 3183: <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 3184: New York Times, October 11, 1999
1.113 naddy 3185: </strong></font><br>
1.36 louis 3186:
3187: Peter Wayner takes a closer look at some consequences of the US government's
3188: restrictions on the export of strong cryptographic software, and finds no
3189: small amount of irony. OpenBSD is prominently featured, along with a picture
3190: of Theo de Raadt brandishing CD-ROMs. (No charge registration required to
1.113 naddy 3191: read the NY Times on the web).<p>
1.36 louis 3192:
1.247 jufi 3193: <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 3194: Yahoo News, Oct. 6, 1999
1.113 naddy 3195: </strong></font><br>
1.34 beck 3196:
1.36 louis 3197: Network Security Technologies press release on the PR Newswire. NSTI
1.113 naddy 3198: already uses OpenBSD in their Network Ops Center.<p>
1.34 beck 3199:
1.247 jufi 3200: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3201: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199910/openbsd.html">I've been hacked!
3202: How OpenBSD saved our project</a>, Daemon News, October 1999
1.113 naddy 3203: </strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3204:
3205: Overworked system administrator John Horn tells us about his adventures with
1.113 naddy 3206: a publicly-accessible Lynx server.<p>
1.247 jufi 3207: </ul>
1.38 louis 3208:
1.69 deraadt 3209: <h2>September, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3210: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3211:
1.247 jufi 3212: <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 3213: Calgary Herald, Sept. 30, 1999
1.113 naddy 3214: </strong></font><br>
1.32 louis 3215:
3216: Technology reporter Matthew McClearn interviewed system administrators and
3217: security specialists in Calgary and Edmonton who choose OpenBSD for its
1.113 naddy 3218: stability and proactive security audit. He also gives some project history.<p>
1.30 deraadt 3219:
1.113 naddy 3220: <li><strong>
1.29 louis 3221: Small town in Kentucky has Internet connectivity unlike the rest of
1.247 jufi 3222: America<font color="#009000">, MSNBC, Sept. 29, 1999
1.160 jufi 3223: </font></strong><br>
1.29 louis 3224:
3225: Jethro reports on the mailing lists that MSNBC aired a segment about a small
3226: town in Kentucky with high-speed Internet connectivity. During an interview
1.57 louis 3227: with the town's teenage security guru, you could read the prompt on his
3228: terminal:
1.113 naddy 3229: <blockquote>
3230: <code>Connected to spanweb.glasgow-ky.com.<br>
3231: Escape character is '^]'.<br>
3232: <br>
3233: OpenBSD/mac68k (spanweb.glasgow-ky.com) (ttyp0)<br>
3234: </code>
3235: </blockquote>
3236: <p>
3237:
1.247 jufi 3238: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.340 jose 3239: <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 3240: <p>
3241:
3242: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3243: <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 3244: </strong></font><br>
1.24 deraadt 3245:
3246: A scathing look at the Microsoft "Insecure by Default" scheme quotes the
3247: CDC as saying that "The most secure platform 'out of the box' is OpenBSD,
1.26 deraadt 3248: because security is a focus on the project". Contrast the Microsoft scheme
1.247 jufi 3249: with <a href="security.html#default">ours</a>.<p>
1.24 deraadt 3250:
1.247 jufi 3251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.301 jose 3252: <a href="http://www.ascii.co.jp/BSDmag/">[Japanese] BSD Magazine</a>,
3253: Sept. 28, 1999
3254: </strong></font><br>
3255:
3256: ASCII Corporation is launching a Japanese language magazine that covers the
3257: freenix BSDs, BSD/OS and related subjects. The magazine will also be
3258: translating and reprinting articles from
3259: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/">Daemon News</a>, the BSD ezine.
3260: <p>
3261:
3262: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.38 louis 3263: <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 3264: </strong></font><br>
1.19 louis 3265:
3266: Nice high profile mention of OpenBSD by Will Rodger:
3267: "Yet backers say the speed and transparency with which open source
3268: programmers compete to discover and then fix problems separates their
3269: operations from traditional software shops. OpenBSD -- still another
3270: open source operating system -- is often called the most secure
1.57 louis 3271: operating system in the world."
1.113 naddy 3272: <p>
1.19 louis 3273:
1.113 naddy 3274: <li><strong>
1.247 jufi 3275: Even better than Linux, <a href="http://www.boston.com/globe/">Boston Globe</a><font color="#009000">, Sept 16, 1999
1.160 jufi 3276: </font></strong><br>
1.16 louis 3277:
3278: Technology writer Simson L. Garfinkel confesses he prefers the BSDs better
3279: than Linux and explains why. He writes a nice paragraph or two about OpenBSD
3280: and its security and cryptography goals. However, reading this, you'd think
1.57 louis 3281: all the developers were Canadian (hint: they're not). The article has moved
3282: to the archives, free registration required.
1.113 naddy 3283: <p>
1.16 louis 3284:
1.247 jufi 3285: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3286: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/Home+page/83CB1A288A3B3EB54A2567E5001FEF41?OpenDocument">Microsoft,
1.57 louis 3287: Linux to become duopoly?</a>, ComputerWorld Australia, Sept 8, 1999.
1.113 naddy 3288: </strong></font><br>
1.14 louis 3289:
1.57 louis 3290: Reporter Natasha David interviews lead developer Theo de Raadt, who notes that cross-UNIX
3291: compatibility is losing ground in the rush for Linux applications. de Raadt
3292: was a keynote speaker at the Australian Unix User Group (AUUG) meeting in
1.113 naddy 3293: Melbourne.<p>
1.57 louis 3294:
1.247 jufi 3295: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3296: <a href="http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/08/GNULaunchesFreeEncryptionTool.shtml">GNU
1.57 louis 3297: launches free encryption tool</a>, IDG News Service, September 08, 1999
1.113 naddy 3298: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3299:
1.113 naddy 3300: <a href="http://www.gnupg.org/">GNU Privacy Guard</a> runs fine on OpenBSD.<p>
1.14 louis 3301:
1.247 jufi 3302: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.215 horacio 3303: <a href="http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1174/sam9909d/">
3304: Maintaining Patch Levels with Open Source BSDs</a>, SysAdmin feature article, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3305: </strong></font><br>
1.21 louis 3306:
1.23 louis 3307: Michael Lucas explains the broad lines of the BSD development model and
3308: how to keep *BSD systems up-to-date with CVS. The author takes most of the
3309: examples from FreeBSD, but he takes the time to explain differences
3310: between the three systems. (Most of this is technology was originally
3311: invented by the earliest OpenBSD developers, as described in a
1.247 jufi 3312: <a href="events.html#anoncvs_paper">paper presented at Usenix</a>).<p>
1.21 louis 3313:
1.247 jufi 3314: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.47 louis 3315: <a href="http://www.opensourceit.com/tutorials/990901_openbsd.html">
3316: My own private IRP</a>, open source IT tutorial, Sept. 1999
1.113 naddy 3317: </strong></font><br>
1.47 louis 3318:
1.199 pvalchev 3319: Sean Sosik-Hamor describes how he built up his own Internet resource provider
1.47 louis 3320: (IRP) and web hosting business out of available hardware and freenix
3321: software. He chose OpenBSD exclusively for his DMZ and describes the FTP
3322: installation.
1.113 naddy 3323: <p>
1.47 louis 3324:
1.247 jufi 3325: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3326: <a href="http://www2.idg.com.au/CWT1997.nsf/cwtoday/C02D91FFCD8CD68A4A2567F3007A9A05?OpenDocument">India-based
1.57 louis 3327: Web site offers raft of free OSes</a>,
1.113 naddy 3328: ComputerWorld Australia, September 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3329:
1.301 jose 3330: OpenBSD is one of many free OSes offered at <a
3331: href="http://www.freeos.com/">FreeOS</a>, an India-based alternative OS news
3332: and portal site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3333: </ul>
1.57 louis 3334:
1.69 deraadt 3335: <h2>August, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3336: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3337:
1.247 jufi 3338: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.17 deraadt 3339: <a href="http://www.lti.on.ca/cw/archive/CW15-17/cw_wtemplate.cfm?filename=c1517n8.htm">
1.12 louis 3340: A Secure and Open Society</a>,
1.113 naddy 3341: ComputerWorld Canada, Aug 27, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.12 louis 3342:
3343: The article starts off as a personal story about lead developer Theo de Raadt,
3344: but if you read carefully, it does explain a lot about the origins and goals
1.57 louis 3345: of OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3346: <p>
1.12 louis 3347:
1.247 jufi 3348: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.8 deraadt 3349: <a href="http://www.computermags.com/CCP/Pub/Story/1,1080,715,00.html">
1.10 deraadt 3350: 1999's Technically Excellent Canadians</a>,
1.113 naddy 3351: COMPUTERMAGS.COM, Aug 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.8 deraadt 3352:
3353: "CCW is very pleased to name our five Technically Excellent Canadians,
3354: who are significantly impacting on technology both at home and
1.20 louis 3355: abroad. Thanks to our readers for your involvement and nominations."
3356: The publisher of Canadian Computer Wholesaler (August 1999) and
3357: The Computer Paper (September 1999) presented this award
3358: to Theo de Raadt for his part in OpenBSD (the sub-article is half
3359: way down the page).
1.113 naddy 3360: <p>
1.247 jufi 3361: </ul>
1.8 deraadt 3362:
1.69 deraadt 3363: <h2>July, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3364: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 3365:
1.247 jufi 3366: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.6 deraadt 3367: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/292376.asp">
1.113 naddy 3368: The Net's stealth operating system</a>, MSNBC, July 22, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.6 deraadt 3369:
3370: "The OpenBSD group, which did a line-by-line security audit of BSD
3371: code, and now has what is widely regarded as the most secure OS
3372: available."
1.113 naddy 3373: <p>
1.301 jose 3374:
3375: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3376: [Russian] Byte Magazine, Russia,
3377: <u>July/August 1999 issue</u>.
3378: </strong></font><br>
3379:
3380: A review of OpenBSD 2.5 and OpenBSD project goals.
3381: <p>
1.247 jufi 3382: </ul>
1.6 deraadt 3383:
1.69 deraadt 3384: <h2>June, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3385: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3386:
1.247 jufi 3387: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.33 louis 3388: <a href="http://www.data.com/issue/990607/ipsec.html">IPsec Tech Tutorial</a>,
1.113 naddy 3389: Data Communications, June 1999</strong></font><br>
1.33 louis 3390:
3391: "IPsec may be an open standard, but that's no guarantee that different
3392: vendors' gear will work together. To assess interoperability, we put an even
3393: dozen products through their paces." OpenBSD 2.4 and commercial IPsec
3394: implementations were tested by an independent lab for interoperability
3395: and ease in setting up tunneling gateways.
1.113 naddy 3396: <p>
1.33 louis 3397:
1.247 jufi 3398: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3399: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/swol-06-1999/swol-06-usenix.html?IDG.net">A
1.57 louis 3400: glimpse at the USENIX Technical Conference</a>, SunWorld, June 1999
1.113 naddy 3401: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3402:
1.113 naddy 3403: In a review of this year's event subtitled "USENIX
3404: and Unix -- then and now", writer Vicki Brown contrasts the first
1.57 louis 3405: conference in 1979 to the recent one in Montery, California. Although it
3406: only mentions OpenBSD in the links section below the article, it's still
3407: an interesting read.
1.113 naddy 3408: <p>
1.247 jufi 3409: </ul>
1.57 louis 3410:
1.69 deraadt 3411: <h2>May, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3412: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3413:
1.247 jufi 3414: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3415: <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost.asp?f=990525/2636405&s2=canadianbusiness">
1.69 deraadt 3416: Operating system designed to foil hackers</a>,
1.113 naddy 3417: National Post, May 25, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3418:
3419: The Post's technology reporter David Akin interviews Theo de Raadt for
3420: in a story that ran on the front page of the business section.
1.113 naddy 3421: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3422:
1.247 jufi 3423: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.39 louis 3424: <a href="http://www.pioneerplanet.com/reprints/051799tech.htm">
3425: OS Also-Rans: After Windows 98, Mac OS and Linux, what's left for your
3426: Macintosh or Intel PC? Lots</a>, St.Paul-Minneapolis Pioneer-Planet, May 17 1999
1.113 naddy 3427: </strong></font><br>
1.39 louis 3428:
3429: Despite the terrible title, staff writer Julio Ojeda-Zapata gives fair
1.113 naddy 3430: treatment to the alternatives.<p>
1.39 louis 3431:
1.247 jufi 3432: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.113 naddy 3433: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/open-japan.html">In Search of OpenBSD</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999</strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3434:
1.113 naddy 3435: Ejovi Nuwere in Japan: three days, three locations, one operating system.<p>
1.23 louis 3436:
1.247 jufi 3437: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.68 louis 3438: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199905/chroot.html">Safe and friendly
3439: read-only chroot jails for FTP and WWW</a>, DaemonNews, May 1999
1.113 naddy 3440: </strong></font><br>
1.23 louis 3441:
3442: "Ruffy" explains how to set up safe and friendly read-only FTP and WWW services
1.113 naddy 3443: with OpenBSD's ftpd as an example.<p>
1.247 jufi 3444: </ul>
1.23 louis 3445:
1.69 deraadt 3446: <h2>March, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3447: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3448:
1.247 jufi 3449: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3450: <a href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/19990300/bsd.htm">
1.113 naddy 3451: Why to BSD in a Linux world</a>, March, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3452:
3453: Description of the OpenBSD development process, and arguments as to why
3454: Linux probably cannot achieve the same level of security audit.
1.113 naddy 3455: <p>
1.2 deraadt 3456:
1.247 jufi 3457: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3458: <a href="http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/peer/990308pp.htm">Alternative
1.340 jose 3459: OSes face a Sisyphean struggle to get into the PC mainstream</a>, InfoWorld, March 8, 1999
1.113 naddy 3460: </strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3461:
3462: Guest columnist Brett Arquette points out that Linux isn't the only alternative
3463: PC OS out there, then describes why hardware drivers and end user support is
1.185 jufi 3464: crucial to popularizing an OS. He mentions OpenBSD and adds a link to this
1.113 naddy 3465: site.<p>
1.247 jufi 3466: </ul>
1.57 louis 3467:
1.69 deraadt 3468: <h2>February, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3469: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3470:
1.247 jufi 3471: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.15 louis 3472: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/samba.html">
3473: DaemonNews: Serving NT filesystems from an OpenBSD server</a>
1.113 naddy 3474: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.15 louis 3475:
3476: A system administrator debunks the myth that you must use NT as a file server
3477: when you run Windows clients. Squeezing performance out of vintage hardware and
3478: adding in some scripts to automate the setup of new projects won management
3479: over to OpenBSD.
1.113 naddy 3480: <p>
1.15 louis 3481:
1.247 jufi 3482: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3483: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/security/990215sw.htm">
3484: Security Watch, end of year Golden Guardian awards.</a>
1.113 naddy 3485: February, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3486:
3487: "Finally, we'd be remiss in ignoring OpenBSD in any discussion of top
3488: open-source security products. It registered high in our e-mail
3489: survey, and we promise to take a more active look at it in future
3490: columns."
1.113 naddy 3491: <p>
1.247 jufi 3492: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3493:
1.69 deraadt 3494: <h2>January, 1999</h2>
1.247 jufi 3495: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3496:
1.247 jufi 3497: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3498: <a href="http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/technology/PIT19990701S0039/">Open-Source
1.58 louis 3499: Software: Power to the People</a>, Data Communications, January 4, 1999
1.113 naddy 3500: </strong></font><br>
1.58 louis 3501:
3502: Columnist Lee Bruno marvels that free software is serving alongside name-brand
1.113 naddy 3503: software. Page three mentions OpenBSD in the roundup.<p>
1.58 louis 3504:
1.113 naddy 3505: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.111 jufi 3506: <a href="http://www.sunworld.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1999/swol-01-bsd_p.html">The
1.113 naddy 3507: return of BSD</a>, SunWorld, January 1999</strong></font><br>
1.57 louis 3508:
3509: BSD veteran Greg Lehey notes the strong loyalty of SunOS 4 users and surveys the
3510: BSD-derived OSes available on SPARC and PC hardware. The article also comes with
1.113 naddy 3511: a long list of useful links (some are stale).<p>
1.247 jufi 3512: </ul>
1.57 louis 3513:
1.69 deraadt 3514: <h2>November, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3515: <ul>
1.301 jose 3516: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3517: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-20/28.html">
3518: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3519: Nov 20, 1998</strong></font><br>
3520:
3521: An article on the swedish <a href="events.html#ipsec98">IPsec interop</a> event
3522: mentions OpenBSD as one of the successful participants, and has a
3523: mini-interview with OpenBSD developer Niklas Hallqvist.
3524: <p>
3525:
3526: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
3527: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-13/1.html">
3528: [Swedish] Datateknik</a>,
3529: Nov 13, 1998 and
3530: <a href="http://www.datateknik.se/arkiv/98-14/1.html">
3531: Datateknik</a>,
3532: Nov 14, 1998</strong></font><br>
3533:
3534: Two published letters talking about OpenBSD's role in MacOS X. The first
3535: one has some misconceptions which are corrected by the second which
3536: explains the licensing issues and points to our
3537: <a href="policy.html">copyright policy</a> page.
3538: <p>
1.69 deraadt 3539:
1.113 naddy 3540: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.2 deraadt 3541: <a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/199811/security.html">
1.222 miod 3542: OpenBSD and IPsec, leading the pack</a>, November, 1998
1.113 naddy 3543: </strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 3544:
1.222 miod 3545: A two-part article by Ejovi Nuwere focusing on OpenBSD's IPsec Development.
1.2 deraadt 3546: Part one is an introduction to OpenBSD's Photurisd and its current
3547: Implementation, including a brief interview with
3548: Photurisd creator Neils Provos.
1.113 naddy 3549: <p>
1.247 jufi 3550: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3551:
1.69 deraadt 3552: <h2>August, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3553: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3554:
1.247 jufi 3555: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3556: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5943.html">
1.113 naddy 3557: Beyond HOPE coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, Aug 11, 1997</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3558:
1.69 deraadt 3559: Completely bogus (but quite amusing) description of what
3560: OpenBSD is.
1.113 naddy 3561: <p>
1.247 jufi 3562: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3563:
1.69 deraadt 3564: <h2>July, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3565: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 3566:
1.247 jufi 3567: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.1 deraadt 3568: <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/98/28/o03-28.40d.htm">
3569: Security Watch: Monthly Editorial.</a>
1.113 naddy 3570: July, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 3571:
3572: Points at our <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/security.html">security page</a>
3573: calling it "OpenBSD's mantra".
1.113 naddy 3574: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3575:
1.247 jufi 3576: <li><font color="#009000"><strong><a href="http://www.wired.com">
1.113 naddy 3577: Wired Magazine</a>, June 1998, page 96 (paper edition only)</strong></font><br>
1.18 deraadt 3578: A half-page description of what OpenBSD is, with a strange picture
3579: of project founder Theo de Raadt (Wired loves Photoshop).
1.113 naddy 3580: <p>
1.247 jufi 3581: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 3582:
1.69 deraadt 3583: <h2>June, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3584: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3585:
1.247 jufi 3586: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3587: <a href="http://webserver.cpg.com/reviews/r1/3.4/index.html">
1.113 naddy 3588: WebServer Online</A>, reprinted in
3589: <A href="http://sw.expert.com/R/WS4.JUN.98.pdf">
1.69 deraadt 3590: Server/Workstation Expert (formerly
1.113 naddy 3591: SunExpert Magazine)</a>, June 1998, page 81</strong></font><br>
1.69 deraadt 3592:
3593: A glowing four-page description of OpenBSD emphasizing its use
3594: as a server and an OS that ships with security in the box
3595: (the SunExpert version is in PDF but includes their own
1.308 jose 3596: graphic - a cross between Superman™ and the BSD Daemon, which
1.69 deraadt 3597: the WebServer version in HTML does not).
1.113 naddy 3598: <p>
1.247 jufi 3599: </ul>
1.69 deraadt 3600:
3601: <h2>May, 1998</h2>
1.247 jufi 3602: <ul>
1.69 deraadt 3603:
1.247 jufi 3604: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>
1.69 deraadt 3605: <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12035.html">
1.113 naddy 3606: Usenix coverage, Wired Magazine</a>, May 1, 1998</strong></font><br>
1.38 louis 3607:
1.69 deraadt 3608: Mention of OpenBSD with regards to our involvement in the
3609: Freenix track held at Usenix in New Orleans.
1.113 naddy 3610: <p>
1.112 naddy 3611:
1.247 jufi 3612: </ul>
1.113 naddy 3613: <p>
1.1 deraadt 3614:
1.292 camield 3615: <hr>
1.216 horacio 3616: <a href="index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src=back.gif border=0 alt=OpenBSD></a>
1.247 jufi 3617: <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1.345 ! deraadt 3618: <br><small>$OpenBSD: press.html,v 1.344 2003/05/06 12:31:22 deraadt Exp $</small>
1.1 deraadt 3619:
3620: </body>
3621: </html>